Topic: Do you prefer watching a movie in the cinema or on DVD?
Note the topic sentences.
Cinema or DVD – That Is No Question
I am a movie fanatic. When friends want to know what picture won the Oscar in 1995 or who played the police chief in Jaws, they ask me. However, my friends have stopped asking me if I want to go out to the movies because they know that I prefer watching films on DVD.
First of all, just getting to the theater presents difficulties. Leaving a home equipped with a big flat panel TV, DVD player and surround sound isn’t an attractive idea on a humid, cold or rainy night. Even if the weather cooperates, there is still a thirty-minute drive to the theater, followed by the hassle of looking for a parking space. And then there are the lines. After hooking yourself to the end of the queue, you worry about whether there will be enough tickets, whether you will get seats together, and whether many people will sneak into the line ahead of you.
Once you have made it to the box office and got your tickets, you are confronted with the problems of the theater itself. If you are in one of the run-down older theaters, you must adjust to the musty smell of rarely-cleaned carpets. Broken springs lurk in the faded plush or cracked leather seats, and half the seats you sit in seem loose or tilted so that you sit at a strange angle. Newer theaters offer their own problems. Sitting in an area only one-quarter the size of a regular theater, moviegoers often have to put up with the sound of the movie next door. This is especially bothersome when the other movie involves racing cars or a karate fight and you are trying to enjoy a quiet love story.
Finally, the audience is often even more of a problem than the theater itself. Teenagers often try to impress their friends by talking back to the screen, whistling, and making what they consider hilarious noises. Adults act as if they were at home in their own living rooms and comment loudly on the ages of the stars or why movies aren’t good anymore. And people of all ages crinkle candy wrappers, stick gum on their seats, and drop popcorn on the floor. They also sneeze, cough and burp, file out for repeated trips to the rest rooms and elbow you off the armrest on either side of your seat.
By contrast, watching a film on DVD is an enjoyable and relaxing experience. Apart from a crystal-clear picture and excellent sound most DVDs offer interesting bonus material like interviews or commentaries. So go to the movies if you must. I’ll stay put.
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Anspielung in der Überschrift …
Alternative Überschriften:
We Don’t Need No DVD
(Pinky Floyd The Wall: We don’t need no education)
A Giant Disc for Mankind
(Moon landing/Neil Armstrong: A giant step for mankind)
The Spice of Entertainment / My Home Is My Theatre
(Variety is the spice of life. / My home is my castle.)
Constant Talking Wears Away Your Patience
(Proverb: Constant dripping wears away the stone)
The Cinema Strikes Back / The Return of the Cinema
(Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back / The Return of the Jedi)
Lord of the Discs
(Lord of the Rings)
The Tall Man and the Seat / The Old Cinema and the DVD
(Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea)
To See or Not to See
As You Don’t Like It
(Shakespeare: As You Like It)
Wherefore Art Thou So Tall?
(Wherefore art thou Romeo? Romeo and Juliet)
The Spirit Is Willing but the Popcorn Is Too Loud
(Bible: … but the flesh is weak Matthew)
Thou Shalt Not Eat Popcorn
(Ten Commandments)
Let There Be Darkness
(Genesis: Then God Commanded “Let there be light”)
A Plague O’ Both Your Neighbours
(A plague o’ both your houses Romeo and Juliet)
O Lovely Cinema, O Hateful DVD
(O loving hate, o hateful love Romeo and Juliet)
It Was the Noise and Not the Nightingale
(It was the lark and not the nightingale Romeo and Juliet)
Max
Noch ’ne Überschrift:
Don’t Shoot the Projectionist
Und ein Kino-Zitat zum Raten:
„I’m still big. It’s the pictures that got small.“
Jochen
> “I’m still big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
Oh Mann, das ist aber schwer. Wer kennt denn heute noch „Sunset Boulevard“? 😉