By the way, this is part of why I don't understand why people still go to cinemas, crowded, noisy, smelly places to watch a movie that you could watch I the comfort of your home!
2. Not everyone has a nice entertainment system in their home, if your TV isn't good or the sound isn't good or you got a DVD instead of Blu Ray or you had to stream but have crappy internet (etc).
3. If you don't control the TV you have to watch whatever is on (parents/teens fighting over the the only TV). Maybe less common now but not everyone has multiple TVs.
4. It forces me to carve out the time to watch/finish the movie because I don't get to just pause it and get distracted.
I go if I want to see the movie badly (and only on a specific day when they reduce ticket prices). I also like the gigantic screen and loud noise. I don't usually remember a movie by the time it's out of the cinema and so never remember to watch it later.
2. no big TV: true, although chances are that the electrical consumption delta between your old and a newer TV would pay for the newer TV in a year. Also, I don't care about cool/artistic images, I only care about the story told by the movie, but for people who are into that, this is a valid point, and probably the only one really.
3. idk, on the other hand, I ended liking movies I would have never watched myself, but did because my spouse/kids wanted to watch it.
4. you might want to read about focus, meditation, etc...
5. I keep a list of movies, every time somebody tells me about a good movie I haven't seen, I write it down. It's way better than endlessly wonder "what should we watch tonight?" or watch what advertiser tells us we should watch.
As for #4, I can only "force" my bladder so much. At home, I can pause and take a bathroom break; I can't do that at the cinema.
As for the "loud noise", deafeningly loud noises are bad for your hearing. At home, I can set the volume to an appropriate and comfortable level.
Sure, for the most part I don't care about going to the theater, most movies suck anyway. But socializing is a thing and watching a movie on the couch just doesn't compare to being in a dark theater with the screen filling your entire field of view and feeling the rumble from the speakers.
> socializing is a thing
Surely you don't talk while the movie's on! And if you like to drink/eat while socialising, all cinemas I've ever been to have worse and more expensive drinks and food than any bar/restaurant/home.
We bring our own food and drinks.
And sure I could do that at home but then I'd have to buy a screen or a projector, make sure my place is tidy, etc.
Watching a movie at home is so much nicer, as my sofa is so comfy and especially since they made the big screen pointless by ruining it with bad 3D.