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Do You Go Out to the Movies or Wait for the DVD?

Posted by Cliff on from the discuss-your-spending-habits dept.

SpecialAgentXXX asks "After I see a movie, I usually end up buying the DVD to see the deleted and behind-the-scenes bonus material. So I not only pay for $20 the DVD, but also $24 for a pair of tickets, $8 for parking, and $12 for popcorn & drinks. But now that I have a home theater system, I've mostly stopped going to the movies and just wait half a year for the DVD. The only exception is watching a movie in DLP or the IMAX Experience like Harry Potter since those are better qualities than a DVD. Are more people doing this? The cost of going to the movies is now more than double that of a DVD!"

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  1. I can't by LennyDotCom · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't afford going to the movies or to buy a DVD
    You insensitive clod!

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  2. Neither by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I watch it on region free DVD before it comes to the cinema

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  3. Re:Thinking of switching... by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I love doing, when there are children over at my house and I'm trying to watch a movie, is yelling at the little bastards to take their horseplay outside.

    Yes, I am that guy. I will happily sit on my porch waving my fist at passing children and yelling nonsensical things for the rest of my life.

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  4. Re:cheat the MPAA ... legally! by bottlerocket · · Score: 2, Funny
    And they better be damn good movies. The last one I went to in a theater, I think, was Shrek 2 and only because my daughter bugged the hell out of me. Before that it was Hulk.
    Umm, I thought your were talking about "damn good movies". Hulk?
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