The Joy Of Watching Movies On A Plane

“[It’s] the purest hit you can get: mainlining movies straight into your brain, unfiltered by environmental factors. … There is no friend or partner with whom to confer, no vexing stranger munching popcorn, no professional-critic colleague sighing extravagantly at the boring bits. Unlike at home, there is none of your own clobber around you; unlike on the tube, you’re in this for the duration.”