Anonymous 01/04/14(Sat) 17:46 UTC-5 No. 40237147
>Go see some horror movie years ago with a friend at midnight.
>Theater is empty except some black woman up front.
>she starts yelling.
>"NAW DONT GO IN THERE"
>"WHY YOU DO THAT"
>I yell back "TELL HER"
>"YEAH SEE THIS BOI GETS IT"
>"YEAH I GET IT"
>later, a person dies from being decapitated, the woman screams.
>"OOOOH DAYUM"
>yell back.
>"DO YOU THINK SHE'S DEAD"
>"HOW THE FUCK YOU GON LIVE WITH NO HEAD"
>"I DONT KNOW MAYBE AN AMBULANCE WILL COME"
>"THEY IN THE FUCKIN WOODS"
Ticket and snack prices still suck (unless you go to a theater that serves food), but there’s been some major improvements in projection and audio tech since 2009. Digital is almost as good as film now. Brighter colors, deeper contrast (not quite as good as an OLED, of course, but better than your average TV now), and projectionists actually bother to align the screen properly and use the correct lenses now. Lot fewer people in the audience, too.
The days of a blurry, washed-out image with crushed blacks are over. (The seats even recline as well!) If you don’t already have a giant OLED or full array LED paired with a proper 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos system, then it might be worth giving theaters another chance.