Does anyone else find the movie theatre experience over stimulating?

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Perhaps it’s just age, but I find the movie theatre experience so over stimulating, it’s uncomfortable.

The enormous screen, the volume, the constant movement… I really don’t enjoy it anymore.

Anyone else?
 
I feel that way when I sit too close. You might feel better abut it if you grabbed a seat in the very rear.
 
I have the same issue with the movies nowadays – too loud, too much sensory stimulation.

They sometimes make me dizzy or even bring on palpitations or a panic attack.

So I rarely go.

You’re not alone in feeling this way.
 
I must be odd. I love it. 🍿:extrahappy:

But then, I don’t get out much! :compcoff:
 
I also feel this way, and stopped going to the theater a long time ago because of it. I have gone one or two times in the last 12 years. Once because it was so hot (summer time) that I simply went there to sit someplace that was cool. I can’t even remember the movie.

The screens are very large, the volume horrific and unfortunately there seems to be a total lack of polite behavior by fellow movie goers who insist on being on their cell phone, throwing stuff, even trying to have sex (yes I saw this) while at the movie. I also don’t think there have been many good movies lately.

If I watch a movie it is at home via On Demand. Otherwise there is a lot of other things to do for entertainment.

On the side: I actually caught two young people at the Cathedral, before Mass, trying to have sex in the pews! I almost dropped dead.
 
I love going to the movies, but I do sit in the far back because I can’t stand to sit too close to the screen since it’s so big, if I sit too close I get a headache trying to watch it. I don’t see how people can sit in the very front rows so close to the screen. But other than that, I love the whole experience. 🙂
 
My hubby is ADD and likes the experience.

Glad to know it’s not just age.
 
KCT said:
Perhaps it’s just age, but I find the movie theatre experience so over stimulating, it’s uncomfortable.

The enormous screen, the volume, the constant movement… I really don’t enjoy it anymore.

Anyone else?
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I have never been a big movie theater fan, but I like it much less now. I don’t think it is age. it is the way theaters are built - smaller but with bigger screens and the volume way loud. I see maybe 1 or 2 a year in the theater. It is so much more comfortable at home!
 
Yes, it is a sensory overload now. In the past I loved going to the movies. For me the problem is: the loud sound systems, the sound booming from the theater next door, the constant shifts from shot to shot (I try to avoid action films–they are guaranteed to make me dizzy), the strange behaviors of some people around me who don’t know how to behave in public. I do like going to small movie houses that play old movies, however.
 
It’s too loud, and the air conditioning is normally cranked so high, I often need a sweater.
 
I enjoy watching movies at a theater. I worked at a movie theater when I was in high school and in fact met my wife there, so I feel very comfortable in the theaters. It is nice to get away from all of the distractions and experience the movie for a couple of hours. No phone, no internet, no door bell ringing, no household chores, just the movie.

DGB
 
Mrs_Sally said:
I have never been a big movie theater fan, but I like it much less now. I don’t think it is age. it is the way theaters are built - smaller but with bigger screens and the volume way loud. I see maybe 1 or 2 a year in the theater. It is so much more comfortable at home!
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I wonder if the fact that we now have internet streaming, On Demand, DVDs and DVRs and big screen TVs where we can watch things in the comfort of our own home is what makes the movie experience different for some people now? It’s not age at all. Before big screen TVs and DVDs and DVRs etc people enjoyed the movie theater experience better, but now we can recreate our own movie theater experience in our own home, I think that may have a lot to do with the change in feelings towards movie theaters.
LegoGE1947 said:
After the shooting at the movie theater last year I’m scared to go anymore!
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That reminds me how I was in Walmart the other day and it was crowded and full of last minute shoppers, and suddenly there was a big boom in the crowds of people. I was like “what was that!?” That was my first thought that a crazy person was shooting but it turned out to be a bicycle tire on a bike someone had just bought had blown out. Whoever put air in it put too much in. But it was really loud and scary.
 
I don’t mind the big screen, but sometimes the volume bothers me. Some places really do crank up the volume way too high. I don’t go to movies very often - only if there’s a free screening or a really good movie or on the fourth of july to get away from the constant fireworks noise.
 
I think movie theaters can be a bit rough for people who have certain conditions, like autism…or the autism spectrum, I think movies can be a little rough.
 
I don’t mind the experience so much as the rude people in the audience, the talkers, the ones who bring the crying 3 year old and most particularly the people who spend most of the time with the lit up iPhone or Kindle.
 
I’m curious if those of you who feel uncomfortable in movie theaters feel the same way about live theater in one of those big city theaters.

I don’t mind the “movie theater experience” with the chatting people, the cell phones, the crunching food, the loud volume, etc., but I really don’t like movies very much, and I don’t watch them very often at home, either. I have trouble remembering who’s who, and the 90 scenes don’t always connect for me. It’s like watching 90 little shows, and I don’t always get the connection between all those shows and so at the end of the movie, I’m asking dumb questions like, “So did the monster go back to his planet, or was he was the one who morphed into the ice cream man?” And then everyone makes that loud sighing noise and I feel like an idiot because I didn’t get it.

The only movies in theaters that I go to are the ones with my favorite actor, but lately, all his movies have been violent (Gangster Squad, where someone supposedly got torn apart by two cars–yechh! I didn’t go see it.) The one movie of his that wasn’t violent (Jayne Mansfield’s Car) wasn’t shown in our city–too intellectual, I guess?!

Part of the fun of watching movies in a real theater is the “corporate experience.” It’s fun when everyone gasps or sighs or laughs at the same time, or when the hero finally wins and everyone claps, or when the hero dies and everyone in the theater is crying.

And finally, one more problem with movie theaters compared with watching the movie at home–bathroom! I don’t eat the popcorn because then I get thirsty, and then I have to go to the bathroom at the most exciting part of the movie!
 
ClearWater said:
I think movie theaters can be a bit rough for people who have certain conditions, like autism…or the autism spectrum, I think movies can be a little rough.
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I actually wanted to thank you for the quote from Francis Assisi. He is so right about this. As we may all know, one of the hall mark traits of serial killers is abuse toward animals.
 
KCT said:
Perhaps it’s just age, but I find the movie theatre experience so over stimulating, it’s uncomfortable.

The enormous screen, the volume, the constant movement… I really don’t enjoy it anymore.

Anyone else?
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Yes. I haven’t been to the movies between 2004-2008, and 2011-today. I only saw four movies in the theater between 2008-2011. Therefore I haven’t seen the LotR series, Dark Knight, Harry Potter series, and quite a few other good movies.

I just went through this phase where I disliked the agendas and values that Hollywood is portraying, and didn’t want to patronize Hollywood anymore. Plus I got real busy with life, movies got more expensive, and I’d rather do more interactive things with friends…

I agree, movies these days are way too much special effects and overstimulation, to cater to the ADD crowd. The Matrix sequels and Star Wars episodes 1-3 come to mind. It’s just too much for me to the point that it’s not entertaining…

Look at the difference between classic movies of previous generations and today and the difference is striking. Today’s movies don’t make classic movies any worse…
 
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