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To Those Who Say Going To The Movies Is Dying, I Say “Well, Bye”
“But the experience of going to the movies with your date and…” no, nah, nope. Sell your cinematic medicine show mythology elsewhere
Just so you can emotionally prepare yourself for the words that are to come, I’m fully embracing my neo-curmudgeon for the remainder of this here topic of going to the movies. It isn’t that I don’t love movies, for I certainly do. I pepper everything from my everyday conversations to the title of this very piece with quotes, allusions, and references to the multitude of films I’ve enjoyed. Spoiler warning: there will be a whole bunch more between now and the end, so if you want a play-along-at-home game to add some fun for the whole family discerning them all out to counterpoint my ranting about the modern cinema experience, have at it. Indeed, it is my very love of movies that has driven me to explain why I am against the thing that comes between me and them.
But that is enough build up, no 20 minutes’ worth of trailers and cell phone ads here to get to the point, unlike some other mediums.
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