Does the company you are in ,affect your response to a movie?

Hi kala! Your observation appears quite appealing to me. I do not see movies alone as I can not discuss a scene with a stranger. If I am going out for a movie it has to be either with my friend(s) or with my family. I always love discussing a movie scene with the person who is accompanying me. I have a close friend with whom I invariably would go to see a movie when I was unmarried and we would keep making comments, keep laughing and chatting between a movie to entertain ourselves. Joy of watching an average movie would get doubled if that particular friend was accompanying me.

I think so. That's because when the people that we are with keep commenting about something, it not only distracts us from the overall flow of the movie but it kinda gives us some seeds of biases hindering us from forming our own opinion of the movie. Same with the good comments. However, people that agree with us would give us a confidence boost or encourage us to just enjoy the movie. It affirms that there are other who think the same way about what we have just seen. Im usually concentrated when watching a movie, most especially when its something that needs to be understood. But with those silly comedies that are just a good laugh then of course I dont take them seriously. Those are the only movie genre that I dont mind watching with a considerable number of friends. This is also how I feel with fantasy adventure types. I dont talk much when watching a movie. Im just really focused on it. When eating a snack after the movie, that's when we get to discuss it in detail. I would only watch horror with my friends only when Ive already watched it beforehand. Im going to watch them watch the horror movie when Im going to watch it with them, that's more fun for me.

Sure for some ppl I can see that being the case but not for me...Of course I'm a very stubborn woman that isnt easily swayed by others...AND I realize that some of my friends and I have very different tastes which IMO is a good thing..makes for great discussions LOL..

Absolutely, which is why I do not attend movies with people who have different taste. I do not want anyone spoiling my fun. Also a bad movie watched with a good friend is not as bad as it might otherwise seem.

Probably in ways I don't realize but not consciously... I can't count the times I've gone to see a movie with friends and either I loved it and they hated it or the other way around. Two that stand out in my mind are Law Abiding Citizen and Saw .....5, I think (which one are we on now? eight hundred and four?) My friends loved both movies and talked about them for days. I thought Law Abiding Citizen was decent, but a little.... I'm not sure the word I'm looking for...disjointed? It wasn't one I'll probably rush out and buy when it's released to DVD. And I hated Saw 5. For me, 3 stunk, didn't see 4 and got dragged to 5 (well, not dragged but it was either go see it and spend time with my friends who I never see or not go and sit at home alone).

I am inclined to agree with this. I have this theory, which I have dared to disclose to a couple of mylotters, and they've not told me I am crazy, as yet. :) But I believe we all are made of some chemicals. Apart from normal bonding in chemical reactions, there are dextro and levo rotations, may be many more. Therefore, I could be facing you, and shaking left hand to left hand (guides), or facing in the same direction as you are and holding you right hand with my left hand! Either way, there would be a bond! Well something like that. So I thought there are many such possibilities in our bodies considering that we are completely chemicals. Any external energy that passes through us shakes up these bonds just as if they were some light films or sheets. When it comes out that energy either increases in speed or decreases in speed depending up which direction it has flow. This is the reason you feel more when you witness an accident, rather than what you see on your television screens. Because the energy or feeling of pain emanating from the injured is moving through bodies of many people at the site. I believe in it. It may or may not be true. :)

Now I understand why I prefer to watch movies alone. There is nothing like a wrong company that becomes a kill joy not only when watching movies but in several other occasions too. I am a Hollywood movie buff since my school days and going to movie with my friends were over with college days. My friends always come to me for good suggestion of the best movies as I used to have all the details including the cast, story and director at my finger tips. I still do. Those guys were a real cool company to watch movies as I was good at selecting my friends too. Nowadays I go to movie theaters with my wife and daughter only as we all have the same taste. A couple of days back we three watched New moon and enjoyed the movie very much. And the other days it is me, my dvd ,English movies and absolute privacy and darkness after 10PM.

It is absolutely right.Your companion has a great influence on your views .When we go to movie with the youngsters we also happen to enjoy the comedy and the songs et al .But this same movie with an elder person or with a person who gets irritated easily has a totally different effect on us .We also tend to get disgusted with every scene and call the film a lousy one .So on the whole company when we go anywhere matters a great deal.

I have to agree with you. I enjoy films very much and I love sharing the experience with another like minded person who will have coffee or dinner with me and we can talk about the movie and share our experience. It is disappointing to see a film, especially a comedy with someone who just doesn’t ‘get’ it or hates it. Some movies can touch you emotionally too and it is nice to be able to disclose that with another who appreciates how you feel. I love watching thrilling horror stories and it has to be with someone who loves the genre as much as I do or the experience just will not work!

I agree with you. If someone is not enjoying the movie as much as I am, it causes me to not enjoy myself as much. I am careful picking out my "dates" that accompany me to movies because of this. I love watching moviesand want my experience to be as enjoyable as possible.