Why We Go to the Movies

Theaters: Despite the advent of TV and other competing technologies, Americans have continued their love affair with the cinema.
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"Why is it that we still go to the movies? Why do we bother now that we can sit at home in front of a huge television screen with booming sound coming out of speakers all around the room?"

It's a bit all over the page, but this article does a very nice job of answering the question posed above. Part history lesson, part insight into humananity this article covers the important facts that
- Movie Theaters will always have a place
- Hollywood will always progress when it's convinced that the advancements will be profitable and not surrender any of their old profitability (I especially liked this part about eating its young)
- Movies will always be relevant and a venue for human expression.