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> We would just walk to a movie theater and whatever was starting next, that’s what we’d see. It seems impossible to imagine. Oh man, that takes me back. We ha
by donatj 3y ago
> We would just walk to a movie theater and whatever was starting next, that’s what we’d see. It seems impossible to imagine.
Oh man, that takes me back. We had a dollar theater in my neighborhood growing up and my friends and I would just see whatever was showing. I saw sooo many movies as a kid, many of which would probably have been considered inappropriate for my age these days.
Even as I got older, there were times I ended up seeing unexpected and strange movies because the showing we had gone to see was sold out.
These days pre-purchasing preselected seats really takes the spontaneity out of the equation.
- pmontra 3y agoItaly: newspapers used to have a page or two with the movies and times at each theater of the city for today and the next few days, plus prices. You could always find a friend with a newspaper, or somebody would buy one to check the listings. Then they started to give away smaller newspapers for free at subway stations. I can't remember if they had movie listings but the sales of established newspapers took a hit. It was the time when everybody started to have a phone on their pocket or in hand to play games.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoWe got hold of the phone number of a free taxi phone at the cinema in my town, and instead of reading the paper to see what was showing when, we'd ring the taxi phone and ask people what was listed on the "now showing" board, people were surprisingly happy to recite it to us.