Movies: Alone or not alone -What's okay IYO

Travels With

I have had this debate/talk so many times and my wife frequently thinks I am a weirdo (hmmm.....) for thinking this way. I think it is okay and not at all strange for people to go to the movies alone. A movie is not, or at least should not be a social venue. Why do so many people think it's strange? I've been to Giants (baseball) games alone, the movies alone, it doesn't bother me. Anyone have a reason why It's apparently NOT okay to go to a movie alone?

P.S. I'm not suggesting that I'd wish to go without my wife, I just don't see anything wrong with people that go solo.

Tone

Nah, I don't see anything wrong with it either. I go to movies alone and even concerts alone (I've been to 3 PJ concerts alone). Sometimes it's nice to just chill out at the movies.

Travels With

I totally agree. I have also been to a PJ concert alone!

mickeyrat

Travels With wrote:

I totally agree. I have also been to a PJ concert alone!

For such a "loner" how is it you have the username "travels WITH"?

Cinnamon Girl

I used to think it was really strange and sad when I saw people at the movies alone, then I had kids.

Alone time is healthy.

Travels With

mickeyrat wrote:

Travels With wrote:

I totally agree. I have also been to a PJ concert alone!

For such a "loner" how is it you have the username "travels WITH"?

You're so right. Travels With is actually a reference to a favorite book of mine. Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. In the book Charley is a dog. I am a total loner...it is not until now, on this board that I have come to this realization. I only wish now I had some one to tell but well...you know.

Whizbang

I don't think there is anything wrong or weird about it at all. Though I've never been to the movies alone (odd because I'm quite happy doing lots of things alone...dinner, concerts, beach, etc), I'd rather watch a movie by myself. No one to interrupt, etc.

Tone

Yeah, it's a little annoying if you're there with someone who likes to "chat" during a film. I like to watch and listen without being interrupted. With concerts, there's no way in hell I'd miss PJ live and I had a blast at all 3 shows I attended by myself... always lots of great fans around to chat to

BlackThirteen

I go to movies alone all the time and my friends always give me shit for it. I don't see the problem with it honestly.

vduboise

I've been to the movies by myself all the time- I can go with someone, but sometimes its nice just to be. I used to think it was weird, then I wanted to see something, and the hubby did not want to go- so I went by myself- and I liked it.

milarso

My old job required a lot of travel, sometimes for up to three weeks on the road. We normally traveled as a team of three or four people, and on the weekends, we would have alot of down time. I enjoyed the people I worked with, but after spending all week working with them, sometimes you just need some time alone. So I would go catch a movie or go to a museum, or if there was one in the place we were at, maybe a zoo. When we went to places like San Fran or Chicago, there was always a pretty cool music scene, so I would check stuff like that out. And alot of times, I would do it solo. I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

pineapplesandwaves.

Cinnamon Girl wrote:

I used to think it was really strange and sad when I saw people at the movies alone, then I had kids.

Alone time is healthy.

A lot of people think it's odd or sad when people go to movies alone ... as if they go alone because they don't have any friends to go with.

I go alone from time-to-time. Going solo is nice sometimes.

I've had the odd afternoon off and treated myself to a movie. I've also visited friends in other cities and went to the movies alone while they're at work.

Of course, I'm someone who enjoys my alone time as much as my social time, so I have no problems doing just about anything solo. I've never been concerned with looking sad or uncool.

Hitch-Hiker

I always go to the cinema on my own. Nothing wrong with it at all. I'm a big movie buff, so I like to go and enjoy films without distractions.

intodeep

I do a lot of stuff alone. Sure i'd rather go with someone else, but I can either go do something alone and enjoy it. Or sit at home alone and wallow....

I go to concerts alone because i love music and my friends have either shitty taste in music or "dont want to go out on a school night"

I go to movies alone, but never on a Friday or Saturday night. I usually do them in the day on saturday or sunday or I'll go on a weeknight.

I go out to dinner alone occasionally too.

I'd prefer to go with friends, but i rather go and enjoy something i like alone then miss out on it.

eMMI

I've never understood why some people think it's strange to go to the movies alone. I've done it a dozen times, for various reasons.

sometimes it's nice to have time just for yourself, do what you want to do.

sometimes I've been the only one who's wanted to see a certain movie.

sometimes my friends would maybe like to see the movie but we can't get our schedules to match so I'll go alone.

like someone said, it's better to do something alone than miss out completely.

Evil Merlin Part Deux

It depends on the movie you're going to see. :P

blackredyellow

I don't understand why people on either side of this really care what the other thinks... if you like to go to movies alone, then go... if you don't like to go to movies alone, then don't.

I like movies alone.... years ago I worked a lot of nights and weekends so had some weekdays off. I used to like going to cheep, empty, matinees alone.

rrivers

I think the first movie I saw alone was Pulp Fiction. It was a movie I really wanted to see and I didn't have anyone who wanted to see it. I would rather go alone than with someone who is lukewarm about seeing it because then I am always worried about if they are enjoying it. Since then I've gone to quite a few alone. I, like others have said, would rather go with someone else, but a choice between not going or going alone is no choice at all.

Sian-of-the-dead

I love going to the movies alone... I get so engrossed in the movie when the're no distractions :oops:

decides2dream

blackredyellow wrote:

I don't understand why people on either side of this really care what the other thinks... if you like to go to movies alone, then go... if you don't like to go to movies alone, then don't.

I like movies alone.... years ago I worked a lot of nights and weekends so had some weekdays off. I used to like going to cheep, empty, matinees alone.

exactly!
my preference is to go with my husband, but sure...if there's a flick i want to see and he doesn't, i would never let that stop me! i started to do a LOT of things alone when i studied abroad.....going out to dinner, gigs, movies, whatever. i wasn't going to let lack of someone interested in the things i wanted to see or do or eat interfere with MY desires. i've seen many films alone....and it's all good.

MayDay10

movies, i dont think its strange to go alone.

Concerts, a little. I went to one alone myself

sporting events, maybe strange. It seems more like a social event... especially a ballgame

CJMST3K

I prefer to see a movie with someone, but if I am the only one who wants to see it, I'll go on my own. Same with dinner out, if I want to get a bite at a restaurant (not a fine, fine restaurant, but a $15 a person restaurant) and can't find anyone to go with... I go! My GF never, ever, ever will dine in a restaurant alone. I've even asked her to arrive early at a restaurant and order for me so we can get to a movie on time... and she won't even enter a restaurant by herself. So, each person is different. However - nothing wrong with it.


...except I went to see the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie by myself, since I couldn't find anyone to go. A) I was the only one older than 26 in the theater and the characters in the movie make fun of anyone in the theater who is alone (which I probably was the only one). So I blushed a little in the dark, but hey, they were making the joke intentionally to make individuals uncomfortable.

decides2dream

hehee.


i definitely prefer company for almost all activities, but you bet....rather go solo than miss out. and i too wouldn't go to a *fine* restaurant solo, but sure, i go to pricier restaurants solo as well. i enjoy good food. it's been quite a long while since i dined out solo, and again....definitely prefer company, but ya gotta do what you gotta do! life is too short to miss out on enjoyable experiences simply b/c you don't have someone around who can, or wants to, do what you want.




*i WILL say, as a female, i do not go to bars solo. only exception is if there is a gig in the bar, but just to go on my own and drink? nope. i can do that just fine at home. i will go and meet up with friends and such, arrive/depart solo, but that's it.

Travelar

I often go alone. I don't see the big deal.

JaneNY

Its a movie. There's no talking. Everyone's supposed to be quite and watch the screen and listen. How does it matter if you know the person you're sitting next to or not? There's no talking (and it pisses me off when people talk during a movie).