I enjoyed the discussion about the theater itself. But as someone who once went to a movie on most weekends - and for a few years even went to NYC, well now as I am older, it is no longer worth the effort. Few theaters are really all the fun. and for all the great sound in a real theater, in fact it is more fun to sit at home, have a bee…
I enjoyed the discussion about the theater itself. But as someone who once went to a movie on most weekends - and for a few years even went to NYC, well now as I am older, it is no longer worth the effort. Few theaters are really all the fun. and for all the great sound in a real theater, in fact it is more fun to sit at home, have a beer etc and just enjoy. I think the point about who watches Succession is spot on.
Yes, we watch movies and premium television - and we never have a concern about missing a scene if we go to the bathroom.
Also re being the first to see something.... this is one view of how folks look at art. But try this. And I preface this by saying that for all arts there is New Art and Good Art (this idea was taken from painter Alex Katz). So we want both. In music we have our Beethoven concertos, but we also want to hear new music. In painting, we want to see the art in the museums but also the art in the galleries.
So it is not just the thrill of being in the know, but the thrill of seeing the new - that gets us to see new..... movies or TV. But you miss that TV and movies are really the same art. Both consumed in the same manner.
I used to see lots of new stuff but I began to stop after Broke Back Mountain.. I gradually realized that the new were really not what I was looking for. Tastes of those attempting to push taste were no longer mine.
I enjoyed the discussion about the theater itself. But as someone who once went to a movie on most weekends - and for a few years even went to NYC, well now as I am older, it is no longer worth the effort. Few theaters are really all the fun. and for all the great sound in a real theater, in fact it is more fun to sit at home, have a beer etc and just enjoy. I think the point about who watches Succession is spot on.
Yes, we watch movies and premium television - and we never have a concern about missing a scene if we go to the bathroom.
Also re being the first to see something.... this is one view of how folks look at art. But try this. And I preface this by saying that for all arts there is New Art and Good Art (this idea was taken from painter Alex Katz). So we want both. In music we have our Beethoven concertos, but we also want to hear new music. In painting, we want to see the art in the museums but also the art in the galleries.
So it is not just the thrill of being in the know, but the thrill of seeing the new - that gets us to see new..... movies or TV. But you miss that TV and movies are really the same art. Both consumed in the same manner.
I used to see lots of new stuff but I began to stop after Broke Back Mountain.. I gradually realized that the new were really not what I was looking for. Tastes of those attempting to push taste were no longer mine.