{"id":915,"date":"2013-02-02T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=915"},"modified":"2013-12-26T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T18:35:15","slug":"movie-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/thought-about\/movie-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love going to the movies. I go on a weekday night, not too late, and not to anything too new. I like going to a quiet theater.<\/p>\n

There are no teenagers. There are no children. There are few adults and they are respectful. There is no opening night crowd, though those have their place too.<\/p>\n

There is nothing to distract me from the movie. It’s just me, my snacks and the movie.<\/p>\n

I love going to the movies because it’s a quiet time where I can turn off the outside world and be transported to a new one. I allow the suspension of disbelief<\/a> to overtake me.<\/p>\n

I liken the experience to the iPad. There is only time and space for one thing at a time. There is no internet to pull my attention. No one is going to call, email or talk to me.<\/p>\n

I am sitting in that dark room, staring at the screen, completely taken in by the new world I am living in for the next couple of hours.<\/p>\n

I enjoy that movies seem to be getting longer. I remember a time when most would barely clock in at 90 minutes, and often times barely run over an hour.<\/p>\n

Looking over the list tonight, most were at least two hours and Lincoln<\/a> clocking in at 2.5 hours. I like the longer movies because I get more involved in the story when there is more story to tell.<\/p>\n

Two hours are about perfect to tell a story and not skip any key parts. It’s also not so long as to cause lulls in the plot.<\/p>\n

Part of the film that drags on far too long and feels disjointed with the story with a perfect way to lose the<\/p>\n

Movie theaters are magic and I relive that magic every time I visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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