Hazzards Of Movie Going

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The author of the essay, is trying to warn us about the hassles that one can endure while planning a night out to go watch a movie, right from heavy traffic the probability game of getting a good parking spot in time to get a movie ticket for the film one wants to watch, while going through the process of standing in huge lines and risk losing tickets for the movie. More importantly what i got of the article was the authors premise of the whole experience of watching a movie. The author mentions how there is a dearth of small nearby theaters, and the mention about how the authors friends had stopped asking whether they can get together for a movie. The author also mentions about the mix of crowd found at the modern theaters, for example teenagers trying to impress their peers by doing something extraordinary (at least what they think is), and the adults being loud and guessing plots before the materialize on the screen etc. The author also mentions about how the movie theatres now a days look like 7 eleven with a movie screen on them. My take is more than the inconveniences the author misses the authenticity, the excitement, the general aura of watching a new movie, or watching a movie which has been declared a good grosser in the theatre the next week. Author mentions the crowd distribution, imagine a local screening theatre in a small area and when one goes to a movie it is a collection of known faces who are generally interested in the movie. Imagine a movie you really want to watch and your friends are interested too, screening at a local theatre the exitement around it, and the people who really want to check out the movie, the genuine excitement that existed is no more is what i feel the author is trying to convey. After going through all the hassles, people get exasperated at the seat of the theatre, rather than it being an awesome experience. That is why i

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