During the shutdown of everything, theaters couldn't open up and let people in. Now movies are so full the theaters seem to be collapsing even more.
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It feels like there is a push to keep people at home, or locked in at their jobs for companies like Google or Apple.
I wouldn't be surprised. It'll be a shame if they go away for good. There is nothing like watching, say, Lawrence of Arabia on a movie theater screen.
People watching a film in a HoMe ThEaTeR or worse, a phone or computer screen, are shooting themselves in the foot.
But then again, with all the dross Hollywood churns out today, of course people wouldn't want to go to theaters.
I do not find this to be the case. The size of the screen I watch a film on has absolutely no correlation to the emotional impact the story has on me or how vividly I can recall it afterwards. I think fundamentally the story occurs in your mind anyway and my imagination will always place me in the scene and fill in the blanks whether I’m watching on a phone or IMAX. I feel so jaded about movies these days anyway I barely watch any “fiction”; after a lifetime of being exposed to tropes I’m never surprised by anything that happens. If I watch a trailer and then read the wiki spoiler I feel like I’ve “seen” the movie.