Going to the cinema alone

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when I hear the woods it reminds me of "the woodshed."

...I've tended toward it a lot .
" Billy No Mates " , as I believe VIZ magazine has it .
I'm old enough that I went to movie theaters on my own , as a teenager , before American " normal " movie theaters basically all became multiplexes , when many/most were single-screen (Or , maybe double .) ones...Multiplexes didn't really come along , where I was anyway , until into the Eighties .
I've tended to like odd times , late-afternoon shows (like 4 PM or aso) , or end up going to last shows..." Billy No Mates " .

Sure, why not? If you really want to see something and you don't have anyone to go with, or no one else is interested, there's nothing wrong with going alone.
I have gone to the theatre on my own a few times to watch a play or a concert. It may be a bit uncomfortable before the event or during the intermission, but during the event itself nobody will be paying attention to who is alone or not.

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...In that pre-multiplex time , there were a couple of times I went to theaters intending to see a movie , and they either had no customers other than me at all or not enough to make up a quorum /minimum (maybe five) , and so they didn't run the movie .
Being homeless for so many years , I...er...do not have a DVD player , even when I've (like now) been " temporarily not homeless " it's been very rare when I've had a DVD player...So I can't see them Or " normal " TV either , I haven't had one , even a broadcast TV-only (meaning no cable) one .

You're in the dark, and, unless you have really-conspicuous mannerisms, no one is paying attention to you, in the crowd. Or, if you go at the right time, noone is there.

I've attended screenings where I was the only one in the theatre. very peaceful, I felt privileged. and I have just posted a nice even 52,052 posts

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It's happened to me , a night-time screening , in a Berkley , CA , multiplex of CARS II being a recent-ish example .
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People outside of North America tend to call movies "The Cinema." We call movies "movies." And sometimes "flicks." People who are "sophisticated" tend to use the term "cinema" in the US.

In the old days, before multiplexes, people used to go to the "movie theater" to see movies.

After vaudeville "died," they placed movie screens within old vaudeville theaters--hence, the "movie theater."

^^^I never had a clue that I might be sophistimacated

In the US, the "Cinema" usually refers to movies which are seen as being sort of avant-garde and literary. But people still usually call it "going to the movies," even when they go to see "cinema."

Bruce Willis and Rocky would not be considered "Cinema" in the US.

Going to the cinema alone is one of my favourite things.

I like it a lot less with other people, because they tend to be less punctual so that you end up missing the trailers and adverts (one of my favourite parts of the experience for some strange reason!!) and any scrunching of food and whispering drives me crazy.

People I go with often want to sit in the back/middle where everyone else is; I like sitting closer to the front where I usually have a whole row to myself. When you are on your own you also have the rather decadent option of walking out part way through, which I sometimes do when I don't like the film.

I live in the U.S., and I rarely hear it called cinema. Most people I'm around say "movie theater" (with the stress on the second syllable of theater) when referring to it, and just "theater" (with the stress on the first syllable) when referring to live-action plays and musicals.

I've done that by bringing a notepad and a pen, and walking into the theater with them in hand. I add to the deception by writing the movie title and today's date on top of the first page.

This always works perfectly. Taking notes on a movie is 100% legal. Theater workers are afraid to question me, thinking I'm with the media. Other moviegoers don't judge me for being alone, because they think it's for work or school. During the boring scenes, I actually scribble some words on paper, to make it look real. Sometimes I even write "Garbage!" or "Incompetent actors!" in big letters, for a low-level cheap scare.

This works best if you're young, because you'd look like a student when doing that. But I'm in my 30's, and no one ever questioned me yet.

Why do you bother with the charade, Aspie1?

Short answer: Because NTs rule the world.

Long answer: I prefer to get reactions of mild respect ("wow, he's reviewing a movie") or mixed reactions of derision and jealously ("he's a slacker who can't get an office job, but he's not answering e-mails at 11:00 PM"), rather than outright mockery ("he's a loser with no friends to go with him"). Of course, it matters less and less as you get older. I can probably get away with going alone at age 33 even without the notepad and pen. But if I did that in my 20's, I'd get harassed by some tough youths trying to impress their friends and/or girls.