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LiberalElite

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10. I very rarely go to the movies anymoore

Reply to lastever (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 08:57 PM

May 2016

i see commercials for some that I think i'd like but then I forget about it. It costs too much and too many people don't behave. As for the popcorn & soda, I stopped buying that stuff decades ago. I realized that I can watch TV without consuming anything so what's different about the movies?

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i think i'm gonna quit going to the movie theaters [View all] lastever May 2016 OP

I gave up on movie theaters at least Hayduke Bomgarte May 2016 #1

I only go to the theater with big reserved seats where I can drink a beer. Hassin Bin Sober May 2016 #2

we have a good one here OriginalGeek May 2016 #5

It has to be something really exceptional to get me into a movie theater. Paladin May 2016 #3

I prefer to watch movies at home so I control the volumn, light/dark, closed caption, and back up to patricia92243 May 2016 #4

The volume at theaters is ridiculous. narnian60 May 2016 #31

I quit years ago. Too much $$$, too little worth seeing. Paper Roses May 2016 #6

Going to see pressbox69 May 2016 #7

The last movie I saw in a theater was "Sicko"! femmocrat May 2016 #8

All the movies seem to be made for 15-year-old boys Lydia Leftcoast May 2016 #9

+1 Populist_Prole May 2016 #29

I very rarely go to the movies anymoore LiberalElite May 2016 #10

One of the perks of living in Los Angeles: one of the country's best movie theaters. Initech May 2016 #11

we almost never go to the movies fizzgig May 2016 #12

movie buff here - I used to go almost weekly Skittles May 2016 #13

If you can find Landmark Theatres in your area... CBHagman May 2016 #14

Laemmle Theaters PasadenaTrudy May 2016 #15

We stopped going a long time ago. CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #16

Yes, everything worth seeing eventually comes to DVD or streaming, and Lydia Leftcoast May 2016 #21

Have been to ONE movie since 1994 lastlib May 2016 #17

I have an exceptional theater with reseved seating GOLGO 13 May 2016 #18

Our local spot did that recently as well. Codeine May 2016 #24

Ah, so you know the wonderful pleasure as well. GOLGO 13 May 2016 #26

Last time I went was over 16 years ago. bikebloke May 2016 #19

Love going to the movies, and I will continue to do so. bigwillq May 2016 #20

They still refuse to show your Youtube videos, huh? pinboy3niner May 2016 #22

Hulu has the entire Criterion Collection available to stream. Codeine May 2016 #23

Stopped going 2 years ago. mentalsolstice May 2016 #25

I'm going TONIGHT pinboy3niner May 2016 #27

Used to go a couple of times a week 30 years ago. edbermac May 2016 #28

Yeah, for much the same reasons as you Populist_Prole May 2016 #30