I agree. It's not about just seeing the movie. Seeing a film in a theater was often one of the first public events a child attended. You had to learn to dress appropriately and behave with enough manners not to disturb the other patrons.
sure, movie night at home with the fam is great, but there are no strangers there and the kids can pretty much do what they want. That's very different.
And the shared experience of seeing and talking about a huge worldwide hit movie was really, really fun. Nothing like seeing The Empire Strikes Back premiere in a giant theater packed with nothing but other fans.
The communal part of it though is almost gone.
They can invite their friends over
I agree. It's not about just seeing the movie. Seeing a film in a theater was often one of the first public events a child attended. You had to learn to dress appropriately and behave with enough manners not to disturb the other patrons.
sure, movie night at home with the fam is great, but there are no strangers there and the kids can pretty much do what they want. That's very different.
And the shared experience of seeing and talking about a huge worldwide hit movie was really, really fun. Nothing like seeing The Empire Strikes Back premiere in a giant theater packed with nothing but other fans.
Just can't do that at home.