I don't care that they've all but gone out of business: the drive-in theatre, as a concept, is a better idea than ever. This Popular Mechanics article from 1933 covering the very first drive-in theater very nimbly explains why it's such a wonderful idea that has been unfairly killed by the industry of megaplexes:
We all enjoy going to movies — short of a home theatre set-up, there's no better way to see a movie than on a gigantic silver screen — but what we don't like is having to be at the whims of the rude gibbering idiots surrounding us. The drive-in is such a great concept because it takes them out of the equation and makes going to the movies a private affair. Do you want to chat on your cellphone through the entire film, or make out with your girlfriend, or bring your hyperactive, Ritalin-trembling children to a matinee and let them squeal? Go ahead, do it. Within the confines of your car, you're in your own private amphitheater of obnoxiousness, where as I am in my own solipsistic cinematic universe.
World's First Drive-In Movie Theater [Modern Mechanix]
