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The theater experience isn't worth it anymore. It's way too expensive, doesn't feel 'nice' or even clean, and the food options are like a carnival. There's noth

The theater experience isn't worth it anymore. It's way too expensive, doesn't feel 'nice' or even clean, and the food options are like a carnival. There's nothing special and movies are usually available a few weeks after theatrical release so why bother? Unless it's something like Dune 2 that is actually worth seeing on a big screen. More theaters need to copy the Alamo Drafthouse model and actually make nice theaters with good food and alcohol. Otherwise, why bother leaving my house where I have my favorite snacks and a comfy couch?

foobarian 3y ago
I guess I find the modern movie theaters so much better than they used to be. Things went from hard, thinly upholstered stadium seats to these giant leather powered recliners and assigned seating. Heck the assigned seating alone is worth the price of admission these days so I don't have to stress about a bunch of jerks beelining for the premium spots. The price of snacks and drinks is what stings the most, but even there I do find the popcorn the best there is. Overall it's not an experience I can replicate at home.
- pokerface_86 3y ago
  you can make the popcorn yourself at home easily with butter flavor coconut oil and flavocol seasoning
- diogenescynic 3y ago
  Did you ever go to one of the older theaters like a Fox theater? New theaters have the ugliest architecture and nothing is fancy, if anything it feels like being in a fast food restaurant. In contrast, I remember going to a local Fox theater when I was a vid that had velvet carpets, chandeliers, and just felt like a big 'experience'. Sure, the chairs are bigger now and you can reserve your seats, but everything about the experience feels cheap and gross.
  - foobarian 3y ago
    Some of the older theaters I've been to were retrofitted live theaters built during Austro-Hungary, and yes, they don't build them like that any more. A number of similar theaters still exist doing live theater, of course. The last I went to was the Wang Theater in Boston, and I swear I spent more time admiring the architecture and the design than paying attention to the show :-) Such a gorgeous building.

foobarian 3y ago

I guess I find the modern movie theaters so much better than they used to be. Things went from hard, thinly upholstered stadium seats to these giant leather powered recliners and assigned seating. Heck the assigned seating alone is worth the price of admission these days so I don't have to stress about a bunch of jerks beelining for the premium spots. The price of snacks and drinks is what stings the most, but even there I do find the popcorn the best there is. Overall it's not an experience I can replicate at home.

pokerface_86 3y ago
you can make the popcorn yourself at home easily with butter flavor coconut oil and flavocol seasoning
diogenescynic 3y ago
Did you ever go to one of the older theaters like a Fox theater? New theaters have the ugliest architecture and nothing is fancy, if anything it feels like being in a fast food restaurant. In contrast, I remember going to a local Fox theater when I was a vid that had velvet carpets, chandeliers, and just felt like a big 'experience'. Sure, the chairs are bigger now and you can reserve your seats, but everything about the experience feels cheap and gross.
- foobarian 3y ago
  Some of the older theaters I've been to were retrofitted live theaters built during Austro-Hungary, and yes, they don't build them like that any more. A number of similar theaters still exist doing live theater, of course. The last I went to was the Wang Theater in Boston, and I swear I spent more time admiring the architecture and the design than paying attention to the show :-) Such a gorgeous building.