Movie theater attendance in 2014 lowest it's been in 20 years

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How does the movie industry fix this?

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Put out better summer movies.

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How does the movie industry fix this?

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By letting us pay more money to watch new releases from the comfort of our homes and avoid the TPOS, annoying teens, and gunmen that plague the theaters.

They make 4 or 5 blockbuster movies per year and the rest are shite. Then half the award season type movies only play in about 4 major cities.

Today for example, if you're in the mood to go to the movies and aren't into The Hobbit, you're screwed.

Lower ticket prices.

I'm really picky with what movies I choose to see in a theater because of the high prices.

I did accidentally buy a ticket to one of those AMC Prime theaters for the Imitation Game last week. Wow, those recliners were very comfortable.

Not surprising.

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How does the movie industry fix this?

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My ideas:

1) Create More Value - And this does NOT mean more 3D (which was a recent foray into raising costs to increase revenue). Maybe each showing comes with a local Blu-Tooth wifi code for a one time download and watch. That or something like for every 3 movies you see in a quarter you can watch one movie digitally. SOMETHING bring in a digital artifact from a theater visit. Movie clubs shouldn't be about coming to the theater more often, they SHOULD be about expanding the theater's presence to my living room.

2) Lower ticket prices - Probably not viable, but it would work

3) Stop creating every movie to be a BLOCKBUSTER OR BUST! - This is tiring for movie goers. As much as I love the superhero genre move, not every movie has to be an event.

4) More normal length (100 minutes max), low-key films. This coincides with number 3, but I think the idea that every movie is a 2+ hour EXTRAVAGANZA is also tiring. There's something special about a well constructed, 100 minute film that hits all the right buttons. This is good fodder for that short afternoon or a date. With movies like Interstellar or the Hobbit, I feel like half my day is automatically gone. When you add in drive time, showing up early so you can get good seats, standing in line if it's anywhere near Event weekends, then you're easily looking at a 5 hour affair. I haven't seen the Hobbit yet for this very reason. It just feels like it won't fit my day.

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Water is wet? How does the movie industry fix this?

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I think people are getting a little out of control with the "movies suck now" nonsense.

The experience just sucks now.

- They're out pricing themselves compared to what you get out of it. HD TVs are the tits and make theater viewing less of an experience.

- The sheer volume of aholes in the theaters sitting on their phones or talking(bolded for my personal reason). Only the elite theaters will seriously penalize people (Alamo Draft House in Austin for instance). I greatly enjoyed seeing Hobbit at Canal Place. I'm probably done with AMC.

- Did I say HD TVs already? It should be mentioned twice, because every well reviewed movie can be rented 6 months later and watched on a crystal clear picture for nickels on the dollar.

There are plenty of good films that come out every year. In fact, I'd argue the sheer volume of quality actors in the Indie scene is borderline ridiculous. Very well made movies with no distribution median before are now accessible easily to the public.

I believe Redbox and Netflix are hurting the movie industry. If people are dying to see a movie they will go and watch it in a movie theater. If there isn't a movie in theater that I'm dying to see I would rather pick something out of Redbox or watch something on Netflix and save money.

I still go to a lot of movies. It's an outing.