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.