going to the movies alone...

[Rhiannon]

I've done it. It took a lot for me to get up the guts, but I've gone alone for a Matinee, on a week day (IE- not likely to run into people I know)

But I would never go to a bar alone. Nor a sit-down restaurant (I've sat at a fast food place before, trying to hide in a corner so as not to be seen, because I really didn't want to sit in my car)

So do the rest of you really think that you should never go to the movies alone?

[niko]

I agree. I think it's weird if you go to the movies alone. When I went to see Emily Rose, my friend and I saw a guy come in and sit down by himself. We looked at each other and said that we'd never do that. I done think I could go to the movies by myself. It wouldn't feel right.

[MsCali]

I can't do it, but I have no problem with other people doing it. Mr. Cali has done it a couple times when it was movies he really wanted to see and I wouldn't go (the latest Terminator movie was one of them)...I see people at the movies alone all the time here, and I've never thought twice about it.

I can't do the sit down restaurant alone - I don't even like to do fast food alone (it was really bad in my last job, because I had nobody to eat lunch with most days because my lunch schedule was different than everyone elses.

[terminal]

I love to go to the movies alone or with friends. Most of the time I prefer alone since its less money, no talking, and comfortable. And I'm not a weirdo... or at least that's what the corpse under my bed tells me.

Either way, I go to movies by myself a lot, but when I go to screenings I take my brother because he's a lot of fun to go with.

[flipmoot]

I go alone sometimes aswell when I'm in the mood for it. Nice and quiet.
But that's only because you don't need interaction with others when watching a movie. Going to resaurants or pubs is a different story. But the movies... you're not supposed to talk, so why not go alone then?

[lisa]

Well I sort of went alone. I went with my other half and some friends to see Mortal Kombat (not my idea)
I tried, I really did try to sit a watch this pile of "beep"
I managed to stick 20 minutes and couldn't take anymore so I slipped out of that screen and slipped in to another one to watch Species. Believe me, by the end of the movie my friends wish they had done the same!

[Laslo Hollyfeld]

It's okay for a woman to go to the movies alone--nobody gives it a second thought. Most guys that go the movies alone look the the Comic Book Guy on "The Simpsons." You tell me which person you'd rather fill the single open seat next to you in a packed theater.

[MsAng]

On monday when I went to see RENT, it was my 4th or 5th time going to the movies alone. Not so bad. And actually, twice (including monday) I ran into people I knew at the theater, so I wasn't quite alone after all. Most of these movies... no, all of them, I think, have been movies that JB won't see to review, so I had to do it instead

[tangentgirl]

I'm ALWAYS facinated by people who find it odd for someone to see a movie alone. I go see movies alone all the time. I'll go see a movie w/ just about anyone... don't get me wrong. I'd tell you one of my nicknames but it would get censored so we'll drop it. Point is simply this.... I am such a fan of film that there is little to nothing that would keep me from the theatre.

I love to go w/ friends, but I'm equally happy to go by myself. I'm there for the movie after all.

I'm less inclined to go out to eat by myself..but that's simply because for me... eating out is a social event. Talking and sharing food, etc...

In a movie... there's no talking going on -(hopefully)- so it doesn't matter if you're alone or not.

[FieryMaid]

I have no problem doing anything solo. I'm anti-social for the most part and people complicate things.

It's easier if someone else has seen the movie -- then you can talk about it if you want, and if you see it together it's still fresh in the mind.

In a more serious note, I screen movies all the time -- most of the time I'm alone. In fact, Saturday night my sister and I did a double feature of WTC and Gridiron Gang and I nearly died from the noise of people moving around, crunching popcorn, getting up and down, walking in and out, coughing, sneezing, clearing throats, whispering, etc and I had to truly focus to block it all out. I'm so glad they weren't sold out shows!

[tangentgirl]

My dream job... to screen movies. Ahhh....

[FieryMaid]

Yeah, it's pretty cool.