The chapter "Lost At The Movies" is found in the book called I'm a Stranger Here Myself. The point of this chapter is to show readers that the old movie theaters have more history and value than the newer theaters.
Every year during the summer Bryson gathers up some small children and takes them to the movies. Bryson talks about how much money Americans spend at the movies between Memorial Day and Labor day. The Americans spend $2 billion on movie tickets and another half of that money is spent on the snacks you get before the movies (page 113). Bryson also talks about how some of the movies that come out in the summer are sometimes dumb. He talks about the movie Lost World within the first week of being out in the movies took in $92.7 million. Then Bryson starts to talk about how theaters in the 1960s used to be single screen theaters in downtown cities and how they used to smell like dead horses. Now we have a lot of tiny screening rooms, closer seats so more seats would fit in the room, bigger screens, the first three rows have to look straight up just to see the movie screen, the popcorn and candy are over priced, you have to sit through 30 mins of previews. Bryson believes that the movie complexes are trying to make us regret our experiences at the movies.
In this chapter Bryson talked about how newer theaters have no history like the older theaters, i believe that going to older theaters can teach you a little about how people used to watch movies. In this chapter Bryson brings up the point that the newer theaters are bigger in size but the seats are so cramped together that you barely have any leg room at all. I know the older theaters have some history and value but they just have that nasty old smell, I would not set through a movie with that nasty smell or even the very sticky floors. I do agree with what Bryson says in this chapter how we all should visit and watch a movie in an old theater and get a little history out of it.
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