I love theaters, and still do, but holy crap the prices are insane. It helps if you can find a rural theater, but even then it can be expensive. I can think of a whole lot more things and experiences I’d rather spend $150+ for a family (tickets + concessions).

Plus, most movies only stay in theaters for a few months or weeks, whereas it used to be close to a year between theater and home release, so the desire to see it — maybe even repeatedly — is greatly diminished.

That, and now that everyone has a huge screen and surround sound at home, there isn’t a lot of reason to go just for the features.

One of the best things I did at home was to buy one of those 12oz popcorn popper machines. Now I can make popcorn nearly identical to the theaters. It’s awesome. While it was a large initial investment, it will easily pay for itself in concession savings going to a theater.