Topic: Do you pre\u00adfer wat\u00adching a movie in the cine\u00adma or on DVD?<\/p>\n
Note the topic sen\u00adten\u00adces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I am a movie fana\u00adtic. When fri\u00adends want to know what pic\u00adtu\u00adre won the Oscar in 1995 or who play\u00aded the poli\u00adce chief in Jaws<\/em>, they ask me. Howe\u00adver, my fri\u00adends have stop\u00adped asking me if I want to go out to the movies becau\u00adse they know that I pre\u00adfer wat\u00adching films on DVD.<\/p>\n First of all, just get\u00adting to the thea\u00adter pres\u00adents dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties<\/strong>. Lea\u00adving a home equip\u00adped with a big flat panel TV, DVD play\u00ader and sur\u00adround sound isn\u2019t an attrac\u00adti\u00adve idea on a humid, cold or rai\u00adny night. Even if the wea\u00adther coope\u00adra\u00adtes, the\u00adre is still a thir\u00adty-minu\u00adte dri\u00adve to the thea\u00adter, fol\u00adlo\u00adwed by the hass\u00adle of loo\u00adking for a par\u00adking space. And then the\u00adre are the lines. After hoo\u00adking yours\u00adelf to the end of the queue, you worry about whe\u00adther the\u00adre will be enough tickets, whe\u00adther you will get seats tog\u00ade\u00adther, and whe\u00adther many peo\u00adp\u00adle will sneak into the line ahead of you.<\/p>\n Once you have made it to the box office and got your tickets, you are con\u00adfron\u00adted with the pro\u00adblems of the thea\u00adter its\u00adelf<\/strong>. If you are in one of the run-down older thea\u00adters, you must adjust to the mus\u00adty smell of rare\u00adly-clea\u00adned car\u00adpets. Bro\u00adken springs lurk in the faded plush or cra\u00adcked lea\u00adther seats, and half the seats you sit in seem loo\u00adse or til\u00adted so that you sit at a stran\u00adge ang\u00adle. Newer thea\u00adters offer their own pro\u00adblems. Sit\u00adting in an area only one-quar\u00adter the size of a regu\u00adlar thea\u00adter, movie\u00adgoers often have to put up with the sound of the movie next door. This is espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly bother\u00adso\u00adme when the other movie invol\u00adves racing cars or a kara\u00adte fight and you are try\u00ading to enjoy a quiet love story.<\/p>\n Final\u00adly, the audi\u00adence is often even more of a pro\u00adblem than the thea\u00adter its\u00adelf<\/strong>. Teen\u00adagers often try to impress their fri\u00adends by tal\u00adking back to the screen, whist\u00adling, and making what they con\u00adsider hila\u00adrious noi\u00adses. Adults act as if they were at home in their own living rooms and com\u00adment loud\u00adly on the ages of the stars or why movies aren\u2019t good any\u00admo\u00adre. And peo\u00adp\u00adle of all ages crink\u00adle can\u00addy wrap\u00adpers, stick gum on their seats, and drop pop\u00adcorn on the flo\u00ador. They also snee\u00adze, cough and burp, file out for repea\u00adted trips to the rest rooms and elbow you off the arm\u00adrest on eit\u00adher side of your seat.<\/p>\n By con\u00adtrast, wat\u00adching a film on DVD is an enjoya\u00adble and rela\u00adxing expe\u00adri\u00adence. Apart from a crys\u00adtal-clear pic\u00adtu\u00adre and excel\u00adlent sound most DVDs offer inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading bonus mate\u00adri\u00adal like inter\u00adviews or com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adries. So go to the movies if you must. I\u2019ll stay put.<\/p>\n (427 words)<\/p>\nCinema or DVD \u2013 That Is No Question<\/h4>\n