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In reply to the discussion: How Often Do You Go to the Movies? [View all]

LPBBEAR

(663 posts)
29. Never
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:27 AM
Yesterday

The last time we went we had a pair of dipshits a few rows back of us making all kinds of noise. I looked over my shoulder at them and one of them threatened to punch me out or some such crap. I got up and found the theater manager out in the lobby and asked him to do something about the pair of aholes making all the noise. Instead of doing anything about it he took the "both sides do it" approach and threatened to throw us all out if we didn't quit arguing (bothering him the manager). I said screw it. asked for a refund and we left.
Theaters have lost any semblance of quality and instead have become places where noisy shitty people gather to talk and use their brightly lit noisy ringer cell phones without any sort of respect for others who paid too much for the shitty experience.

My big screen, pair of wireless ear phones, and my nearby fridge give me a much better experience at a much lower cost. I'll never go to a theater again.

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How Often Do You Go to the Movies? [View all] Xavier Breath Monday OP
I used to go almost weekly Skittles Monday #1
The industry is in a sad state of affairs, to be sure. Xavier Breath Monday #19
Not changed at all. bucolic_frolic Monday #2
Four or five times a year. LisaM Monday #3
Rarely, I am so easily distracted by those on their phone and/or chit chatting during the movie vapor2 Monday #4
The last movie I saw was the one about Queen/Freddy Mercury BigmanPigman Monday #5
I've been to a theater exactly once since the start of Covid. subterranean Monday #6
The lat time I went to a movie theater was Bluestocking Monday #7
Hardly ever, which is nothing new for us. 3catwoman3 Monday #8
Almost never JBTaurus83 Monday #9
excessively loud, bombastic attempts at music, profanity and cheap sex. not for msongs Monday #10
We never got back into the habit after Covid True Dough Monday #11
Never... 2naSalit Monday #12
Very very rarely - twice in the past 6 years NewHendoLib Monday #13
🤔 buzzycrumbhunger Monday #14
Last time I went it was with friends to see the Downton Abbey movie. mwmisses4289 Monday #15
I usually attend on bargain days, where for about $14 I can get a ticket and a fairly large soda. Xavier Breath Monday #20
Last movie I saw in the theater was a silent film. Wonder Why Monday #16
Once this year- Project Hail Mary RainCaster Monday #17
I saw that at the theater as well a few weeks back. Xavier Breath Monday #21
I used to go all the time when I was young Bristlecone Monday #18
It's amazing how much you miss that pause button when you're in a theater. Xavier Breath Monday #22
One time in several years. It cost too damn much doc03 Monday #23
Somewhere around eight times a year. hunter Monday #24
In the last year and a half, twice, both kids movies, with our neice after we took custody of her ms liberty Monday #25
Maybe four or five times a month NoRethugFriends Monday #26
Last time was about 20 + years ago: director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia at that fierywoman Monday #27
My grandson and I go to the walk in movies average 2 times a month. Tikki Monday #28
Never LPBBEAR Yesterday #29
Lol, that's the one upside (or maybe downside, depending on your view) mwmisses4289 Yesterday #30
Yep LPBBEAR Yesterday #31
And your not limited to popcorn, candy, soda and maybe hotdogs. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #32
That sounds like a frustrating experience. Xavier Breath Yesterday #33
Two or three movies a month MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #34
Haven't been to a movie theater in about 15 years Number9Dream 6 hrs ago #35
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