The 2022 Movie Theater Experience

show up 15 minutes early to see a movie that released less than a week ago

walk past concessions because I'm not trying to spend $8 on a 12oz soda and several handfuls of popcorn

get into the theater 10 minutes before showtime and it's completely empty

sit through preroll ads

almost everything is an ad for a streaming service

the one trailer that isn't for something on a streaming service is only memorable because it makes a huge deal about launching exclusively in theaters

some of the preroll junk isn't even ads, it's stupid timewasters like trivia

a whole 4 other people have trickled in

the movie finally starts a half hour after its listed showtime

at least the movie is really good

movie finishes and I realize we watched a minute of ads for every 3 minutes of movie

the price of the ticket could have bought me a month on a streaming service or two months of VPN

Movie theaters, you will not be missed.

- moddedBear / 2022-06-02

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