For me it has gotten to the point that I will not go to a movie theatre to see ANY movie, no matter how much I'd like to see it on the ''Big Screen" and with THX Dolby surround sound - not to mention the ridiculous cost of admission coupled with the exhorbitant cost of a drink and a buttered popcorn.

I simply cannot handle any kind of talking around me when I am trying to immerse myself and ''escape'' into the story of what is unfolding onscreen. People just don't realize how ignorant they are. It's like when you're driving somewhere and someone blatantly cuts you off (always without signaling), you honk your horn and they swear at you, honk back even more agressively or give you the finger because it's your fault - that you happened to be in the space they needed at that moment...You know the kind of indignation I'm talking about here.....Same difference for me when I go to a theater.

So I bought a 60 inch big screen set, and a complete home theatre surround system, and it's wonderful. I won't rent anything unless the sound track is in surround. Best thing is, I can focus on what I'm watching, replay a favourite seen over and over, pause it and get up to grab a munchable - and, smoke.