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That is strange to me. For me there is no other feeling like enjoying a movie with hundreds of strangers. Everyone laughing at the same time, people choking back tears, the "class clown" that hoots and hollers at the appropriate time. When the local theater started serving dinner and beer my friends and I became regulars again. Maybe it's just a nostalgic Oregon Trail Generation thing?
I like those things too, except for the crying baby and teens that won't put their bright cell phones away. those are the things that keep me out of theaters. it was happening often enough to be an issue. (larger city)
At our local theaters it now seems like the older generation can’t put away their cell phones either.