I would go even further. I enjoy things much more, when I can share the experience with others. I could go out alone, yes, but why should I?

I am several decades old and I still have to remind myself I'm allowed to go have fun by myself.

You're making me want to book that plane ticket even more. The main thing I'm struggling with is deciding where I would go. If you don't mind me asking, any favorite locations or cities?

Is the bigger screen that important?

Depends on the movie. If it's some drama or something a normal sized screen isn't much different experience but like a huge action movie with large scale stuff happening the bigger screen adds to the experience. I went and saw Godzilla Minus One in the theater and it was amazing. Maybe if I had a nice home theater set up it would be different but if I'm not watching a movie at the theater it's usually on my PC monitor at home or my small TV.

Sometimes the people I enjoy movies didn't want to see the same movies, so I have gone alone to see something on the big screen. Not often since large flatscreens made most movies more enjoyable at home, but I would go slone if the situation came up again.

Honestly being alone or with people isn't that much different when I'm watchijg a movie, unless they are distracting. The only thing I get out of going with others is talking about the movie sfter.

Do some people go to the movies just to see the movie? Is the bigger screen that important?

Maybe they want to see it as soon as it's released instead of waiting for it to be available to stream. Also yes, some movies are definitely better and more immersive on the big screen with the big sound systems, like space or adventure-type ones with special effects.

Yes, I enjoy movies with striking visuals or music much more on the big screen. I also go to the cinema alone from time to time. I'm rather introverted, so I don't mind the solitary experience. I do like to later talk about the movie with someone who saw it too, though.

That and the sound I think? Maybe people enjoy being in a crowd while being entertained? I don't know: it's not for me.

Movie theaters always seemed like such weird places to go to in general. I mean I get it if you go with a large friend group or to see a movie that has a lot of large scale scenes but for pretty much everything else it has literally zero advantages to make up for its major downsides.

Other people being noisy, no ability to pause, shitty audio quality due to bad placement, expensive tickets and food, having to go there and having to be there at a specific time, usually not being able to watch the movie in the original audio even when you do speak the language, pre-movie ads,...

People always talk about it as this great experience but I feel there is a reason they have to put the movies in there first because otherwise very few people would be willing to suffer through it all.

Most people aren't paying any attention to you at all. Unless you're being loud or making a lot of quick movements they probably don't even notice you beyond the generic recognition that another person is present.

As long as you aren't talking to yourself loudly in the theater or eating popcorn at a volume comparable to the Dolby, literally nobody will fucking care. In both cases, the solution is to close your god damned mouth.

I go to restaurants, concerts and other shit by myself all the time. I go some Sporting events by myself, even out of town. In fact, I'm going to take a nostalgia road trip and watch an indoor soccer match.