In this corner, the tiny little pocket screen that we carry with us at all times...better known as SMARTPHONE. In the opposing corner, the big large champion of the movies...some know him as "The Silver Screen"..... He is THE MOVIE THEATER!
FIGHT!
Recently AMC theaters considered creating smartphone friendly theaters, sort of like how restaurants used to have smoking sections. Why, well the idea was that millennials will be more likely to go to the theater if they will be allowed to pull out their cell phone without being told to please turn their phone off. However, many have taken to Twitter and attacked AMC for their texting friendly theaters. Some went as far to say that they would stop going to their theaters if they were to do this. AMC has since ditched the idea of creating these smartphone friendly theaters.
Honestly, bad idea AMC. Some people believe that our addiction to technology has caused our attention span to shorten. It makes us far less likely to sit still for more then a few minutes. Inviting us to be able to have our phones out in theaters is just going to help support our need to be wedded to our gadgets. We NEED to learn to put them down from time to time. I'm very glad they have trashed this idea. It would have done far more harm to society and would completely neglect the purpose of the movies.
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