going to a clean movie is worse than internet?
i don’t go to movies and i don’t download movies from the internet.
the whole issue of movies came out way before internet even existed. in olden days, they were very clean (still not kodesh by any means) and many, not all, people watched. then, started to get worse and worse, VCR came out, and more yeshivish people did not go to movie theater nor own a VCR.
then, internet came along. definitely problematic to have internet. my belief (and i definitely understand other side) is that internet is here to stay and need it for many things (for jobs, banks, etc. etc.) – so trick is to use it properly.
whether the yeshiva cr brings people up or down in kedushah is for each person to decide.
along with all issues of kedushah, people have to ask themselves – does it bring them closer to Hashem or further away.
going to movie theater – may be issue of going to places where goyim go (see torah temimah on megilas rus, where rus says – “i will go where you go”.
other problem of movie theater is the environment itself is not exactly wholesome nor place of kedusha, so downloading a clean video seems to me to be the better option.
others, will not download any movie for the kedusha factor (very important, but very individual – where person is coming from)