Seeing a movie by yourself = loser?

[falcon]

i remember when i was a kid, i went and saw one of the first Hellraiser's by myself. no tonly that but i was the only person in the theater, so it made it even scarier. i even went and saw The Dark Knight alone. I'll be going to see Watchmen alone as well. Not because my wife doesn't want to see it, but because I don't want to wait until my next days off to go see it, so I'll go see a midnight screening 🙂

But there's absolutely nothing wrong with going to see a movie alone. I go to concerts alone, why not a movie?

 

[SlaverTickler]

I'm going to see The Watchmen next week, and due to circumstances, it looks like I will be going alone to see it. I've always felt that movies are more fun when attended with friends

This made me start thinking back to the last few movies I saw and I realized I went alone to go see them! I didn't even realize it until I thought about it. I guess I've become the "creepy guy sitting by himself in the theater" that my parents used to warn me about.

I guess I was just wondering what other peoples opinions are? Have you gone to see movies by yourself? Will you NOT go to see a movie alone? I'm just curious. Thanks.

Going to see a movie by yourself doesn't make you a loser Sandrock, being... ah, I don't know you well enough to clown around like that. Lots of people go to see movies on there own, some times it's a work issue, some times it's simply because your friends aren't into this or that movie. I'm not a fan of the Watchman book, but I did like Rochacke. I have heard they made changes to the ending, I just hope this doesn't include the final (and noble) fate of Mr. Rochacke.

Personally hated Nite Owl.
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[Carsomyr]

I really don't mind watching a movie alone. Possibly if it's a comedy or a horror movie I'd like to have someone else with me; their reactions are pute gold when it's horror and the jokes in a comedy become twice as fun when you have someone to laugh with, don't ask me why. Oh and I tend to enjoy discussing movies out of the afforementioned genres, which is obviously easier if you've watched them with someone else.

 

[SlaverTickler]

If you really want to feel what it is like to be a creep loser:


1. Be a guy

2. Go see a matinee of a Dora or Howl's Moving Castle or Hanna Montana 3-D, or whatever kid's movie is really hot property for that moment....

3. ....alone.


Then, in comparison, you'll find out how truly awesome you are for seeing a grown-up(ish) movie by yourself.

You know, I saw this episode of Law and Order: SVU and the big dark haired cops asked this ped how they find each other. The ped told the cop that they go to the amusement park and stand by the marry-go-round and look for fatherless men watching the kids. The way they figure out what they are is to ask them if they saw the latest kids flick with the child, if the guys say "No I saw it by myself" then they connect.

In other words Oddjob you are correct, that is creepy.
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[Dussicar]

If you really want to feel what it is like to be a creep loser:


1. Be a guy

2. Go see a matinee of a Dora or Howl's Moving Castle or Hanna Montana 3-D, or whatever kid's movie is really hot property for that moment....

3. ....alone.

I gotta try this!

I won't shave for two weeks. I'll wear a green army jacket and refrain from showering for three days. Plus, I'll get a baseball cap and tinted glasses goggles and go into the most sappy kid friendly flick I can find while singing the Hanna Montana theme song...Thanks to my nephew and friends with kids, I know that song by heart.

 

[NonConTickler]

This is the kind of thing that annoys me so goddamn much! But this is so much deeper than going to movies by oneself. When I was in HS I always walked up to the movie theater by my house to see a movie by myself. Why? Because I didn't have any friends. I didn't WANT friends! I had friends in the past and I had to go places I didn't particularly feel like going, they would do something I didn't like or they would do something I didn't like, you cut so many inconveniences out of life by being alone! Sure I would have liked a girlfriend to treat me like I was important, attractive, give me an ego boost. But that was as much human interaction as I craved. Of course a guy who goes everywhere by himself must be a "loser", so having a girlfriend was out of the question because what girl is going to want to be with a guy with no friends...there must be something "wrong" with him. Couldn't possibly be that he just wants to have things on his terms or he'd rather be alone. No that couldn't be it. That would make too much sense, no there must be something "wrong" with him.

What is this thing society has about how people have to have friends or there must be something "wrong" with them? I simply don't feel like dealing with the little inconveniences that inevitably come the more time you spend around people. And no, the good times are not worth the inconveniences. I'm the type of person who would in a heartbeat give up all the potential pleasant stuff, just to avoid the unpleasant stuff. We are basically just nervous systems walking around, programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Well my nervous system is much more concerned about avoiding pain than gaining pleasure.

But having or not having friends, wanting or not wanting to be around people, why can't more people see this as the same as liking different flavors of ice cream or something like that? Thats all it is, a preference. Some value the pleasant parts of human interaction enough to put up with the inconveniences and some don't, and no I don't count internet as human interaction because I'm just typing words while others type words back at me, and I can end it at any time with no regard for "etiquette" or "manners" or "being cool" or anything else. One is not a "winner" and the other a "loser" depending on whether they value human interaction. They just like different flavors of ice cream. Maybe not surprisingly, my favorite flavor of ice cream is vanilla.

 

[..Glamorous..]

Seeing a movie alone does not equal being a loser.

However, you = loser already.

So, see you have nothing to worry about!

 

[NonConTickler]

Seeing a movie alone does not equal being a loser.

However, you = loser already.

So, see you have nothing to worry about!

Was that directed at me or the OP?

 

[Angel_2]

I sure hope not cause I see movies by myself all the time

 

[RosieCreek]

I've seen a lot of movies by myself. The day before my brothers funeral, I sat in a kiddie matinee of some Snoopy thing because I really needed to escape from everyone/everything.
When I worked nights and finally had a day off, going to a movie was something that could make me get out of bed and out of the house.

There is a Johnson's Tire company right next to the cineplex, so twice every year when I had my tires changed, I'd go to the movies while waiting.

When I was young, I went through some really intense therapy and I ended up seeing a Stallone/Dolly Parton movie over and over and over again, just to escape for awhile.

 

[TangerineTicklee]

I think movies are more enjoyable when watched alone. Less distraction.

 

[COOLCAT88]

I find that the movie is more enjoyable when alone..

 

[tickmankyle1]

if I had to see the movie with some one i would never go see a movie. Not really seen many movies in the theatre only like 2 or 3 in the past 7 years. just my 2 cents.