I agree with this to a point. It depends on your set up at home, vs whether or not you get decent seats at a theater and how crowded it is. I saw "Dune" from great seats in a mostly empty theater, and I don't think any home set up could compare. I also watched "It Follows" at home late at night on a decent TV while my family was away, and I can't imagine a better way to experience that one.

I've ibd so going to the cinema means I'll inevitably miss at least 5 minutes every time my bowels want to be a bitch. At least watching movies at home I can pause the damn thing and I don't miss things.

If it weren’t for the popcorn and those cool Coke vending machines with seemingly infinite flavours, there would be zero draw at all for me. And even then, I haven’t been in years. Both of things cost about the same as a ticket, and I feel like an idiot paying 3000% markup for it in public.