I think we are more annoyed with other people these days. We go to our phones for information and movies and music.
At our house I have a stack of movie tickets I got at work as recognitions. I can't even give them away to my kids. They would just rather watch something on their phones or MacBooks. I think we've only gone to the theater (and there are 20 screens 5 minutes from us) about once in the last 6 years.
I don't think people like to be cooped up with others. And we can't turn on our phones without annoying others, but then find others on their phones annoying us, or we anticipate someone's phone is going to go off during a movie...
In our house we are fortunate to have a 73" TV, but we still go to our laptops and phones to watch stuff. Because we have total control and can take the movies with us...to the kitchen or...
And if we don't like a movie, like how I felt about Jurassic World, it wasn't worth it to walk out (even though we had free tickets). And the other members of the family wanted to see it, and we may as well have sat there and watched it, but if we were at home...we can just turn it off...
Total control...
Agreed. I have been annoyed at going to movies for far longer than personal technology gave me the power to avoid the theater experience. People who talk. People who show up 10 minutes into the movie, etc.