Have Movies in Theatres Become Passé?

[Tish]

With all the streaming services out there, I dare say movie theaters are on their way out.
The last movie I went to see was with my Grandchildren.

 

[Trish]

I think of films (on screen) in cinemas and plays (live, onstage) in theatres. In America you go to a theatre to watch a move? When you go to see a play on stage do you also call that a theatre?

 

[Alligatorob]

When you go to see a play on stage do you also call that a theatre?

Yep, there are "movie theaters" and then just "theater" here. Another example of peoples separated by a common language.

 

[hollydolly]

I think of films (on screen) in cinemas and plays (live, onstage) in theatres. In America you go to a theatre to watch a move? When you go to see a play on stage do you also call that a theatre?

exactly

 

[RadishRose]

Is there something lost in translation here? By movies do you mean films, or the cinema that they are released in?

For me, both.

 

[Gaer]

Haha! I still miss "Drive-ins"!
Don't like the theaters to go by the wayside, but things are swiftly changing.

 

[Alligatorob]

Is there something lost in translation here?

Seems to be...

 

[officerripley]

Yep, there are "movie theaters" and then just "theater" here. Another example of peoples separated by a common language.

Also, around here anyway, we also say: the movie house, picture show or the flicks.

 

[Trish]

The last time I went to the cinema was to see Bohemian Rhapsody and a week later I saw Widows - it was 2018! Enjoyed both films

 

[jakbird]

There's a movie theater close by my house. I look at the movie posters outside when I go by. I wouldn't watch those movies if they were free on TV, much less pay $12 to watch it on a big screen. I wonder if the internet movie pirate business is in a slump because no one wants to see the new ones.

 

[RFW]

What's crazy is in Asian countries like Singapore, most theaters have the back row filled with love seats with some dedicated to only these and it's only about 30 USD for two.

 

[Don M.]

The only time we've been to a movie theater, in the past 8 or 10 years, was when we took the Great Granddaughter to see the Tom Hanks movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Other than that, we have little desire to go to the movies, anymore.

 

[Trish]

What's crazy is in Asian countries like Singapore, most theaters have the back row filled with love seats with some dedicated to only these and it's only about 30 USD for two.

In Japan they had Romance trains. Two guys in our party couldn't resist playing with the buttons, their seats spun round so they were facing each other, nose to nose

 

[RFW]

In Japan they had Romance trains. Two guys in our party couldn't resist playing with the buttons, their seats spun round so they were facing each other, nose to nose

I've been to Japan many times. How did I not know about this?
I liked to play with their toilet seat.

 

[Trish]

I've been to Japan many times. How did I not know about this?
I liked to play with their toilet seat.

We didn't know either until they started messing with the buttons and another passenger showed them the button to reset their seats, otherwise they would have been stuck like that for the entire journey, which would have been funnier

The flush, spray and dry was an experience

 

[Nosy Bee-54]

I've been to Japan many times. How did I not know about this?
I liked to play with their toilet seat.

Is that the one where no tissue is needed? I hope the water is warm and the spout is accurate.

 

[Trish]

Is that the one where no tissue is needed? I hope the water is warm and the spout is accurate.

Yes, you do have to watch out for the spout though

 

[RFW]

Is that the one where no tissue is needed? I hope the water is warm and the spout is accurate.

Fully adjustable. It can be as soft or as hard as you want, water pressure wise. So many buttons I still don't even know what half of them do.

 

[Jan14]

I love going to the movies and watching it on the big screen with popcorn! Since Covid I have stayed away.

 

[Murrmurr]

My son and his wife have 6 kids and while 3 of them still lived at home, every Tuesday was dinner-and-a-movie night every. It cost them about $60, total.

With only 2 kids at home now, dinner-and-a-movie night was costing $120-$150 depending on where they ate.
So now they do take-out-and-home-theater night, which costs more like the "old" $60, DVD rental included.

 

[dseag2]

I am worried for movie theaters as well but we try to book a movie at a theater every Sunday if there is something new and interesting. I also try to watch an Indie movie during the week.

We watched Death On the Nile last Sunday. It was great.

I have no interest in watching these movies on our TV. I watch TV all day every week.

 

[Gary O']

I don't miss movie houses
Or $50 popcorn
Or $20 sodas

or

even the latest movies

 

[FastTrax]

I've been to Japan many times. How did I not know about this?
I liked to play with their toilet seat.

Is that the one with the 3 seashells?

 

[RFW]

Is that the one with the 3 seashells?

I'm still mad that they never showed us how to use them.

 

[Gary O']

I've been to Japan many times. How did I not know about this?
I liked to play with their toilet seat.

Try mainland China

No toilet seats

No toilets

Co-ed