Going to Movies Solo

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I think I went solo to The Lego Movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Frozen. Honest to god I did not realize Frozen was a musical though and my family had no idea that movie even existed so they passed.

I go to movies all the time solo. The social aspect of it is pretty low in the first place, sit in the dark and you cannot talk. We should be asking people "Why do you go with another person??"

It's worse going to the movies with others as a planned thing without a specific film to see. We'll sort it out when we're there. Leads to having to pick and compromise on what you want to see, I know that some of the worst movies I've ever seen at the cinema have been as result of working it out when you're there.

Go to the movies solo when there's something worth seeing on the big screen. Saturday morning, first showing. Matinee prices, never packed.

I usually only go to the movies as a solo. This works best for opening night blockbusters, as I'm ALWAYS able to find a spot, usually in prime locations. A lot of people leave a 1 seat buffer between them and someone else, so I'm always able to squeeze in to that. Works great.

EDIT: I just remembered my very first "solo" movie experience. I went and saw the original Spider-Man with Tobey Maguire. I was finished with High School, working full time for my family business (and I'm still there). We got done work at 3:30pm one day, so I went right to the theater after work and saw it then. I had never been to a movie earlier than like 7pm previously, so it was a weird, but I grew to love it. Seriously, you're sitting in a dark room, who gives a shit if you're sitting next to people you know or not? You miss out on talking about the movie after the fact, but even then you don't always miss out.

Now a days, the theater I go to has a sports bar right next to it (same parking lot). I'll walk over there after watching the movie, and start chatting with random people around the bar. It always seems to work.

Usually always go to the movies alone. Most friends and family work full time jobs and we cant really commit so I just go. Seen everything from Frozen to Edge of Tommorow alone. Theatre here has tickets for 4.50 matinee showing so I almost always go before 3 or 4. Empty theatres usually and sometimes I'll even just walk to another movie.

What the fuck is wrong with the OP and certain others. Do you get this anxious when you go to the library alone well? Who the fuck cares what other people in the theatre think?

Gamma Rays_sl said:

It's worse going to the movies with others as a planned thing without a specific film to see. We'll sort it out when we're there. Leads to having to pick and compromise on what you want to see, I know that some of the worst movies I've ever seen at the cinema have been as result of working it out when you're there.

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Is this something that people actually do? I've never in my entire life gone to the movies without knowing the specific film and showing that I wanted to see. Even back in the days where you had to check the newspaper or call up the theater to find out the times of showings, we never just said "whelp, let's just show up at the theater and THEN figure out what to see!"

early 20s- did it a bunch. now, not so much. been aching to do it again. its peaceful as fuck. real jealous of the big cities who serve booze at theatres, you can go and not look weird.

safe time- matinee. if you dont give a fuck- go whenever, but id still avoid fri/sat night

McCheese_sl said:

Is this something that people actually do? I've never in my entire life gone to the movies without knowing the specific film and showing that I wanted to see. Even back in the days where you had to check the newspaper or call up the theater to find out the times of showings, we never just said "whelp, let's just show up at the theater and THEN figure out what to see!"

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Back in the early 90's I was living in Sydney. In the middle of the city there was a cinema strip, the main 3 cinema chains Hoyts, Greater Union and Village each had a multiplex 12-15 screens - in the same block on the same side of the street. And then they showed all the big current releases at the early evening time so TL: DR all the current movies were there to be watched within a 1 hour time window.

So it was common to meet up with friends, relatives visiting town there, go to a nearby restaurant / fast food place and then work out what film to watch.

I enjoy going to the movies solo more than I enjoy with friends. One factor may be that I don't really watch the more "social with friends" (comedies, blockbuster action etc) type of movies in theaters. I usually only shell out theater-cash to see movies that I have a special interest in, in which case I really just want to concentrate on the movie.

For me, there is something nice about having alone time with quiet thoughts and observations of the stuff going on around me without having to be socially attentive. It's a treat, really.