for $150 I want my own theater so no idiot will get a cell phone call, be browsing on their iPhone, or make "witty" remarks.
I agree. I wouldn't even pay the regular price of admission to sit in a crowded theatre, much less fork over $150 to sit shoulder-to-shoulder with people straining their necks on the extreme right side of the front row. If you can wait until now to see it, a couple more weeks is no big deal. The movie's not going anywhere. When I used to live closer to a good multiplex, I'd usually count on waiting an extra week or two before I considered a blockbuster available to me.
One notable exception was The Phantom Menace, where the theatre added a bunch of extra showings. I went in the middle of the night. It was still relatively full, but it wasn't packed and the people there were all serious about watching the movie.
The mad rush to see a movie always makes me shake my head, but now that I very rarely get to see a movie in the theatre, I'm finding it downright baffling. I'll consider myself lucky if I get to see anything on the big screen this summer. And the Dark Knight isn't even at the top of the list if I do.
