> People go to theaters for presentation they can't get at home, but that's no guarantee of the best picture and sound. I'm not sure the premise is entirely co

> People go to theaters for presentation they can't get at home, but that's no guarantee of the best picture and sound. I'm not sure the premise is entirely correct. I think the main attraction is watching a movie together with other people, because it adds to the emotional experience. I think this premise is the same mistake phone makers did when all they advertised was technical specs like RAM and GHz and cores, when that is a very reductionist view of the actual experience of using a phone, which apparently only Apple understood. This seems to work well for Open Air cinemas, where picture and sound might just be ok but not great, but you are in nature with other people and its just totally different from some multiplex chain. At least where I live they are regularly sold out. Now they just have to release movies that are worth watching, which apparently they lost the capability for since around 2017.