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Ok, a couple of posts today from some people have got me thinking about the difference between cinema and home viewing of movies.
I’m not talking about quality or size of the picture or sound, I just mean the whole experience.
Personally, I prefer home viewing.
Sometimes.
Other times I prefer the cinema. Exactly, I change my mind depending.
However, lately I am definitely leaning towards home viewing, purely for the ability to watch a movie without being incited to murder and mayhem by inconsiderate, moronic and plain rude people.
Do you know what I mean?
CINEMA:
Those people that go to watch a movie, and either don’t like it or don’t get out that often because they feel the need to sit and talk. Not whisper, but “blah blah blah blah” at normal volume, and then get offended when I grab their hair and drive a knee into their foreheads.
Almost.
There have been a couple of occasions where someone has taken exception to me telling them to shut up or leave.
Why?
It is unreasonable to expect, having paid £5+, I have the right to sit and watch the movie without being plagued by people recently revived from comas and have to make up for years of lost speech?
Is it me?
Everyone makes the occasional comment, that’s expected. But I refer specifically to those that use phones, tell their mate about” what so-and-so did last Wednesday and would you believe what Barry said back?”
Or those that are unable to last through one single film without bringing an entire supermarket of food in with them. Not just a bag of REALLY CRACKLY sweets, but hot dogs, crisps and even Nachos are available now.
And all with the decibel level of Rhinos fighting Elephants using megaphones.
Idiots.
But on the plus side, you can make an evening out of it. Get a meal before/afterwards, go and sit in the dark with your mate/girlfriend/boyfriend and enjoy the brand new movie that everyone must see.
It is a fun time (when the noisy-eating, talking hat wearing muddyfunksters stay away) and I think can enhance a movie’s appeal no end.
Talking about the movie on the way home, arguing the merits and bad points (or is that just movie geeks like me?), just chewing over what you’ve just seen and having fun with it.
Or
VIDEO
You can watch these in your own home, at your own pace and in relative peace and quiet (unless groups of hat wearing chatty grazers wander into your home).
You can choose the movie you want, stop it at leisure if you need a bathroom break, rewind for bits you missed or didn’t get.
Ok so it’s on a much smaller screen (unless you visit the Virgin cinema in Harlow where it’s the same size as that portable your nan has in her bedroom), but you can sit with your nose smearing the screen if you want, and nobody will throw food at you for obscuring Mel Gibson’s third chin.
But you do have the hassle of choosing one and making sure it’s back the next day.
And you’re different, you go to the video shop and you know what you want, but the others? They stand in front of you looking at “Robot Ninja Waiter 9” and block the aisle.
And don’t ask the staff if they have a movie, because they’ll stare at you with blank expression before returning to picking bits out of their co-workers scalp and munching on it. (Not that I think Blockb**** near me is staffed by Lab Chimps…oh not at all. They know exactly where The Terminator is).
I asked one simian if they had “Hamlet” after waiting for 10 mins for the question to register in there somewhere
. “Wot, the new one?” was the grunted reply.
“No, the one Shakespeare wrote you ******** dolt”
You can get your mates round for pizza and beer, watch the movie and then watch it again, turn the sound down and improvise your own script. (but that might just be me again).
And the biggest benefit of video?
You can rent any old pap and nobody will laugh as they see you watching “Pokemon” and you have to pretend you took your non-existent nephew with you.
So, in conclusion, I prefer video.
Except when I prefer the cinema.
I’m not talking about quality or size of the picture or sound, I just mean the whole experience.
Personally, I prefer home viewing.
Sometimes.
Other times I prefer the cinema. Exactly, I change my mind depending.
However, lately I am definitely leaning towards home viewing, purely for the ability to watch a movie without being incited to murder and mayhem by inconsiderate, moronic and plain rude people.
Do you know what I mean?
CINEMA:
Those people that go to watch a movie, and either don’t like it or don’t get out that often because they feel the need to sit and talk. Not whisper, but “blah blah blah blah” at normal volume, and then get offended when I grab their hair and drive a knee into their foreheads.
Almost.
There have been a couple of occasions where someone has taken exception to me telling them to shut up or leave.
Why?
It is unreasonable to expect, having paid £5+, I have the right to sit and watch the movie without being plagued by people recently revived from comas and have to make up for years of lost speech?
Is it me?
Everyone makes the occasional comment, that’s expected. But I refer specifically to those that use phones, tell their mate about” what so-and-so did last Wednesday and would you believe what Barry said back?”
Or those that are unable to last through one single film without bringing an entire supermarket of food in with them. Not just a bag of REALLY CRACKLY sweets, but hot dogs, crisps and even Nachos are available now.
And all with the decibel level of Rhinos fighting Elephants using megaphones.
Idiots.
But on the plus side, you can make an evening out of it. Get a meal before/afterwards, go and sit in the dark with your mate/girlfriend/boyfriend and enjoy the brand new movie that everyone must see.
It is a fun time (when the noisy-eating, talking hat wearing muddyfunksters stay away) and I think can enhance a movie’s appeal no end.
Talking about the movie on the way home, arguing the merits and bad points (or is that just movie geeks like me?), just chewing over what you’ve just seen and having fun with it.
Or
VIDEO
You can watch these in your own home, at your own pace and in relative peace and quiet (unless groups of hat wearing chatty grazers wander into your home).
You can choose the movie you want, stop it at leisure if you need a bathroom break, rewind for bits you missed or didn’t get.
Ok so it’s on a much smaller screen (unless you visit the Virgin cinema in Harlow where it’s the same size as that portable your nan has in her bedroom), but you can sit with your nose smearing the screen if you want, and nobody will throw food at you for obscuring Mel Gibson’s third chin.
But you do have the hassle of choosing one and making sure it’s back the next day.
And you’re different, you go to the video shop and you know what you want, but the others? They stand in front of you looking at “Robot Ninja Waiter 9” and block the aisle.
And don’t ask the staff if they have a movie, because they’ll stare at you with blank expression before returning to picking bits out of their co-workers scalp and munching on it. (Not that I think Blockb**** near me is staffed by Lab Chimps…oh not at all. They know exactly where The Terminator is).
I asked one simian if they had “Hamlet” after waiting for 10 mins for the question to register in there somewhere
. “Wot, the new one?” was the grunted reply.
“No, the one Shakespeare wrote you ******** dolt”
You can get your mates round for pizza and beer, watch the movie and then watch it again, turn the sound down and improvise your own script. (but that might just be me again).
And the biggest benefit of video?
You can rent any old pap and nobody will laugh as they see you watching “Pokemon” and you have to pretend you took your non-existent nephew with you.
So, in conclusion, I prefer video.
Except when I prefer the cinema.
It also depends upon the size of your TV. obviously there is gonna be a huge difference between a 40" sony wega and that crappy little thing in your bedroom. It is possible to recreate the cinema experince in your own home. sub woofers really do add an extra boom. especailly if you put one behind the sofa or somthin. i suppose only problem is that all this will cost you hundreds of pounds...probably going into thousands actually. when the trip to the cinema is just £5.
Video viewing is great cos you can stop the video and rewind it whenever you want, but the whole cinema experiance is soooo much better.
Well thats my opinion. You get much more involved with the film in the cinema, the sound and picture are always much better and it is just a whole other experiance to sticking a video tape in the machine.
Well thats my opinion. You get much more involved with the film in the cinema, the sound and picture are always much better and it is just a whole other experiance to sticking a video tape in the machine.
Videos - you can pause the film in all the best bits (ahem...). What really annoys me about VHS tapes is the way that after a while, the top of the screen begins to flicker as the quality of the tape degrades. My copy of 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is ruined because Roger Moore's head keeps getting cut off his body!
Guess it's time for the DVD revolution.
Guess it's time for the DVD revolution.
True.
Any benefits to videos?
Any downside to cinema?
Any benefits to videos?
Any downside to cinema?
What's great about a night out to the cinema is that you can escape all the hassles at home and relax for two hours or so and concentrate purely on the film you're watching. Having the phone go all the time, or nagging housemates demanding that you do the washing up means the stop button gets pressed all too often on video, which ruins the flow of the film. Another thing which makes the cinema experience all the more enjoyable is catching the trailers; I always like getting a preview of the big blockbusters 'Coming Soon', and in some cases, they can be more exciting than the actual film you've gone to see.
Ok, a couple of posts today from some people have got me thinking about the difference between cinema and home viewing of movies.
I’m not talking about quality or size of the picture or sound, I just mean the whole experience.
Personally, I prefer home viewing.
Sometimes.
Other times I prefer the cinema. Exactly, I change my mind depending.
However, lately I am definitely leaning towards home viewing, purely for the ability to watch a movie without being incited to murder and mayhem by inconsiderate, moronic and plain rude people.
Do you know what I mean?
CINEMA:
Those people that go to watch a movie, and either don’t like it or don’t get out that often because they feel the need to sit and talk. Not whisper, but “blah blah blah blah” at normal volume, and then get offended when I grab their hair and drive a knee into their foreheads.
Almost.
There have been a couple of occasions where someone has taken exception to me telling them to shut up or leave.
Why?
It is unreasonable to expect, having paid £5+, I have the right to sit and watch the movie without being plagued by people recently revived from comas and have to make up for years of lost speech?
Is it me?
Everyone makes the occasional comment, that’s expected. But I refer specifically to those that use phones, tell their mate about” what so-and-so did last Wednesday and would you believe what Barry said back?”
Or those that are unable to last through one single film without bringing an entire supermarket of food in with them. Not just a bag of REALLY CRACKLY sweets, but hot dogs, crisps and even Nachos are available now.
And all with the decibel level of Rhinos fighting Elephants using megaphones.
Idiots.
But on the plus side, you can make an evening out of it. Get a meal before/afterwards, go and sit in the dark with your mate/girlfriend/boyfriend and enjoy the brand new movie that everyone must see.
It is a fun time (when the noisy-eating, talking hat wearing muddyfunksters stay away) and I think can enhance a movie’s appeal no end.
Talking about the movie on the way home, arguing the merits and bad points (or is that just movie geeks like me?), just chewing over what you’ve just seen and having fun with it.
Or
VIDEO
You can watch these in your own home, at your own pace and in relative peace and quiet (unless groups of hat wearing chatty grazers wander into your home).
You can choose the movie you want, stop it at leisure if you need a bathroom break, rewind for bits you missed or didn’t get.
Ok so it’s on a much smaller screen (unless you visit the Virgin cinema in Harlow where it’s the same size as that portable your nan has in her bedroom), but you can sit with your nose smearing the screen if you want, and nobody will throw food at you for obscuring Mel Gibson’s third chin.
But you do have the hassle of choosing one and making sure it’s back the next day.
And you’re different, you go to the video shop and you know what you want, but the others? They stand in front of you looking at “Robot Ninja Waiter 9” and block the aisle.
And don’t ask the staff if they have a movie, because they’ll stare at you with blank expression before returning to picking bits out of their co-workers scalp and munching on it. (Not that I think Blockb**** near me is staffed by Lab Chimps…oh not at all. They know exactly where The Terminator is).
I asked one simian if they had “Hamlet” after waiting for 10 mins for the question to register in there somewhere
. “Wot, the new one?” was the grunted reply.
“No, the one Shakespeare wrote you ******** dolt”
You can get your mates round for pizza and beer, watch the movie and then watch it again, turn the sound down and improvise your own script. (but that might just be me again).
And the biggest benefit of video?
You can rent any old pap and nobody will laugh as they see you watching “Pokemon” and you have to pretend you took your non-existent nephew with you.
So, in conclusion, I prefer video.
Except when I prefer the cinema.
I’m not talking about quality or size of the picture or sound, I just mean the whole experience.
Personally, I prefer home viewing.
Sometimes.
Other times I prefer the cinema. Exactly, I change my mind depending.
However, lately I am definitely leaning towards home viewing, purely for the ability to watch a movie without being incited to murder and mayhem by inconsiderate, moronic and plain rude people.
Do you know what I mean?
CINEMA:
Those people that go to watch a movie, and either don’t like it or don’t get out that often because they feel the need to sit and talk. Not whisper, but “blah blah blah blah” at normal volume, and then get offended when I grab their hair and drive a knee into their foreheads.
Almost.
There have been a couple of occasions where someone has taken exception to me telling them to shut up or leave.
Why?
It is unreasonable to expect, having paid £5+, I have the right to sit and watch the movie without being plagued by people recently revived from comas and have to make up for years of lost speech?
Is it me?
Everyone makes the occasional comment, that’s expected. But I refer specifically to those that use phones, tell their mate about” what so-and-so did last Wednesday and would you believe what Barry said back?”
Or those that are unable to last through one single film without bringing an entire supermarket of food in with them. Not just a bag of REALLY CRACKLY sweets, but hot dogs, crisps and even Nachos are available now.
And all with the decibel level of Rhinos fighting Elephants using megaphones.
Idiots.
But on the plus side, you can make an evening out of it. Get a meal before/afterwards, go and sit in the dark with your mate/girlfriend/boyfriend and enjoy the brand new movie that everyone must see.
It is a fun time (when the noisy-eating, talking hat wearing muddyfunksters stay away) and I think can enhance a movie’s appeal no end.
Talking about the movie on the way home, arguing the merits and bad points (or is that just movie geeks like me?), just chewing over what you’ve just seen and having fun with it.
Or
VIDEO
You can watch these in your own home, at your own pace and in relative peace and quiet (unless groups of hat wearing chatty grazers wander into your home).
You can choose the movie you want, stop it at leisure if you need a bathroom break, rewind for bits you missed or didn’t get.
Ok so it’s on a much smaller screen (unless you visit the Virgin cinema in Harlow where it’s the same size as that portable your nan has in her bedroom), but you can sit with your nose smearing the screen if you want, and nobody will throw food at you for obscuring Mel Gibson’s third chin.
But you do have the hassle of choosing one and making sure it’s back the next day.
And you’re different, you go to the video shop and you know what you want, but the others? They stand in front of you looking at “Robot Ninja Waiter 9” and block the aisle.
And don’t ask the staff if they have a movie, because they’ll stare at you with blank expression before returning to picking bits out of their co-workers scalp and munching on it. (Not that I think Blockb**** near me is staffed by Lab Chimps…oh not at all. They know exactly where The Terminator is).
I asked one simian if they had “Hamlet” after waiting for 10 mins for the question to register in there somewhere
. “Wot, the new one?” was the grunted reply.
“No, the one Shakespeare wrote you ******** dolt”
You can get your mates round for pizza and beer, watch the movie and then watch it again, turn the sound down and improvise your own script. (but that might just be me again).
And the biggest benefit of video?
You can rent any old pap and nobody will laugh as they see you watching “Pokemon” and you have to pretend you took your non-existent nephew with you.
So, in conclusion, I prefer video.
Except when I prefer the cinema.