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John Corn
09-22-02, 08:12 AM
How often do you go to the theater to see a movie?

gcutler
09-22-02, 08:58 AM
A local movie theatre used to have Saturday 10am showings and I used to go all the time as there were never more than 3-4 people in the theatre (it was great) But of course they were losing money so after about 2 years they stopped that :(

But now it is the noisy crowds make we just want to wait for DVD.

Steve Mehs
09-22-02, 03:37 PM
I can't say never, so less then once a year.

I went to an Imax once and a drive in once.
Movies I saw at a regular theater were
-Men In Black
-Homeward Bound 2 (lame!)
-Home Alone
-Jurassic Park
-The Bear

Chris Blount
09-22-02, 03:48 PM
I voted 5 to 6 times a year. Most of my movie going is usually done during the summer. Before venturing out I usually decide how badly I want to see the movie. Most of the time I wait for DVD since my home theater can deliver the same or better sound and picture experience than any movie theater (except for IMAX).

cnsf
09-27-02, 12:58 PM
We used to go to matinees almost every week......

Then, we had kids......

DarrellP
10-03-02, 02:03 PM
Rarely. Everytime I go something happens; One night the movie started 15 minutes late & we had to leave to pick up our daughter so we missed the last 10 minutes of "Don't Say a Word". Then we go to take our daughter (6 yrs old) to see "The Rookie" and it is sold out! Talk about heartbreak. How do you explain to a 6 year old that we can't see the movie till next Saturday because too many people bought tickets? That's when I discovered Fandango.com.

With my home theater setup I don't miss the movies at all. At least I can eat my own popcorn with real butter on it and pause the movie to pee when I want and not listen to people talking or cell phones ringing or worry about an out-of-focus picture or the volume being to low or too high or not being shown in DTS when it is advertised as such.

Unthinkable
10-03-02, 05:21 PM
Originally posted by DarrellP
Rarely. Everytime I go something happens; One night the movie started 15 minutes late & we had to leave to pick up our daughter so we missed the last 10 minutes of "Don't Say a Word". 

I will forever be haunted by Brittany Murphy's "I'll never tell" can't-get-it-out-of- my-head like a bad pop song line.  If I live to be 90 years of age I will still laugh at that one and always remember her for that single throwaway line no matter what she goes on to do!