Movies are awesome to watch in the theatre… but…

Why make all the effort to go to the movies, when you can watch HD Blu-rays at home a little later, only a little worse, and eventually a little cheaper. A PS3 and a decent sound system isn’t far behind.

But I don’t pick up many Blu-rays. They often cost more than the cinemas, and sometimes don’t play without a player update, or take forever to load up. Does anyone understand those insane menus? And DVDs are way cheaper, play on more systems, and are not much worse.

I hardly ever watch DVDs though, they are full of piracy warnings and I have to go to the store to get them. They get scratches and skip or don’t play. iTunes movies on an AppleTV are much more convenient.

But I don’t download many iTunes movies. The selection is crap, and bandwidth charges really add up. The AppleTV has DRM and such too. It’s easier and cheaper to just torrent them.

I don’t torrent much stuff though, it takes forever, uses up my bandwidth and it’s often shit quality. And I worry that my ISP might be watching me.

I’d much rather just go and watch the movie at a decent quality in a theatre.