Amph How often do you see movies in the theatre (and which ones have you seen this year)?

3-6. I don't know if I've ever gone 10 times in one year.

Annihilation, Black Panther, and Solo for this year so far.

 

Black Panther, Infinity War and Solo are the ones that stick in my head. I’ll probably go two or three more times before the end of the summer once in the fall and once around Christmas time.

 

When I was in my 20s I'd say I averaged twice a month. If it was a major release, I saw it. Now that I'm in my 40s I'd say that's dropped to about 4-6 per year. There are a number of factors; 1.) Less free time, 2.) It used to be a group activity w/friends, who similarly now have less free time, 3.) The shorter window between theatrical release and the streaming/DVD release has caused me to just wait for many films that I'm on the fence about, 4.) The quality of the home viewing experience is much closer to that of the theatrical one than it was in the days of VHS and box sets TVs, 5.) Quite honestly the product of late just hasn't been very enticing.

Thus far this year I've seen 4 films theatrically; Ready Player One, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2 and Solo. Looking @ the remainder of the '18 schedule, I see 2 that are probably locks (Antman/Wasp and Mission Impossible 6) and 4-6 that are maybes w/various things factoring in.

 

It depends on the movie and the year. Saw Infinity War 2x and Deadpool 2. Might see some older movies at special screenings, but the theater experience is less fun for me now.

 

Star Wars is the only film I'll go see in the theatre and I'll see them twice because the first viewing I spend most of the movie thinking "What in the world is going on? Who's that character? Why is s/he doing that?" I'm maybe not the most observant filmgoer! Occasionally the wife and I will go see a Broadway broadcast.

 

I have had almost exactly this problem as well for the past quarter century, except that my wife won't watch sci fi or fantasy, although she made an extremely rare concession for Shape of Water, which we both loved. Logan Lucky was one of the few other movies we've watched together in the past year. She'll do a heist movie.

 

When I was younger, in my twenties, I would have often go to the movie theater about 3-4 a month because I had more time on my hands. However, nowadays, it's about 10-15 times year. But that may change with the certain theater chains offering a subscription, like AMC; which allows a person with a subscription to see up to 3 movies a week for around $20 a month. This would include movies shown in IMax, Dolby Cinema and Real 3D. If I lived closer to an AMC theater instead of a Cinemark one, then I would totally sign up for AMC's A List subscription and watch about 3-4 flicks a month.

 

I have seen...

The Black Panther
Peter Rabbit
The Avengers Infinity War
Solo
Adrift
The Incredibles 2
Jurassic World
The Commuter
A Quiet Place
Annihilation
Ready Player One
Sergeant Stubby? The war dog cartoon

I live at least thirty-five minutes away from a cinema, and I would probably see more if I lived closer to one.

 

I've watched
Black Panther
Avengers Infinity War
Solo
Deadpool 2

I also watched Darkest Hour but that came out last year.

I'm definitely watching Incredibles 2 since the first one was a huge part of my childhood and I still love it today. Will probably also watch Ant-Man and Wasp too since most films I go to watch tend to be Marvel movies nowadays.

Doesn't seem to be much else for me this year but I'll hopefully get to see Mortal Engines since I love the books it's based on. Possibly Aquaman as well but I still need to see Wonder Woman and Justice League before that.

 

I just don't have time to see movies more than once in the theater. I did see Mad Max Fury Road twice, but that's because I saw it on a mid-sized screen and I knew about ten minutes in that I was going to have to go to the premium theater to see it on the biggest screen in the state. I just needed to see it that big, it was so amazing.

I go a lot though. I always have a ton of stuff I want to watch at home, but I like to support my local arthouse and I'm a sucker for popcorn fare as well, sometimes. So far this year, I'm not sure, let me check my list.

Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
Beast
Call Me By Your Name
The Death of Stalin
First Reformed
Foxtrot
Hostiles
I, Tonya
Isle of Dogs
Loveless
Phantom Thread
The Post
A Quiet Place
Revenge
The Rider
Thoroughbreds

Darkest Hour
Deadpool 2
A Fantastic Woman
Tomb Raider
Unsane

Ready Player One
The Seagull

Downsizing

You Were Never Really Here

That seems to be my list as of now. Each section there is a half-star or star level drop in quality with each section being in alphabetical order. That's how I keep the list in my yearly file (yes, I have a yearly file!). Anyway, that's twenty-six.

Oh, yeah, um, might as well toss up my letterboxd account, if you want to keep track of what I'm also watching at home. My reviews on Letterboxd are typically one to two sentences, not the mammoth ones I post around here. If anybody else is on letterboxd, hit me up. I've been meaning to post this in the At the Movies thread for a while now.

 

I can't stand going to the movies usually so it's about 3-4 a year for ones that I really want to see. This year so far has been:

Avengers
Deadpool 2
Annihilation


I'll probably go see Incredibles and Ant Man too though but I don't think there's much else this year.

 

I could not put an average number per year on it. So far:

The Black Panther
Ready Player One
Infinity War
Deadpool2
Solo
Incredibles 2
Jurassic World
Ant Man and The Wasp

 

- Coco
- Solo

Going to the Incredibles 2 tomorrow. Shame, should be called Mofo.

 

Just tossed a follow your way...

 

I guess I see about eight films a year on average.

This year I've seen:

Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Infinity War
Solo

 

Wait it's actually

- Coco
- Coco
- Solo
- Solo

 

And one more possibility: I thinking about going to see the 50th Anniversary revival of "Yellow Submarine". Depends on my schedule.

 

Solo
Deadpool2
Avengers 3 .
Bladerunner 2
but I think I'm forgetting another .

anyway , I go a lot less than I used to , distance and price mainly.

 

I assume this question is referring to seeing unique movies and not just watching the same movie half a dozen times in the theaters. Depending how good the movies are for the year, I could see about 5 to 6 movies over the course of 12 months.

Here's what I've seen so far in theaters for 2018:
Ready Player One
Annihilation
Solo

I probably would've seen Avengers Infinity War if it was still in theaters now; but I guess I missed out. The next movie I plan on seeing in theaters is Battle Angel Alita and then The Girl in the Spider's Web; but those movies come out in the fall and winter. It's possible I'll see another movie or two during the Summer, but I don't know yet. I'm extremely picky at seeing movies in theaters as you can see.

 

Annihilation is kind of an outlier there in terms of the other four you've prioritized or will be prioritizing in the theater. What did you think about it? It's a real oddity. Really bold of the studio to even attempt a broad release. Or, honestly, to release it at all in the form it was in. I really, really liked it.

 

Annihilation was the one I was seeing purely for myself and enjoyment, that's probably why. It's also the one I liked best out of all of those, probably my favorite movie I've seen in theaters in a long time. It's been forever since I've seen a movie where I just didn't know what direction the story was going to go, where you don't fully know the rules of their world.

 

That’s a big assumption and there is quite the gap between once and six, Buddy.

 

Well it seems like there are people in these boards who see some of the most recent SW movies in theaters multiple times and then rant about them anyway in the forums. I just don't get that.

 

I'd say once a month on average, sometimes twice.

So far this year, I've seen
Black Panther
Ready Player One
Avengers: Infinity War
Deadpool 2
Solo
Incredibles 2
Ant-Man and the Wasp

On my radar for the rest of the year (most likely to see in the theater - bolded)
(Bo Burnham's) Eighth Grade
Mission Impossible Fallout
Christopher Robin
The Predator
Venom
Bohemian Rhapsody
Fantastic Beasts 2
Wreck It Ralph 2
Creed 2
Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse
Aquaman
Bumblebee