10.) I can pop my own popcorn which is cheaper and taste better.

What ever happened to the great taste of movie popcorn? When I was younger it use to be the second best thing about the movies. Now, not only does it taste like I’m eating popcorn gummie bears, but it cost too damn much. Then they try and sell you on the combo deal which is “cheaper” because you get a drink and popcorn for less than if you bought them separate. Are you kidding! Want to know how to save money at the movies? Eat before you go or watch a movie at home.
9.) You don’t have to move, unless you want to.
Have you ever gotten to the movies a little early, got a good seat in the middle of the row, half way up and had to turn sideways the whole movie because everybody has to pass you to get an open seat or go to the bathroom? Well I have and I hated it. I found a way to avoid the big sexy sista’s ass in my face as she passes me on the phone to get to an open seat. From the size of her bag, she went ole school and brought her own snacks.. but I digress. When I’m at home, I only move when I want to go to the bathroom or answer the phone or get something to eat…like some more popcorn. The best part is that I move when I want to, not because I have to. The comfort of my own seat is priceless.
8.) Nobody is on the phone in my house during the movie.

Don’t you hate it when somebody is on the phone in the movies telling someone on the phone that they are at the movies…but continue to talk. Just don’t answer your phone. Why? Because you’re at the movies! At home, if i need to talk, I can push pause. If I have company and they need to talk, I can make a gesture to them like “will you go the hell outside?” (you know the look and gesture.)
7.) I can always get a good seat.

Have you ever gotten to the movies just before the previews end and have to sit in the section right in front of the screen. I watched a movie a couple of years ago looking straight up in the air. It was the worst. I almost felt like I could look under Paula Patton’s dress (okay, I tried, but I couldn’t help it). There have also been times when I took a date and we had to sit in between an old couple and a family of four that shouldn’t have brought their 4 & 6 year old children to an R movie. Terrible! At home, life is good on my sofa or in my recliner.
6.) Volume Control
When I’m at home and I can’t hear what they are saying, I can turn it up on my Super Dolby Hi-Fi 6-channel Surround Sound THX Digital All media compatible Whatchamagiga. When I’m in the movies, the action sounds awesome and then Idris Ilba says something smooth and sexy for the ladies and I’m like “What the hell did he say?” From then on everytime he starts talking in that soft smooth tone like the Quiet Storm DJ, I have to turn my head so I can hear with my good ear. AT home, I just turn it up and rewind…oh yeah…
5.) Rewind
When you forget to hit pause before you leave your comfortable seat and run to the bathroom real quick, there is nothing better than “rewind”. And if you have kids that have no respect for movie time, quiet time or daddy time and they want your attention “now”, give it to them and just press rewind so you can get back to your movie. But there is nothing better than realizing you missed a subtle gesture or clue in the movie and rewinding to make sure you have all the evidence and they don’t get you like they got me in “Usual Suspects” (one of my favorites…a rewind classic). You are a friend of mine if you like a little rewind.
4.) No parking hassle
Have you ever gotten to the movie theater just before another movie let out and can’t find a space? And then you see the swarm of people exiting and you are filled with the joy of a kid on his/her way to Chuck E. Cheese. Then you realize that you only have about 10 min to park get your ticket and get a seat. SO what do the people do who are leaving the theater, they walk like they are trying to make you miss your movie. Slow, slow, slow. At this moment, you are entitled to lose your cool! Note: Whooping someone’s ass in the parking lot and getting arrested will cause you to miss your movie.Why even deal with all that potential drama? Watch your movie at home. It’s safer and less stressful.
3.) I can watch it with whomever I want to watch it with

When I go to the movies, I have no idea who the hell the other 200 people are, nor do I care. But every now and then I want to say, ” Hey Michael, will you stop getting up or Kiesha, will you get off the phone or Tony, will you turn the volume up?” Instead, I have to be politically correct and keep my mouth shut and my thoughts to myself. If I knew their names, those rules wouldn’t apply. At home, I know who’s in my house and who I want to watch a movie with. You can’t watch every movie with everybody. All movies and all people don’t mix.
Recommendation: Don’t watch any movie about a cheating man with a broken hearted woman. The movie will become a discussion you don’t want to have during the movie. It will force you to use #5 and #6 often.
2.) Movie time is whenever I feel like it!

I hate looking online to see when the movie starts. Once upon a time, scheduling a movie time was an all day event. You had to schedule drop-offs, pick-ups, traffic allowances, blockbuster lines around the block,etc. Well, those days are over for me. When I want to watch a movie, I don’t need to see what time it’s showing on the big screen at the 14 theater cineplex that’s 20 minutes away. No sirreee! Now When I have time or when I make time, I just go to my special spot, turn on the tv, slide a dvd in or plug my laptop up, push PLAY…ahhhh. I love it. My seat, my tv, my movie, my popcorn on my time.
1.) It’s cheaper than going to the movies in the long run!

I recently took my son and his best friend to see one of these new 3-D kid movies at the theater and I was pissed the entire movie. Not because the movie wasn’t good or the 3-d sucked. But because I had spent almost $60 bucks including tickets, popcorn, drinks and some Twizzlers. In the end, I’ll still be going to take my son to the movies so he can have his own experiences. As much as I love the movies, I can wait until a movie leaves the theater and is available On Demand, Netflix, or shall I say it…bootleg.
I prophesied years ago that the only reason to go to the movie theater will be to see 3-D film and if you haven’t noticed, every movie is in 3-D for that reason. Now even that’s on the clock with the new 3-D tvs on the market. Going to the movie theater will become a distant memory very similar to going to the drive-in. Although those days were good, they are gone.
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