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[LJ2ME] A question

posted by [personal profile] pmsumner at 08:34pm on 19/01/2006 under
Why is going to the cinema considered a sociable activity. What is sociable about spending 2 hours sat in a dark room with someone, pointedly not talking?

I've been going to the movies a fair bit lately and it's struck me what am odd thing it is to do as a group. Fine you have the before and after which is/can be sociable, but you could get that anywhere. Why go to the cinema for that?

Or... as usual with this stuff, have i missed a point?
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posted by [identity profile] elmyra.livejournal.com at 09:24pm on 19/01/2006
I used to run the Bath Uni SciFi society, and we did weekly film screenings. Which was an extrmely sociable activity, as we'd sit there, share sweets, watch anime music videos before the main screening, heckle the movie, lust after Alan Rickman (that was the mostly female committee... :-) etc.

With normal movies you get to talk about the movie afterwards. I guess it gives your social activity focus - it's slightly less random than hanging around in a pub. (I do totally see your point though.)

Mind you, I'm not really sure I'd class clubbing or drinking at a loud pub where you can't really have a conversation as a social activity. But then, I'm a cafe person. And I guess with clubbing it's the whole getting tarted up beforehand and borrowing your male housemate's skirts thing. Or maybe that's just me... :-P
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posted by [identity profile] spindr.livejournal.com at 10:08pm on 19/01/2006
I used to run the York uni SF&F soc too - I'd agree film showings were pretty sociable.

I like goint to the cinema with people because you chat about it afterwards.
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posted by [identity profile] elmyra.livejournal.com at 10:39pm on 19/01/2006
Excellent. Tell me about Yorkshire! I'm starting a job in Harrogate in March and looking at possibly living in Leeds. Any information about the area would be greatly appreciated.
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posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 07:12pm on 26/01/2006
(can't believe it's taken me so long to get back to these)

*laughs* I understand that it's possible to build sociability around film, it's just an odd concept sometimes to think that you spend all this time in a dark room for it.

I don't like clubbing or "club/pubbing" as a social activity. It's fun, don't get me wrong, but I agree with you and think that cafe culture rules if you want to go and gossip.
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