We have a local single screen theater in my town. They do showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Audience participation during the show is nearly required. Do not go if you haven’t seen the movie. There was so much talkingtoy won’t really hear the show.
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Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
I would go to movie theaters if this were the normal experience. I haven’t been to one since Star Trek 2009 came out.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Psythik@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Ticket and snack prices still suck, but there’s been some major improvements in projection and audio tech since 2009. Digital is almost as good as film now. Brighter colors, deeper contrast (not quite as good as an OLED, of course, but better than your average TV now), and projectionists actually bother to align the screen properly and use the correct lenses now. Lot fewer people in the audience, too.
The days of a blurry, washed-out image with crushed blacks are over. (The seats even recline now!) If you don’t already have a giant OLED paired with a proper 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos system, then it might be worth giving theaters another chance.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Wow. That bad, huh?
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
I have to, I love movies and have since I was a kid. The experience of buying the ticket and watching even something a little shit still makes me feel like a teenager.
When theaters die, a part of me likely will as well.