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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
by 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 agoIt 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 agoI 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 agoI 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.
- tracker1 9y agoFor the blockbusters, I sometimes find the communal responses make it more enjoyable... Not when it's one person talking out of turn next to you, but when an audience cheers at given points. I do like the reclining seats and food service myself. But I understand why it could be a turn-off.