Poll: Is it weird to...
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I've never done it, but I would not mind doing so either. Problem is, I never go to movies anymore anyway. So no, you should not feel weird. Thinking back on all of my theater experiences, I've never once thought, "I'm glad I'm here with my family/friends." I am too busy trying to enjoy the film to care.
I can understand being a little self conscious, but there is no good reason to be.
I can understand being a little self conscious, but there is no good reason to be.
This. I have no major problem with going alone to a cinema. I do this when i want to see some non-blockbuster movie which none of my friends find interesting enough to spend cash on, however i do sometimes feel kinda awkward when i'm clearly te only guy who came there alone.AnarchistFish said:
The movie theater up until the 1950s was very much an attractive night out for people to spend alone. After the 1950s more people spent their nights watching television alone. It's actually more anti-social to stay home and watch TV than to go to a movie theater.
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OT: I used to think so but not anymore. I'm happy enough to eat out, go to the cinema, do whatever alone. If there is a movie I really wanna see, I will make an effort to find someone else who wants to see it too so we can go together but if that fails; I'm not gonna refuse to see it at all just cause I haven't someone to go with.
Press every red button without hesitationOT: I used to think so but not anymore. I'm happy enough to eat out, go to the cinema, do whatever alone. If there is a movie I really wanna see, I will make an effort to find someone else who wants to see it too so we can go together but if that fails; I'm not gonna refuse to see it at all just cause I haven't someone to go with.
It's not weird by any means. I worked as an usher for a little while in a very popular cinema complex and you wouldn't believe how many people go to the movies on their own. The one kid that gets dropped off by his mom. The one dude that's on his own, the one girl that's on her own (some of them pretend they're waiting for someone and fidget with their phones). Lots and lots of old people - mostly women - who go on their own as well, as part of some sort of ritual, to see every movie they're showing, just because.
I've also worked as a movie critic for the past 4 years. I go to the movies about 70 times every year, and most of those times (like 60) I'm on my own, on assignment, at a press screening. It's not the same as regular movie-going since - as much as I fucking love watching movies for free - it's still a job, and the room is filled with people who are "on their own". Hell, you get to recognize most of them. And you're working, technically. So no stigma there.
I'd have to say it took me a lot of press screenings before I decided going on your own to the movies wasn't bad at all, and I've gone to the movie theater on my own since then, when I'm bored and it's nearby or it's one of those movie cycles of some sort (I watched like 20 Federico Fellini movies in 2 weeks, mostly on my own, and I had a blast doing that).
So to answer your question - it's not odd on account of the fact that a LOT of people do it, for a LOT of different reasons and in a LOT of different contexts. There's nothing inherently extraneous about that.
I've also worked as a movie critic for the past 4 years. I go to the movies about 70 times every year, and most of those times (like 60) I'm on my own, on assignment, at a press screening. It's not the same as regular movie-going since - as much as I fucking love watching movies for free - it's still a job, and the room is filled with people who are "on their own". Hell, you get to recognize most of them. And you're working, technically. So no stigma there.
I'd have to say it took me a lot of press screenings before I decided going on your own to the movies wasn't bad at all, and I've gone to the movie theater on my own since then, when I'm bored and it's nearby or it's one of those movie cycles of some sort (I watched like 20 Federico Fellini movies in 2 weeks, mostly on my own, and I had a blast doing that).
So to answer your question - it's not odd on account of the fact that a LOT of people do it, for a LOT of different reasons and in a LOT of different contexts. There's nothing inherently extraneous about that.
No... It's the strangers in said movie theater that make the "experience" weird... (Damn teens talking over the apparently good parts... Are you sure we're part of the same generation??)
Besides, I only do it with movies that I can't persuade people to watch with me either way... Looking at you, Frozen and Anchorman 2... (It also doesn't help being the only black guy in the theater basically ALL of the time whenever I do go to the theater alone...)
Besides, I only do it with movies that I can't persuade people to watch with me either way... Looking at you, Frozen and Anchorman 2... (It also doesn't help being the only black guy in the theater basically ALL of the time whenever I do go to the theater alone...)