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I used to love going to the theater. I would go almost every weekend, and often during the week. I watched almost everything. Then cell phones came along. At one point, many, many years ago, I swore if some mother fucker took out their fucking phone during the movie I was seeing, I would never set foot in a theater again. Some piece of shit mother fucker did, and I haven't. It's been all the open seas for me since. It also helped that affordable larger screens became available for home. I haven't been to a movie in a theater in probably a decade, and I doubt I'll ever go again.
Yup, the death of cinema has more to do with inconsiderate assholes and big screen TVs being affordable now.
Sorry to Marty Scorsese, but I'm not going to the cinema to see some septuagenarians talk about a hit they did decades ago for three and a half hours.
Also, you can watch movies on your PC or phone now. If you're watching by yourself, you don't particularly need a big screen any more, just a normal screen and a good pair of headphones.
Provided your eyes can comfortably focus at such a short distance for 2 hours at a time, of course.
Yeah but I'm a little old fashioned so I like to sit on my couch and watch things. And you can get a TV that's insanely better than anything that existed a decade ago for the price of a good smart phone.