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Cinemas will die anyway. I'm personally shocked they still exist. I rent movies from google and Amazon an watch series on Netflix. Used to rent DVDs before that

Cinemas will die anyway. I'm personally shocked they still exist. I rent movies from google and Amazon an watch series on Netflix. Used to rent DVDs before that. Cinema made sense in the early 20th century, but not today.

shanghaiaway 9y ago
Cinemas will be fine. I don't want to go to your house to watch movies.
- johnmaguire2013 9y ago
  Why do you want to leave your house to watch movies?
  - guelo 9y ago
    Because I'm not a hermit. I like to meet up with friends, have a shared experience, go to dinner and talk about it.
    - dorfsmay 9y ago
      I do that, discovered lots of good movie that way, and discussed different perspectives etc... Why would you need a cinema or watch a movie together? Do you only discuss books you have read with and at the same time as your friends?
    - logfromblammo 9y ago
      You sound like an antihermitite. Are you an antihermitite? Do you have some kind of a problem with me watching a movie at home in my mountaintop retreat, next to my bearfriend, who is watching a completely different movie on another screen? Does it disgust you that we enjoy each other's company without ever having a single conversation? If I wanted to go to dinner and talk, I'd hang out at roadkill point with the crows, and make fun of the redtailed hawk behind her back.~ I remember back when going to the movies at a cinema was a great way to date someone without letting them know exactly where you lived--in case they turned out to be both wrong for you and obsessive--and without revealing immediately that you can't hold up your end of an unprompted, free-form conversation for four whole hours. It's a lot better value when you don't have to pay for your kids' tickets and meals, too.
  - milesrout 9y ago
    For the same reason I want to leave my house at all: social interaction.
- dorfsmay 9y ago
  Right. This is exactly why I don't go to cinema, just somebody else's house full of rude guests!
  - shanghaiaway 9y ago
    Right. And you don't use public transportation because it's full of serial killers.
    - dorfsmay 9y ago
      I do. Public transportation is cheaper and less stressful than other options if I cannot walk there, or arriving all sweaty from riding my bycicle isn't a good option. Watching a movie at home is cheaper (7 $ HD for the whole family), a better experience (no smell of whatever food they sell in cinemas), not having to deal with people who talk during the movies, etc...), less effort (I'm home already), you could even argue better for the environment since we don't need to use any mean of transport. I really do not understand your analogies, they don't make sense to me.
pradn 9y ago
Cinemas are great for a wide range of people. For mainstream/action-blockbuster viewers, a huge screen with a hard-hitting sound system makes a huge difference. Some people like the reclining seats and food service (though that's not for me.) For indie/foreign film lovers, cinemas are some of the only places where you can even see many films. Some never come out on streaming sites. There's also the simple fact that nearly all film-makers intend their movies to be watched on the big screen. Any deviance from that means you're not getting the correct experience. Watching Lawrence of Arabia on your little iPhone, streaming from freemoviez23.net is not even close to the original 70mm glory of that movie. Hell, even 35mm movies look so much better when projected from film - that wonderful fuzziness. It's something like how old NES games were meant to look good on CRT TVs.
- lsaferite 9y ago
  > Some never come out on streaming sites. I'm sure that's not the fault of the streaming services though. They want more content.
  - pradn 9y ago
    It does seem to be a problem with streaming services to an extent. I was talking to an award-winning documentary directory and he said it would take 18 months to get the movie into Netflix. Why doesn't Netflix have a ton more independent movies? You can probably get 10 great indie films for the price of one studio film, even a low-budget one.
    - dorfsmay 9y ago
      I wonder about streaming services that let you rent and buy by the unit? I've been renting movie on google a lot more lately. The business model of a monthly fee is an incentive for making diluted content (long series) vs concentrated (short movies telling the same story). As a consumer I prefer the latter.
- starshadowx2 9y ago
  I download a lot of movies and have increasingly watched more on Netflix, but nothing beats the cinema experience. I go to both the big chain theatres in my city and the small independent ones. It's great to be able to see big new movies on IMAX or AVX with the great quality and sound and also seeing lesser known or older movies in a small locally-run "artsy" theatre. Streaming is great but they're just different experiences.
bamboozled 9y ago
They’re good good for people with social lives.
- dorfsmay 9y ago
  See my reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16692395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16692395 I don't see see being in a dark room in silence with 50 or 100 strangers being a good social experience.
  - bamboozled 9y ago
    People don't want to invest in expensive equipment to watch the occasional movie on NetFlix. I outsource viewing movies to cinemas. It's also more convenient to meet friends and experience a movie together in a public space, I don't have to bring people into my home and we can experience a movie and go grab some food afterwards. Let's face it, your kids aren't going to want to have a date night on your lounge in front of you either.

shanghaiaway 9y ago

Cinemas will be fine. I don't want to go to your house to watch movies.

johnmaguire2013 9y ago
Why do you want to leave your house to watch movies?
- guelo 9y ago
  Because I'm not a hermit. I like to meet up with friends, have a shared experience, go to dinner and talk about it.
  - dorfsmay 9y ago
    I do that, discovered lots of good movie that way, and discussed different perspectives etc... Why would you need a cinema or watch a movie together? Do you only discuss books you have read with and at the same time as your friends?
  - logfromblammo 9y ago
    You sound like an antihermitite. Are you an antihermitite? Do you have some kind of a problem with me watching a movie at home in my mountaintop retreat, next to my bearfriend, who is watching a completely different movie on another screen? Does it disgust you that we enjoy each other's company without ever having a single conversation? If I wanted to go to dinner and talk, I'd hang out at roadkill point with the crows, and make fun of the redtailed hawk behind her back.~ I remember back when going to the movies at a cinema was a great way to date someone without letting them know exactly where you lived--in case they turned out to be both wrong for you and obsessive--and without revealing immediately that you can't hold up your end of an unprompted, free-form conversation for four whole hours. It's a lot better value when you don't have to pay for your kids' tickets and meals, too.
- milesrout 9y ago
  For the same reason I want to leave my house at all: social interaction.
dorfsmay 9y ago
Right. This is exactly why I don't go to cinema, just somebody else's house full of rude guests!
- shanghaiaway 9y ago
  Right. And you don't use public transportation because it's full of serial killers.
  - dorfsmay 9y ago
    I do. Public transportation is cheaper and less stressful than other options if I cannot walk there, or arriving all sweaty from riding my bycicle isn't a good option. Watching a movie at home is cheaper (7 $ HD for the whole family), a better experience (no smell of whatever food they sell in cinemas), not having to deal with people who talk during the movies, etc...), less effort (I'm home already), you could even argue better for the environment since we don't need to use any mean of transport. I really do not understand your analogies, they don't make sense to me.

pradn 9y ago

Cinemas are great for a wide range of people. For mainstream/action-blockbuster viewers, a huge screen with a hard-hitting sound system makes a huge difference. Some people like the reclining seats and food service (though that's not for me.) For indie/foreign film lovers, cinemas are some of the only places where you can even see many films. Some never come out on streaming sites. There's also the simple fact that nearly all film-makers intend their movies to be watched on the big screen. Any deviance from that means you're not getting the correct experience. Watching Lawrence of Arabia on your little iPhone, streaming from freemoviez23.net is not even close to the original 70mm glory of that movie. Hell, even 35mm movies look so much better when projected from film - that wonderful fuzziness. It's something like how old NES games were meant to look good on CRT TVs.

lsaferite 9y ago
> Some never come out on streaming sites. I'm sure that's not the fault of the streaming services though. They want more content.
- pradn 9y ago
  It does seem to be a problem with streaming services to an extent. I was talking to an award-winning documentary directory and he said it would take 18 months to get the movie into Netflix. Why doesn't Netflix have a ton more independent movies? You can probably get 10 great indie films for the price of one studio film, even a low-budget one.
  - dorfsmay 9y ago
    I wonder about streaming services that let you rent and buy by the unit? I've been renting movie on google a lot more lately. The business model of a monthly fee is an incentive for making diluted content (long series) vs concentrated (short movies telling the same story). As a consumer I prefer the latter.
starshadowx2 9y ago
I download a lot of movies and have increasingly watched more on Netflix, but nothing beats the cinema experience. I go to both the big chain theatres in my city and the small independent ones. It's great to be able to see big new movies on IMAX or AVX with the great quality and sound and also seeing lesser known or older movies in a small locally-run "artsy" theatre. Streaming is great but they're just different experiences.

bamboozled 9y ago

They’re good good for people with social lives.

dorfsmay 9y ago
See my reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16692395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16692395 I don't see see being in a dark room in silence with 50 or 100 strangers being a good social experience.
- bamboozled 9y ago
  People don't want to invest in expensive equipment to watch the occasional movie on NetFlix. I outsource viewing movies to cinemas. It's also more convenient to meet friends and experience a movie together in a public space, I don't have to bring people into my home and we can experience a movie and go grab some food afterwards. Let's face it, your kids aren't going to want to have a date night on your lounge in front of you either.