Top Four Reasons You Should Go to a Movie by Yourself
Raise your hand if you have ever gone to a movie alone.
**raises hand**
Really? You never have?? Suzi mentioned the other day on twitter she was thinking of going to see the Help by herself. I chimed right in saying I was thinking the same thing! During graduate school it was pretty common I would take a study break at the theater – alone – and I loved it! So this past weekend I headed out to see the Help all by myself.
I want to share a secret with you: going to the movies alone rocks.
There are a multitude of reasons that solo movie going can beat your average trip to the theater. A few are listed below, but to truly enjoy the experience, get out there and take in a flick you’ve been meaning to see. Once you get over the non-existent awkwardness, you’ll savor every moment!
The Top Four Reasons You Should Go to a Movie Alone
1. You Get to Pick the Movie
Maybe I am totally neurotic (don’t answer that!), but whenever I suggest a movie, or drag someone along with me, I spend most of the time taking side glances to see if the other person appears to be enjoying the film. I have no problem wasting a couple of hours of my day on a film I thought I wanted to see – but I feel pretty guilty if I wasted your day too.
Going alone I can enjoy myself and get lost in the movie, or I can get up and go if I want! No pressure to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves, as long as I am!
2.You Get to Pick the Treats
Pretzel with salt and a Coke Zero – all for me! No sharing, no popcorn crunching in my ear, no bag crackling throughout the movie… pure bliss. So maybe I am a bit sensitive to noise, but really, who doesn’t love an uninterrupted love scene, or pivotal plot twist. No better way to ruin a magic cinematic moment than by having your guest start chopping on their ice!
I can’t guarantee those around you won’t still manage to ruin your movie moment, but I promise you will be much less likely to notice!
3. You Get to Pick the Seats
Perhaps you have a row you favor? Left, right or center? Reclining seats v. arms up? Good news: you get to choose!
Also, let’s say the stinky man with garlic breath and putrid feet sits next to you? You don’t want to be rude and get up and change seats. Hello – if you are by yourself there is no need to feel guilty to get up “to use the facilities” and sit back down somewhere else. No one there to save you a seat? This can be a good thing.
4. You Get to Spend Time Alone
You can laugh at anything you want, cry as much as you want, stay for every last credit. You can enjoy getting to know yourself – what you like and what you don’t like. And you don’t have to wait for someone to be available to go to a movie you want to go to.
Take yourself on a date. Cater to your every desire. You just might find you are your own best company!
Are movie theaters, restaurants, ball games, and concerts only meant to be enjoyed with another? Does going out alone really mean you have no one to go out with? That you don’t have friends? Family? A significant other? THAT YOU MUST BE ALONE BECAUSE NO ONE WILL GO WITH YOU?
There appears to be a fear of judgment. A fear of being seen in these places alone.
Exactly what is so wrong with being alone? Why are we so afraid of being by ourselves? And do we really judge those that are doing their own thing?
So just do it 
Go get yourself a bite to eat, see a film, whatever you like – spend some time with your favorite person – you!
I’m a pretty independent person. I don’t need someone to tag along everywhere I go like some of my friends. I have never been to a movie by myself though! I think that the movies I’d want to see w.o Torey would be the sad ones but I wouldn’t want to be sad alone. I’d def go to a comedy by myself. It sounds like it could be fun! I might have to try it.
I’ve never been to a movie alone before, but you’re pretty convincing
also… i definitely had the shoes you’re wearing in the picture above, but a dog ate them.. i miss them, they are so stinkin cute!
I love this! I worked at a movie theatre for 8 years so I definitely see the beauty in going alone
It’s a nice change of pace from time to time
Oh friend…you are so smart. And obviously I am, too, because I did the exact thing same in grad school!
I just went to a movie alone a couple of months ago. And sometimes during school I’d go eat dinner at a restaurant alone because it would seriously help me sit down and get my thoughts together before starting a big paper or project.
I have never been to the movies alone, however, I don’t really do movie theaters-hahaa. The last movie I saw in a theater was the Village, back in 2006.. every time I go, it’s always a bad experience ruined by other movie-goers. So I prefer to watch movies in the comfort of my own home!
I DO However, go out to eat alone at restaurants frequently! It’s always funny when I get seated by the hostess and they are like.. Just YOU? As if it’s a problem or something! Probably more strange if anything.. which is sad! Haha.. but I LOVE IT!
Great Post!
I enjoy doing things on my own, I need me time! I saw 127 hours by myself and didnt feel weird at all in the theater on my own!
So funny how it may seem weird if you haven’t gone alone, but when you’re doing it there really isn’t anything to feel differently about!
More times than not my BF and I cannot agree on what movie we want….so I have no shame in going alone! Do what ya gotta do, right?
Yep! Now if only the boys would go to their movies by themselves
As soon as I saw the title of this post I knew I was going to be mentioned somewhere!
Truly the only reason I didn’t go that night was because we needed groceries and I had to choose one or the other.
I swear – I will go to the movies by myself within the next 30 days!
I didnt mean you need to go alone
) but you should see the movie – it was really good!!
I am a hard core fan of seeing movies solo for all the reasons you mentioned. I like being able to pick what I want to see, when I want to see it, where I want to see it, and what snack I want to munch on during the movie. I, like you, worry too much about if the other person is enjoying a movie I picked out to really focus even though I almost always like movies picked out by someone else. I’d rather they pick it or I go solo so I only dissapoint myself if the movie was a waste.
Of course, if a handsome guy wanted to take me to a movie I’d go with him rather than go solo…
I have only been to one movie alone. It is probably because I do feel self conscious going in there by myself. Buy why? I don’t look at other people in the movie and think anything is wrong with them if they are alone. So why would I think someone is thinking badly of me? And if they are…who cares! I may just go see a movie by myself tomorrow.
I love going to movies by myself! I’ve only done it a handful of times but I really enjoy it. I saw Monster-In-Law by myself when I was living in Kansas a few years back and I was the only person in the theater! I loved being able to be cheese-faced over Michael Vartan running along the beach shirtless without anyone around to judge.