Does Anyone Here Actually Go to Movie Theaters Anymore?

We go every now and then.

I rarely go unless my husband begs, and then I'll only go if it has reserved seating and alcohol service. I hate old fashioned theaters with rude, loud, obnoxious people and a fight for good seats.

I have a 60" Samsung plasma (last year that they made them) and an $8000 surround-sound system, and I could never watch all my movies at home.

I pay $225 a year for a membership to my local arthouse cinema, The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass. With that, movies are free Monday to Thursday. They have a huge main screen and three more smaller ones. And obviously, crowds devoid of jerks.

This year I saw Mustang, The Lobster, Embrace of the Serpent, Captain Fantastic, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hell or High Water, Moonlight (x2), Loving, Nocturnal Animals, Manchester by the Sea (x2), Jackie, La La Land (x2), Lion, I Am Not Your Negro, Oscar Shorts (4 programs), and The Salesman, among Oscar nominees, plus The Witch, Rams, Hello My Name is Doris, Eye in the Sky, Green Room, The Clan, Midnight Special (x2), The Dying of the Light, Sing Street, Miles Ahead, Colliding Dreams, A Bigger Splash, The Meddler, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Maggie's Plan, Wiener, Love and Friendship, Unlocking the Cage, Swiss Army Man, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Café Society, Indignation, Don't Think Twice, The Light Between Oceans, Southside With You, Morris From America, Cameraperson, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week--The Touring Years, Snowden, Birth of a Nation, American Honey, Denial, American Pastoral, Queen of Katwe, Certain Women, Coming Through the Rye, Michael Moore in Trumpland, Aquarius, The Handmaiden, 20th Century Women, and the re-releases of Chimes at Midnight and Multiple Maniacs.

But wait, there's more. They do repertory, mostly in 35mm, on the big screen. So I also saw Trainspotting, Killer of Sheep, Strangers on a Train, West Side Story, The Great Dictator, Dont Look Back, The Philadelphia Story, Buena Vista Social Club, Pulp Fiction, 8 1/2, Alien, A Face in the Crowd, Chinatown, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Goodfellas, Planet of the Apes, Ball of Fire, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and A Fish Called Wanda. Some of these were preceded by "Science on Screen" talks. Most of these fill their 400-seat theater, and nothing beats seeing a movie in a crowd like that.

It works out to $2.50 a movie.

I'll also see eye-candy movies, in real IMAX whenever possible. This year that was Deadpool, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Jungle Book, Captain America: Civil War, Star Trek Beyond, Kubo and the Two Strings, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (that was friends' idea!), Sully, Dr. Strange (x2), Arrival (x2), Hacksaw Ridge, Moana, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, A Monster Calls, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. I saw Hidden Figures, Fences and Silence, the only three major Oscar movies that didn't come to the Coolidge, and Patriots Day because the terrorist shootouts happened within earshot of my home. With just a few exceptions, I'm really glad I saw all those on the big screen.

Oh yeah, also The Edge of Seventeen, Elle, and Things to Come because they had best-of-year buzz.

Oh, that was 114 movies in a theater the last year (Oscars to Oscars). Previous two years were 111 and 102.

I do still go to theaters maybe once a month, usually just with newer movies that I think ought to be seen on a big screen, like sci fi or action. Last ones I saw in a theater were Rogue One and La La Land. Movies with big visuals. If it's a more intimate drama or comedy I think those do fine on a small screen.

i went to the cinema 5 times in 2016

Triple Nine
Batman v Superman
Midnight Special
Suicide Squad
Rogue One

I stopped going to movie theaters about 1982. Yes, that means I've advanced to old fogy status now, although I wasn't back then. I just got tired of paying good money only to have to listen to someone behind me chatter all through the film. I can't imagine what it's like now with cellphones in constant use seemingly everywhere.

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