# Do you still go to movie theaters? Tell me about the last movie you watched in the movie theaters **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Forum\ **Created:** [May 15, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737 "2019-05-15T09:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/41 "2019-05-15T16:18:21Z")
> [@gooner](#): > > Not the last movie in a theatre, but the last I recall watching in Taiwan was Inglourious Bastards. It was subtitled in Chinese and a young Taiwanese couple was sitting behind me. I was laughing throughout the movie and the young girl asked the guy (in Chinese). > Her:“Why is the foreigner laughing?” > Him: “I don’t know, I don’t think its a comedy. He’s probably drunk. All foreigners are drunk.” > To which I only laughed harder! I was in a movie theatre in Taiwan one time and I heard some loud noises when a big dog appeared on screen (movie was about a dog afterall) and i looked and a few seats away from me in the same row was a guy with his pet monkey sitting on his shoulders watching the movie. Now THAT is what Taiwan is all about. bring your monkey to the movies ! That and the time I saw a man with an Orangutan (yes Orangutan) riding on the back of his scooter. Taiwan- go ahead and be a MONKEY . Great slogan. ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/42 "2019-05-15T16:24:36Z")
OH and about movies. We are having a mini renaissance here regarding movies. Our local theaters are redoing all the seats to these nice recliners. Upping the game. And having Movie Tuesdays (where the ticket price is 5.75 or 6.00 all day). Rather than the usual 8 dollar matinee or 12 to 14 dollar after 4pm. Theres nothing like going to the movies. Ideally with the theater about 70pct full. 100pct full is a drag but an empty theater is not the same experience. Wifey and I go on Movie Tuesdays of course . We have three theaters around that are real nice ones. And one of them serves food too. Not unreasonable really and pretty good. Limited menu but still awesome If you are in Concord CA, go to VERANDA LUXE movie. Its part of a new complex with some nice restaurants , mini bellagio water fountain, etc. The Chinese owned huge AMC movie chain now has a special. Pay 20 bucks a month subscription and you can see 8 movies a month ! Dang cheap. Too bad closest AMC theater to us is in Emeryville, Which is a great theater with 3 hours free parking and in a nice shopping complex. Big screens. ---
**Author:** ![bojack](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bojack/32/11772_2.png) [@bojack](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bojack)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/43 "2019-05-15T16:26:00Z")
> [@tommy525](#): > > i looked and a few seats away from me in the same row was a guy with his pet monkey sitting on his shoulders watching the movie. That’s a new one. I’ve heard all about the pet monkey at the bottom of the popcorn bucket, but attached to a shoulder? Creative! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BHL4life](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bhl4life/32/90885_2.png) [@BHL4life](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BHL4life)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/44 "2019-05-15T16:34:37Z")
LOL damn. never knew taiwan used to be such a monkey mecca. well it isn’t anymore although theres a fair amount of weird pets. lots of parrots. squirrels ect. as for the food i thought it was totally fine to take outside food in? aslong as its not stinky tofu. i had fried chicken last time… wasn’t the greatest though. it was the big chain, the chicken had bones, ain’t going there again. not fun to be spitting out bones in the cinema. ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/45 "2019-05-15T17:25:17Z")
> [@BHL4life](#): > > LOL damn. never knew taiwan used to be such a monkey mecca. well it isn’t anymore although theres a fair amount of weird pets. lots of parrots. squirrels ect. > > as for the food i thought it was totally fine to take outside food in? aslong as its not stinky tofu. i had fried chicken last time… wasn’t the greatest though. it was the big chain, the chicken had bones, ain’t going there again. not fun to be spitting out bones in the cinema. The girlfriend used to buy chicken feet whenever we went to the movies in Taiwan but she was super neat tho We don’t mess the place I like caramel popcorn and a soft drink and beef Jerkey And yes we often get din gua Gua fried chicken Miss that stuff And Taiwan has the best beef jerky ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/46 "2019-05-15T17:42:11Z")
> [@tommy525](#): > > And Taiwan has the best beef jerky [https://giphy.com/gifs/PyTPkd05w4QH6](https://giphy.com/gifs/PyTPkd05w4QH6) ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/47 "2019-05-15T18:18:39Z")
Seriously I had a friend bring me some Hsin Tung Yang beef jerky or was it Guang ta shiang, forget. Awesome stuff. Not sure its allowed to be brought in to the USA anymore. I don’t ask anyone to chance it now a days. Man i miss that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seeker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@The\_Seeker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/The_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/48 "2019-05-15T22:34:36Z")
Yes, end game. If movies were affordable, I’d see everything in the theater like my parents did in the late forties/ early fifties. I like the group experience. I even sat for the free showings for the gods at the temples when they used film and the subtitles were hard coded. ---
**Author:** ![Zapman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zapman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Zapman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/49 "2019-05-15T23:58:48Z")
Drinking is a lot more expensive than going to the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/50 "2019-05-16T00:14:37Z")
IT And I will see IT 2 in the theater as well. Eh, I also saw FREE SOLO in the theater and it scared me more than IT did. ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_B](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/terry_b/32/82500_2.png) [@Terry\_B](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Terry_B)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/51 "2019-05-16T00:18:03Z")
> [@Laracroft](#): > > Never saw people selling churros in Taiwan. I barely hear people saying about them in Taiwan. Well, I am not sure. I had a churro before the last movie I saw in Taiwan, which was only a few weeks back. They are part of standard combo meals in a lot of theaters. ---
**Author:** ![TimesThree](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@TimesThree](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TimesThree)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/52 "2019-05-16T00:22:01Z")
Endgame. I’d like to go see it again this weekend. Really looking forward to Godzilla at the end of this month. ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_B](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/terry_b/32/82500_2.png) [@Terry\_B](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Terry_B)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/53 "2019-05-16T00:28:18Z")
Not the last movie but probably the second or third most recent movie I saw was the latest Mavel Spiderman. A guy two seats down checked his phone, alternating between Line and Facebook, literally, every three minutes throughout the movie (I timed him in my head for a bit). Non-stop. Slow moments, fast moments, previews, credits. Didn’t matter. It was initially annoying but then I found myself actually feeling sorry for the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Zapman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zapman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Zapman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/54 "2019-05-16T00:30:17Z")
Call the staff to get him to stop. ---
**Author:** ![lostinasia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/lostinasia/32/60703_2.png) [@lostinasia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/lostinasia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/55 "2019-05-16T00:38:52Z")
_Endgame_, on opening day, 10am. Pretty full theater. The woman beside me (I guess dragged there by her boyfriend?) slept most of the way through, which was of course fine, but bewildering - that’s not a quiet movie! Guy in front of me had a cellphone game playing, and kept it on the arm of his chair so he could do something to keep it live every minute or so, but at least he turned the brightness down after the first few minutes so it wasn’t as distracting as I initially feared. I pretty much only go to theaters for the visual spectacles - the Marvels, the Pixars. Anything that is deeper or needs closer attention, no way. I enjoyed _Roma_ at home with my own TV and my own bathroom and my own snacks. If I’d seen a quiet film like that in a theater with people chatting and/or using their phones all around me? I’d have hated the experience. I feel a little sad when I read descriptions of amazing experiences in cinemas, with everyone silently looking in awe at the screen. _Not_ what I experience here in Taiwan - but I suspect a lot of these people are writing about festival experiences, not “normal” cinema experiences. ---
**Author:** ![Dawud](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Dawud](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dawud)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/56 "2019-05-16T00:42:36Z")
Endgame. 'Nuff said! ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_B](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/terry_b/32/82500_2.png) [@Terry\_B](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Terry_B)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/57 "2019-05-16T00:42:57Z")
> [@lostinasia](#): > > I pretty much only go to theaters for the visual spectacles - the Marvels, the Pixars. Same. I don’t really remember my last theater movie that wasn’t Marvel or Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![anon76032781](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@anon76032781](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/anon76032781)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/58 "2019-05-16T01:28:18Z")
A few years ago I went to see The Force Awakens. Fairly empty theater and we had the whole row to ourselves. A guy comes and sits down right next to me. i guess this was a consequence of reserved seating. Normally I would get up and move but I was like, “this looks to be a quintessential Taiwan experience”. Guy proceeds to eat all kind of savory and sweet snacks he brought from outside and then when done starts digging deep into his nose. And he stayed for the credits too. It was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/59 "2019-05-16T01:30:28Z")
Just saw THE HUSTLE. was amusing enough. Anne Hathaway is Cute with a capital C. The avengers and all that \*\*\*\* is just \*\*\*\* to me but thats me, what do I know the thing is making Billions. ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737/60 "2019-05-16T01:32:05Z")
> [@anon76032781](#): > > A few years ago I went to see The Force Awakens. Fairly empty theater and we had the whole row to ourselves. A guy comes and sits down right next to me. i guess this was a consequence of reserved seating. Normally I would get up and move but I was like, “this looks to be a quintessential Taiwan experience”. Guy proceeds to eat all kind of savory and sweet snacks he brought from outside and then when done starts digging deep into his nose. > And he stayed for the credits too. > It was awesome. You sir are a mascochist of the first order. OH and about the credits, I really like watching the credits and will stay if i went by myself. But my wife is like the first second the movie is over she bolts out of her seat and is ready to mow down anyone that is in her way out of the movie house. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737.md?page=2) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-still-go-to-movie-theaters-tell-me-about-the-last-movie-you-watched-in-the-movie-theaters/179737.md?page=4)