I go to the movies every week as a ritual, but it’s not a Netflix competitor to me?
…Honestly, our TV looks better. I can eat whatever I want. I can watch anything on Earth, including serial TV. It costs exponentially less. Theaters cant compete with that.
But the theatres have:
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A different form of curation, stuff I wouldn’t necessarily pick but am glad I went to see.
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Decent, fun restaurant food (at our Movie Tavern).
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The social “get out of the house” factor, friendly staff.
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The “seen a popular movie” social factor.
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In the case of IMAX, a truly unique viewing “form factor.”
Netflix can’t offer that.
I view them as two completely different things.