More Korean Questions
Movie theaters are just barely popular here in Korea, which astounds me.
The closest movie theater is in a city of 300,000, forty-five minutes away. And, in that city, they only have four cinemas. Even Macomb had two.
So I guess the question comes in two parts. The first is how often do you go to the theater, how often do you rent movies, and how often do you download? When I was in Seattle, I would go see an art film about once every other week, rent two or three movies every two weeks, and download probably around four movies a week.
The second part is how well do you like the movie theater as compared to watching it on a TV or a computer? Personally, I can't stand watching it on a computer screen. The difference between whether I rent a movie or whether I see it in the theater is how much the cinema experience impacts the movie. For instance, horror movies are always better in the theater, and so are action movies. Actually, I believe all movies are better in the theater, but those two genres lose the most when converted to other formats.
The second question I have is about beef. In Korea, the most important political debate for the past month has been over the importing of American beef. To put it simply, they are pissed about it. Koreans are more angry at their president for wanting to bring American beef into the country than we were when our President started a war in Iraq until false pretenses. It confuses the hell out of me, because the problem that they have is not the danger to Korean cow farmers or national pride, but instead it's health, specifically, the danger of mad cow diasese.
So the question is somewhat loaded. Has anyone ever, ever thought about American beef as being dangerous? This is the first I've heard about it.
The closest movie theater is in a city of 300,000, forty-five minutes away. And, in that city, they only have four cinemas. Even Macomb had two.
So I guess the question comes in two parts. The first is how often do you go to the theater, how often do you rent movies, and how often do you download? When I was in Seattle, I would go see an art film about once every other week, rent two or three movies every two weeks, and download probably around four movies a week.
The second part is how well do you like the movie theater as compared to watching it on a TV or a computer? Personally, I can't stand watching it on a computer screen. The difference between whether I rent a movie or whether I see it in the theater is how much the cinema experience impacts the movie. For instance, horror movies are always better in the theater, and so are action movies. Actually, I believe all movies are better in the theater, but those two genres lose the most when converted to other formats.
The second question I have is about beef. In Korea, the most important political debate for the past month has been over the importing of American beef. To put it simply, they are pissed about it. Koreans are more angry at their president for wanting to bring American beef into the country than we were when our President started a war in Iraq until false pretenses. It confuses the hell out of me, because the problem that they have is not the danger to Korean cow farmers or national pride, but instead it's health, specifically, the danger of mad cow diasese.
So the question is somewhat loaded. Has anyone ever, ever thought about American beef as being dangerous? This is the first I've heard about it.
Comments
*I have never downloaded anything. At all. I don't even know how you would do that.
*I rent probably about 3 or 4 movies a month.
*I haven't been to the movie theater since I saw Beowulf over Thanksgiving break.
And no, I've never thought about American beef as being dangerous. However, I don't really think about beef and if I do it's because I'm eating something with beef in it.
~Meredith~
As for downloading movies, I don't do it. Mostly because my internet connection is not that good and I have heard that my provider is one of those that watch for that sort of thing. My friend Mike, on the other hand, downloads movies constantly and he and his fiance seem to think illegally downloaded movies make good gifts. So I own movies that have been illegally downloaded, like Lady in the Water (which I just watched yesterday), but I was not the one to download it.
Recently I have started making copies of movies that I borrow from the library, but only the ones that I might actually watch again but probably wouldn't pay to own. Movies that I would pay to own, I buy legally. Same goes for music, I don't download it illegally, but often get it from my friends who do and if it is something that I would pay for, then I buy it.
I rarely rent movies anymore because of libraries that lend movies and friends that have more movies than they know what to do with. I was using Netflix for awhile, but that was while I was in Macomb and writing a research paper on movies that were not readily available. I liked Netflix because it had a good variety of movies and I will probably end up using it again in the future, but by then the service will probably be an On Demand type of thing and not use discs anymore.
I would prefer to see movies in the theater, but unless it is a movie I really want to see, I won't pay the $9.50 ticket price. My choices for watching movies at home is, however, limited to a 13" television or a 17" LCD monitor that is horrible for any movie or tv show that has a lot of darkly lit scenes. While I was in Macomb I didn't bother to bring my TV with me and therefore watched all movies and television on my computer. It was hell trying to watch Lost on the LCD. Since my options for viewing are limited at home I take advantage of any opportunity I have to watch movies on the wide screen televisions of friends and family (like my Grandfather's 55" plasma). In some cases I almost like that better than seeing movies in a theater.
As far as the beef question goes, I don't really think about it. I know there are these supposed risks, but there are also risks when eating chicken or eggs or spinach. I only eat meat maybe twice a week on average and beef probably only every other week, so I don't really think I am at high risk anyway.
Why do you always ask questions that require such long answers?
So why is that we rent more movies than we see in the theater? Is it because of the price or do you just prefer to watch movies at home?
There are honestly zero reasons why I would watch a movie at home if I could see it in the theater for the same price. I'll even take a theater full of people over a full-on home theater in a heartbeat. (Keep in mind, this is assuming that I want to see the movie, and not the inside of the pants of the person I'm with.)