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Advantages Of Staying At Home Vs Movie Theater

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When thinking about a trip to the movie theater, what comes to mind? Most may think of the delicious, perfectly cooked, buttered popcorn, and huge movie screen with surround sound. While others may think of the obnoxiously loud atmosphere and inconvenient show times. Everyone has their opinion on which movie viewing option they think is better; the movie theater, or home. When it “boils down” to the facts, it is not hard to see why staying at home is the prefered movie-watching experience over the the movie theater experience, the reasons why this may be so is the cost, the inconvenience of show times, and viewing options
The Cost
The first point to consider is the cost. Movie theater tickets and concession prices are always on the rise. …show more content…

The Show Times
Another point to consider is the inconvenient show times. Often, movie theater showtimes seem to be impossible to work around or plan for. This can especially be the case for people who work a job during the day. For example, if a woman wanted to go see a movie with her friend after work, the planning around the movie theater showtimes becomes very tedious quickly. If the woman gets off at five, then that automatically knocks out the 5:00 movie viewing time. The next available show time isn't until 7:30, but she has work the next day and she needs to get home at a decent hour in the day. Therefore she has to cancel her plans with her friend solely due to the fact that the movie theater only had certain viewing times that weren't catering to her schedule. On the contrary, show times at home are a “24-7” deal. Anytime a person feels like watching a movie at home is the perfect time. We are able to watch virtually any movie at any time with the click of a remote button or the tap of an app on our smart phones. Therefore, making the home movie viewing experience the ultimate choice because of the convenient “24-7” showtimes.
The Viewing Options
The last point to consider is the viewing options. According to Pew Research Center (2006) 58% of people don't go out to the movie theater more often is due to the fact that there are too few good movies to see( pg 3.) And it's not hard to see

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