Tafdolphin wrote:This feels huge. Not sure what to make of it really: I love going to the cinema, but if WB can make this work financially I don't see how this doesn't spell the beginning of the end.
I won't be sad to see the back of the cinema experience. If I book onto an exciting opening day release I either have to go on my own (meaning I have nobody to talk to about it) or end up with crap seats which normally have next to no leg room due to The Light costing a fortune to take the family to.
And then I have to put up with strangers. I remember excitedly going to watch The Force Awakens only to discover me and 2 friends couldnt sit together. I had to go it alone next to some guy with his head buried in his t-shirt playing on his phone for the whole film. If I'm sat at the back somewhere I may as well be watching it on TV.
At home I can go to the loo when I like, I have a fridge full of beer and pork pies 10 steps away and I can lie down if I feel like it.
Maybe the death of cinema will give actual theatres a shot in the arm. Nothing like a live play or musical.