Maybe someday when we can watch it at home. I haven’t been to a theater in 20 years. No use going with my husband, he falls asleep as soon as the lights go down and I don’t really have anybody else to go with.
Please go alone! As others said, it's not like you are talking through the movie. . . unless you are the kind of person who talks through movies.
I purposely have to see movies here during "off hours," like at 11am or the 10:45pm showing on a week day, when most people are home and getting ready for bed and there's only a handful of people in the theatre. (Buying tickets online now with reserved seating lets me see how many people are in the theatre.) Otherwise, when it's crowded, people don't seem to have manners here. So many people here either talk through the movie, or are on their phone talking, (one person nearby texted throughout and all I heard was clicking on her keyboard.
) And some people bring their toddlers during very violent movies and the kids are running up and down the aisles or babbling throughout the movie.
I get you, some movies are more fun going with someone, especially if they are comedies and you are laughing together. And some, hearing everyone else gasp at the same time during a reveal
or a moment of brilliance
lets you know other people feel the same way and how we are all interconnected for the moment.
But, seeing a great movie on the big screen is one of my pleasures in life. I didn't go to the movie theatres for decades as the tickets went up to exorbitant prices, and as I said, people don't behave here. When I finally started going again, right before the pandemic, I realized how much I missed it. So, if I have to go late at night and no one else will go with me then, so be it. I will no longer miss out on one of my pleasures.
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I actually skip the popcorn nowadays though. Definitely too expensive and too clogging for my arteries.)