If you want to see a movie in its best possible form a theater will always be the best place, just get there early before the crowds come.

I am going to watch Episode III at a midnight screening tonight at the VUE cinema in Islington, I will share my experience as to how fellow SW audiences behaved. We will probably go wild in the beginning then quiet, and lots of oohhhs and ahhhhs when the lightsaber duels start. YAY!

Pudie – you don’t need thousands of dollars. There’s some really excellent equipment to be had if you look to last years models, which are often actually only a few months out of date but heavily reduced. I feel a post.

As far as a noisy audience goes – I have had only a few experiences that were unpleasant. Theaters in my area have started cracking down on disruptive movie goers. Then there are movie goers such as myself who aren’t afraid to tell the disruptive jack ass to quiet himself. (albeit not quiet so nicely ;) )

As a parent I stopped bringing my baby the minute she wouldn’t sleep through a movie. Then it was only kid movies. Today she’s gained a fairly ecletic taste in movies for a nine year old, so we often make movie trips together. Does she kick the back of seats, talk or walk around? No. Why? Because I taught her good movie behavoir.

     I think this can severely alter one’s perception of a film. It’s too bad it is so corrupt.

I also, in all fairness, can’t use higher ticket prices/snacks as a comparison or list it is an annoyance because, umm, HELLO you’re watching a movie at a megaplex with huge screen and the usual amenities, not vegging out on the couch with the plasma screen tv.

I can, however,understand the “some movies aren’t worth watching in theatre” reason, although that doesn’t influence me to any particular degree unless I think the movie is going to suck. Otherwise I’d only be going out to see big splashy SFX Star Wars, type fare (which meets my “wow, that’s only gonna suck marginally less than the others, pass” criteria).

If you’re not comfortable with a certain movie theater and its audience than maybe think about seeing other movies, not theaters. You can actually experience some inspiring films by turning away from the dumb crowd.

There’s something more. If you go alone to a movie theater you feel even more alone. I mean… you can be really lonely with other people around, interacting with each other :) Home Theater is a good solution if that bothers you, it’s only you and the characters, and you gotta love the characters :P
It happened many times to me. Sitting alone in the middle of a hugging audience on Notting Hill can be a bad experience, but inspiring.

It does depend so much on the type of film I will be watching. Some films doesnt need to be seen in big screens, and for such ones I usually wait till the DVD comes out and get it then, but for films with tons of special & visual effects (ha! I knew my Star Wars comment will be useful!) what better way to watch these films than in a really huge cinema screen, alongside eager audiences who follow some cinema etiquettes. After RotS we have “Batman Begins” and “War of the Worlds” coming up, I’ll queue up for these bad boys! :-)Pudie said, “If a movie is good enough I dont even really notice other annoyances unless its painfully obvious”. I feel like this too, and audiences at the UGC west India Quay hasnt been too bad really.