IC_Freeze

With the booming DVD industry, do you still goto the theatres or do you wait until it comes to DVD?

Rypro 525

I go all the time. for many movies, I can't wait that long.

Amadeus

Always go to the theatres.

audrey

I much prefer going to the theater.

clemente

Hey, DVD's cool, but my TV screen isn't 30 feet high.
Until that happens, I'll be hitting the theaters every weekend.

Mourn

I don't go to the movies much anymore. More often than not i'm content to wait since i cant stand people talking during movies, nor the commercials before the previews.

THORN

i hit the theaters aporximatly once a week ... currently in the chicago area new features are between $6.00 - 8.50 per ticket. i have made my self a promise that if it ever hit $10.00 ticket price i will no longer go to the theater. i will only buy DVDs at that point.

but thats just me

littlefuzzy

I wasn't going even before DVDs boomed.

A.) There isn't that much worth seeing
B.) I am too poor.
C.) It will eventually come on TV DVD.

EDIT: I go when I get free passes, when friends want to see the big shows (LOTR, SW, etc.,) or when there is something good at the $1 theater.

matome

I always go every weekend to the matinee showings. It's cheaper, no crowds and will give me something to look forward to, when the film comes out on DVD.

Indy Jones Fan

I go to the theaters as often as possible. I absolutely love going to the movies.

darkflounder

I love going to the movies, but I very rarely go nowadays, and only for certain movies. Last time I went to the movies was for LOTR:TTT. Next time I go, it'll probably be for Matrix Reloaded. Next time after that will probably be for Matrix Revolutions and LOTR:ROTK.

$6.50 for the matinee, dealing with other people talking and farting in the theatre. I find I'm enjoying movies in my own home. I'll only go if I absolutely can not wait for it to hit DVD.

Goldberg74

Through my university I pick up unrestricted tickets for $6.50 a piece, that includes evenings and new shows... and I probably see 75% of the movie I want to see in the theatre first, even if my wife doesn't want to see them, I just call a friend and we go. Of those movie about 80% are during the summer. Gotta do something inbetween semesters.

isamu

This may be a dumb question but I'm just curious....

With enough money, is there a special program or service you can buy that will allow you to get the movie you want immediately after being released in theaters? I'm not talking about bootlegs. I'm talking about a legitimate means of obtaining a copy of the movie on dvd from the studios given the right amount of money offered?

clemente

I almost always hit matinees, what else am I doing before 6PM on Saturday.

And just about every theater around here has $5 matinees.

IC_Freeze

sure just open up your own movie theatre

Venom

i rarely go.

last thing i saw was bowling for columbine, the ring, rules of attraction and austin powers goldmember. i think that was my movie going experience of last year. haven't gone yet this year.

Jackskeleton

i go very often.

edytwinky

I go when there's a movie i want to see or if I'm extremely bored. Usually around 1-3 times a month

btornado

I've really stopped going to the theatres, but then again, I never really went that often in the first place. I probably went only 10 times last year and I think I only saw 4 movies (AOTC, Goldmember, Die Another Day, and TTT). All of those I saw more than once. But I usually wait until a movie gets released on DVD, or until our library picks it up .

Darkfriend

I only go to the theatre when a "big scale" movie comes out e.g. "LOTR" or "Spiderman". It's weird to explain but movies with big scenery I tend to see first at a movie theatre.

The rest I rent or buy on DVD. The advantage mostly in pausing the movie if I gotta pee

tasha99

I go to movies that should be seen on a big screen. Otherwise, I wait. My daughter and her friends though . . . almost every weekend.

tasha

Charlie Goose

I go to the theater once a month or so, depending on the available flicks. Matinees only. It's been several years since I went to a night movie.

Honk!

Heat

I only see a movie in the theater once or twice per year, though I rent at least two DVDs each week ($1 / rental, even for new releases).

Chad

I also hit the matinees on weekends, and that probably averages out to 2 or 3 times a month. Those numbers increase during the summer.

C.H.U.D.

I don't go as often as I used to. Too many ignorant, talkative, cell phone using people in theatres these days.