It might be nostalgia, or the oversaturation of displays in my face all the time or both, but I miss the experience of going to the movies.
That feeling when you didn’t know much what you were going to see, besides a bit of the plot and a movie poster that you would see on bus stops and a few billboards.
Finally sitting down in the dark, excited. The sound being huge, but not loud.
The experience of being able to hear a pin drop in the room after some great dialog on screen.
Being at the movies without food, drinks, phones, conversations. Just pure watching and absorbing. I’ve experienced that.
It’s fucking magical.
My hope for the future is to have some movie theaters holding votes for people to go see 80s and 90s movies -so much slower and tasty- with rules allowing this full experience.
Getting in the Waymo, smiling at the screen and getting back home without doing a thing, will be glorious.