Comment Re:Awesome (Score 1) 710
Until the day I receive some value for my money, until I can go into a theater and see a movie that is more than just spectacle, explosion and skin, until the day when a movie can stand up against the best novels and plays without flinching, I will not go to the movies. It is as simple as that.
So you place no value whatsoever on the pure visual spectacle. You refer to theatre, which suggests that you are happy to have your stories conveyed to you by people standing around in an unchanging, brownish room talking to one another.
I'd say you're atypical, even amongst people into the arts. While I don't mind a decent play, the experience of watching a genuinely good movie cannot be replicated by a book or theatre production.
Do you avoid art galleries because you can stay at home and read descriptions of what's in the paintings?
Furthermore, you must be going to the wrong movies, because there are many, many movies which are "more than just spectacle, explosion and skin". Try avoiding "The Avengers" and go to something with some substance instead.
I must disagree about 3D, too. Used properly, it does add to the quality of the visual spectacle.