Why You Should Avoid The Theatre and Watch Your Films At Home
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For the up-and-coming filmmaker, it may be exciting and fun to watch your movies in the neighborhood theater, but if you want to actually learn something about the films you are viewing, it might be best if you simply stayed at home.
Personally, I hate going to the theater. It never fails, but every time I go to the theater there is at least one of three different types of “movie-wasters” in attendance.
1) The Talkers - First of all, there is always a couple that talks through the entire movie. You know you’ve experienced these people too. Sometimes they are old people who can’t understand what is happening in the film and other times they are simply people talking on their cell phones or generally disregarding the people around them.
2) The Big Heads – Then there are the people who sit in front of you and block your view of the screen. Why pay for a movie when you can only see half the screen?
3) The Kickers – Finally, there’s that little kids that sits behind you and kicks your seat every five seconds throughout the length of the film. You turn around and ask that he stop, but he doesn’t… and his parents don’t seem to care.
But it’s not only the distractions that make me think watching movies in the theater is a bad idea.
I also think that going to the theater is a waste of money. It now costs about $10 every time you go and watch a movie at your local theater. If you were to rent a movie, you’d probably pay $4 or $5 at most. And that same movie could be enjoyed by everyone in your party for that one low price. And if you belong to a movie subscription club like Blockbuster’s Total Access or Netflix, the cost of the film is even less.
Secondly, the advancement of home theater technology is allowing people of just about any financial group to get a kick-ass entertainment system at an extremely affordable price. You no longer need the big screen and the surround sound of the movie theater because you can have all of that in the comfort of your own home.
But after it’s all said and done, the number one reason you should watch your movies at home is so you can stop, pause, and rewind the film to focus on parts that are both important and interesting to you as a filmmaker. If you are watching films and viewing them as a member of the general public would view the film, then you are wasting your time. If you plan to be a filmmaker, you’ve got to pay attention to everything in the films you watch. Observe the editing, the cinematography, the acting, the sound, the effects, the screenwriting, and everything in between. It’s hard to do in a theater… but at home you just might stand a chance!
What do you think? Do you learn more by watching films in the theatre or at home? Do you think large theatres will die out as more and more people opt for watching movies at home?
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