On 7/20/2017 1:37 PM,
irishra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 10:38:32 AM UTC-4, Joan in GB-W wrote:
>> "Inkan1969" wrote in message
>> news:3a61053e-7a6a-4cab...@googlegroups.com...
>>
>> On Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 5:28:32 PM UTC-4, Jenny Telia wrote:
>>> On 12/07/2017 17:26, Inkan1969 wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 2:19:43 AM UTC-4,
irishra...@gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I honestly don't feel I've truly seen a movie unless I've seen it on the
>>>> big screen, wherein my attention is on nothing but the big screen
>>>> surrounded by the dark...
>>> ...and the rustling of sweets being unwrapped, the shuffle of pop-corn
>>> in cardboard, the odd mobile phone ringing in the distance, not to
>>> mention the silhouettes of persons constantly shuffling to-and-fro from
>>> the toilet or the kiosk...
>>>
>>> Ahh yes, the romance of the big screen.
>>
>>> I'll admit that I generally do not go to super-wide releases on their
>>> opening weekend, to avoid packed theaters. I went to see "Guardians 2"
>>> just last week, when there were a handful of people at the theater. Still,
>>> food noise never bothered me much. What actually does bother me nowadays
>>> is the person that has his superbright smart phone on during the film.
>>
>> Agreed. I look forward to seeing Dunkirk on the large screen . . . but not
>> for a week or two.
>> Wonder if Irish Mike will be watching it on his cell phone.
>> Joan (aka Siobhan)
>
> No Siobhan, I'll be watching it, in the comfort of my beautiful home, on a high end smart TV.
> And when I finish watching it, I will have seen every thing you saw. Except that I can
> re-wind and re-watch any part of it I choose. And I'll still have the money you spent.
No, you'll have seen *most* of what she saw. And heard. And, in some
instances, felt. But, oddly (and perhaps selfishly), many of us who