A Column about Movie Etiquette

[ronboster]

I read this column from a Daily Beast writer and his recent experience at an art house screening of "TAR".

I was a little surprised this would happen at an Angelika Cinema (that was my go-to when living in Houston), but maybe the last couple of years being housebound as changed ppl's experiences of seeing movies....

What I mean by that statement is that people treat the public movie theater experience as if they are in their living rooms.

I'll admit I have 3 different levels of engagement:

1) Watching a movie in our living room. We'll take about the movie (good or bad), look up an actor's IMDB page when a question comes up or any number of engagements.

2) Watching a movie in the home theater. A lot of times my wife will say, is this an upstairs movie (living room) or a downstairs movies (basement HT). Usually, very little discussions unless the movie really sucks

3) Watching a movie in the theater. Absolutely no talking during the film. I actually get anxious when ppl around me are openly chatting during the previews (wondering if they are going to respect the no talk, no text social contract in a public theater).

I know we've had dozens of similar threads, but this column made me revisit the topic relative to ppl now re-entering the public movie experience.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsess...uette?ref=home