Outside of making a mess or trashing the place, I think movie theaters need to allow patrons to do more when watching a movie. The movie is going to go direct to video in a month anyway, why not let movie goers have fun?
What they should do is have 2 screenings going, one that’s for people who like to sit there and do the standard movie going things, laugh at funny things, react to shocking things, cough, you know the usual, then have another screening where it’s a borderline party,have less seating and open up the floor for people to dance, sing or whatever their hearts desire.
I like to sit there and watch a movie, but it would be nice to have a choice to go to the more loose one every so often, some movies are made to be enjoyed loudly.
Edit: you said outside of that, so I will amend my comment to fun for someone could be ruining the fun for others who just want to sit and enjoy watching it.
If this was over a generation ago with how movies used to get released, I’d agree with you.
However, it feels like part of the fun of seeing something in a theater is that you’re watching something with others and you could watch it alone within a few months. With what I’ve read about RRR or the Taylor Swift Eras movie release, maybe theaters should let some screenings being audience participatory because there is more enjoyment with treating the movie as something to interact with instead of passively watch.
After all, you can passively watch a movie at home.
My screens at home are not that much worse than seeing a movie in theater from a reasonable distance from the screen and I can control the other thing like the volume and whether or not their are subtitles. The people talking about how crazy the MC movie seeing was made me actually want to go and see it.
Outside of making a mess or trashing the place, I think movie theaters need to allow patrons to do more when watching a movie. The movie is going to go direct to video in a month anyway, why not let movie goers have fun?
What they should do is have 2 screenings going, one that’s for people who like to sit there and do the standard movie going things, laugh at funny things, react to shocking things, cough, you know the usual, then have another screening where it’s a borderline party,have less seating and open up the floor for people to dance, sing or whatever their hearts desire.
I like to sit there and watch a movie, but it would be nice to have a choice to go to the more loose one every so often, some movies are made to be enjoyed loudly.
Because someone has to clean that shit up.
Edit: you said outside of that, so I will amend my comment to fun for someone could be ruining the fun for others who just want to sit and enjoy watching it.
If this was over a generation ago with how movies used to get released, I’d agree with you.
However, it feels like part of the fun of seeing something in a theater is that you’re watching something with others and you could watch it alone within a few months. With what I’ve read about RRR or the Taylor Swift Eras movie release, maybe theaters should let some screenings being audience participatory because there is more enjoyment with treating the movie as something to interact with instead of passively watch.
After all, you can passively watch a movie at home.
And that’s why I stopped going to the movies.
My screens at home are not that much worse than seeing a movie in theater from a reasonable distance from the screen and I can control the other thing like the volume and whether or not their are subtitles. The people talking about how crazy the MC movie seeing was made me actually want to go and see it.