Kevin Bacon desires you to go to the theater to see a film this week, saying there may be simply no expertise that compares.

One evening, I occurred to be in the identical film theater as Gary Oldman watching Blue Jasmine. We weren’t collectively in a proper sense, however we have been sharing the expertise of leaving the home, going to the cinema and watching one thing unfold earlier than our eyes. You simply don’t get that at residence – and never simply because Gary Oldman has turned down each invite I’ve despatched. But folks of a sure technology will at all times champion going to the theater to see a film; now, Kevin Bacon is taking a stand to hitch the trigger.

In a brand new video, Kevin Bacon data himself popping out of a daytime exhibiting of Strange Darling, saying it was the third film he had seen at the theater that week (together with Blink Twice and Alien: Romulus). And whereas he cherished all of those and had nothing however reward for the filmmakers, he famous that his opinion on the movies doesn’t matter – however attending to the cinema does. “I’m not saying this because my opinion is of any value when it comes to movies and what you’re going to like. But what I’m saying is, going out to the movies is a very special experience. This is the experience that I grew up with, it’s what made me want to be in the movies, going to see Dog Day Afternoon and Godfather and Chinatown and Tootsie…It’s a really great thing to go and share that experience…A guy stopped me in the bathroom and said, ‘Wow, man, what did you think of that movie?’ I said, ‘That was crazy!’ That was an experience that we share.”

A current research indicated that two-thirds of individuals would reasonably skip the theater expertise altogether and stream a film from their sofa. And whereas Bacon couldn’t deny the comfort of that, he is aware of what’s in the end higher. “It’s cool to stay home and watch things, for sure, I’m all about it, I love my shows. But once in a while, go to the movies. It’s cool as hell.”

Bacon had two movies out this yr, each of which spotlight the significance of the trendy theater: MaXXXine took in simply $15 million domestically regardless of the franchise’s cult following, whereas Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F had large streaming numbers for Netflix when everyone knows it ought to have gone to the huge display.

Are you on Kevin Bacon’s facet in the case of seeing a film at the theater? How many do you sometimes catch in a month? Pick your favourite seat and tell us beneath!