Why Do You Go To The Movies...?

[Dark Shadow]

A comment in the "Rise of the Apes" a financial success???" thread inspired this question:

Why do you go to the movies...mindless escape or intellectual stimulation?

My working days are chock full of problem solving, data analysis and communicating/interacting with Senior Management & Department Directors (approximately 60 departments). I spend about 10-12 hours per week of my personal time keeping up with and seeking out the truth in current events by reading various news sources & watching a variety of opinion shows (this makes for great conversation and debates with my family & friends). I have the responsibilities that come with relating to a significant other, caring for four pets, and maintaining a home. Somehow, in all of this, I'm also able to enjoy my toy collecting hobby, and attend about 2-3 movies a month (comedy, drama, action, sci-fi, horror, chick-flicks...you name it, I'm there).

My favorite movies are usually the ones that take me out of reality and allow me to experience situations that would never occur in real life (think LOTR).

My least favorite movies are films that feel the need to preach to me about how I should, or should not think, feel, react or behave (I'm pretty good at figuring that out for myself).

So...color me (mostly) mindless entertainment.

What say you?

[Cmonster]

It depends on the movie.

Sometimes I go to escape. Sometimes to learn. Sometimes to appreciate art and sometimes to laugh-- Always to be entertained.

SC

[Hector]

I go to the movies for the overpriced stale popcorn and the watered down sodas...

[Werewolf]

I hate being preached to and the more hamfisted it gets the more it iritates me. I know the world has problems. But I don't need to be reminded of that 24-7. I don't need or want more stress. I watch movies to relax, unwind and get away from all that crap for a while.

[Mikey]

I don't go to the movies because they're too expensive --- and the seats are too small and close together

When I watch a movie I wanna be comfortable

[BOTZWANA]

I would rather wait for it on DVD. Cheaper and I can watch it multiple times. If I do not like it, I sell it in my cafe for what I paid for it.

[Werewolf]

When I watch a movie I wanna be comfortable

I stopped going to theaters ages ago. The people there were always are loud and rude and the theaters were dirty. I just wait until the movies I want to see hit home video.

[babycyclops]

I go to the movies to get angry at dopes who use their phone during the movie

Untimately, I go because I wanna see something that I've never seen before.

[torgospizza]

I go for both reasons, Dark Shadow. Mainly because I'm bored and it's my day off (looking forward to Conan in a couple weeks). I've seen both The Fog of War and Superbad in theaters, so it covers a lot of ground. For the most part, however, I want spectacle in the theater, like something big and brash. I can watch Winter's Bone at home.

[jimsmegos]

I don't go to the movies because they're too expensive --- and the seats are too small and close together

When I watch a movie I wanna be comfortable

I'm with you Mikey. You're cordially invited to movie night once we get the new house set up.