Horror The Halloween Film Series Thread... - Part 4

[shauner111]

I will definitely watch it at home, silence and atmosphere.

In the theater? sounds of people talking and eating and in climax moments someone will go to the toilet... "Theater experience".

As if none of that happens at home lol

 

[KillerMcQueen]

As if none of that happens at home lol

Honestly all of those things are usually worse for me at home. I don't know what kind of nightmarish theaters these people go to but mine is usually a pretty great experience.

 

[The Joker]

Ditto. My local theaters are always a good experience. Especially with a horror movie. Guaranteed no kids in there.

 

[CadeSkywalker28]

As if none of that happens at home lol

Maybe in your home. Lol

In my home, when I want to watch a movie in silence, I warn others not to bother me, I lock myself in my room, put my headphones on and have complete silence, no distractions.

 

[shauner111]

I don’t want to lock myself in my room for every new movie. Pandemic has me itching to leave and experience some event movies with people around me. THAT is atmosphere.

Honestly all of those things are usually worse for me at home. I don't know what kind of nightmarish theaters these people go to but mine is usually a pretty great experience.

lol as if we or the person next to us don’t want to keep pausing for bathroom breaks, refilling treats or because a phone rings or a doorbell rings.

It’s way worse at home. I’ve been to thousands of movies and the few times I’ve had problems, it was like 15 years ago. Montreal has its fair share of *******s too.

 

[CadeSkywalker28]

I don’t want to lock myself in my room for every new movie. Pandemic has me itching to leave and experience some event movies with people around me. THAT is atmosphere.

For you, not for me.

 

[shauner111]

Rock that hermit life!

 

[CadeSkywalker28]

Good luck sniffing farts in your theater experience!

 

[Gothamsknight]

Honestly all of those things are usually worse for me at home. I don't know what kind of nightmarish theaters these people go to but mine is usually a pretty great experience.

Finally someone said it! I have way way way more interruptions at home. I often have to pause 5+ times.

 

[Steve003]

Nothing will ever beat the theater experience for me for movies like HK. It's that communal experience that really make seeing something like this special. Do the theaters sometime have a bad apple aka someone talking or someone on their phone? Sure but more often then not people are behaved at my theater.

The only thing that changes for me is I was originally going to see it twice in theaters opening weekend. Now I'll save a few bucks by watching it again on Peacock.

 

[KillerMcQueen]

Good luck sniffing farts in your theater experience!

This has literally never happened to me.

 

[Pittman4Two]

I'm going to the theater. Last year, it wouldn't have even crossed my mind, but I know that with as much as I love "going to the movies", cinemas may soon be a thing of the past or may go the way of the drive-in.

 

[Luigi]

Watching this one on the big screen.

Hopefully streaming doesn't eat too much into it's box office.

 

[shauner111]

Good luck sniffing farts in your theater experience!

Hasn’t happened once. You guys must live in Gotham or something.

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah, theater experiences for me have been more or less fine but I also prefer to go mid-afternoon when it's less crowded. The only less than great theater experiences I've had in recent memory is if it's something like a Pixar movie where kids will occasionally be disruptive but you're pretty much signing up for that with a family film unless you go to a late night showing.

 

[The Shape]

Honestly all of those things are usually worse for me at home. I don't know what kind of nightmarish theaters these people go to but mine is usually a pretty great experience.

I was going to say the same thing. What theaters are these? People make them sound like the Wild West, people running around shouting, throwing popcorn, impossible to concentrate. I’ve rarely had an experience like that in recent years. I also don’t usually go to G or PG movies for little kids, though I’m sure I will be within the next 2 years for my son. Maybe try different theaters if you have the option?

But I think for a lot of people (not all), beyond movie theaters, they just don’t like going out to do things in general -- even in a pre-COVID world. They’d rather eat at home than go to a restaurant, don’t often go to bars or clubs, would rather watch stand up comedy at home compared to going to a live show if given the chance, don't care about going to concerts, would watch Hamilton on Disney + but would never bother going to see Broadway shows live, etc. They just don’t see much value in that kind of shared experience with other people, aren’t able to or don’t see value in spending that any extra money than they absolutely have to, and don’t want to be hassled or inconvenienced in any way (leaving the house, driving somewhere, waiting on line, needing to arrive at a specific time, etc) to be able to have that kind of experience, which is fine. The so-called "distractions" (talking, texting, etc) is the excuse most people use, but I think that even if there was a way that you could literally MUTE every other person in the theater, guarantee 100% that no one would take their phones out at all, and meet ALL of their demands for an enjoyable viewing experience, many of these folks still would have no interest in going out to the movies.

For me, feeling the energy of the audience in a packed showing of Halloween Kills on opening night will definitely be half of the fun for that first showing. It won't bother me people are laughing and screaming at the movie or even if there's a little talking at some point, because I can appreciate that it means those people are having FUN and it's fun for me to hear a movie getting that kind of response out of people -- myself included. I love watching movies at home as well and obviously do so all the time, but I always say that I can only see a movie like this for the "first time" once. After that, for essentially the rest of my like, I'll be watching Halloween Kills at home dozens and dozens of times just like I've watched all of the other Halloween sequels.

And these days, even if you somehow DID have a truly bad or not-so-great theater experience when watching any movie, it doesn't take long to be able to watch that same movie at home for a repeat viewing. Most movies now either come to "home video" or streaming same day, 30 days, or just 45 days after theatrical release. I remember the days when it sometimes to 6 months to a year for a movie to come out on VHS to rent or buy. LOL

 

[CadeSkywalker28]

This whole discussion started because I wrote how I prefer to watch a movie and experience it. Did I wrote that someone has no right to want to watch movies differently or that i fhink it's stupid? No, so what's the problem?

 

[The Shape]

Also, one good thing about wearing the mask these days is you can't smell other people's farts...

 

[Pittman4Two]

This whole discussion started because I wrote how I prefer to watch a movie and experience it. Did I wrote that someone has no right to want to watch movies differently or that i fhink it's stupid? No, so what's the problem?

Nah, I just think people wanted to post how they prefer to watch movies as well. I didn't take any posts as one saying their preference on movie watching is better than others.

I do agree that some of these theater experiences sound somewhat exaggerated. I've spoken with the manager for less absurdity and have received a credit/refund.

Funnily enough, the last movie I walked out of because of "distractions" was Superman IV. LOL but now that I think of it, maybe I needed a reason to walk out of that one!

 

[The Joker]

New TV spot that shows some cool new footage of Lyndsey's scene with Michael.

 

[Broseph44]

New TV spot that shows some cool new footage of Lyndsey's scene with Michael.

I’m so readddddddyyyy

 

[Gothamsknight]

Literally less than a month to go!

 

[The Joker]

There's another TV spot that I'm not going to post here because it shows a very spoilery shot from the 1978 flashback scene. Be warned guys if you don't want any of that sequence spoiled on you. Its TV spot number 9.

 

[Broseph44]

There's another TV spot that I'm not going to post here because it shows a very spoilery shot from the 1978 flashback scene. Be warned guys if you don't want any of that sequence spoiled on you. Its TV spot number 9.

Just watched it

 

[Kane52630]

New TV spot that shows some cool new footage of Lyndsey's scene with Michael.

I was really hoping Lyndsey would be watching another classic horror film while not listening for help.