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re: Movie theater attendance in 2014 lowest it's been in 20 years
Posted on 1/5/15 at 4:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 1/5/15 at 4:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
Not surprising.
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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How does the movie industry fix this?
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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Posted on 1/5/15 at 4:35 pm to Freauxzen
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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.
this times 100x. I cannot sit still for 2 hrs, let alone the 2.5/3 hr movies you see.
I can do it at home but we pause it half way and take a 10-15 minutes break. Pee, open a beer, hit the bong a few times.
with that said, I see 2-3 movies a year in theaters and I don't see that changing. Going to the movie sucks due to annoying teenagers, giggling and texting through the whole movie.
Posted on 1/5/15 at 8:12 pm to Freauxzen
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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.
I agree with your other points but especially this one. I was thinking about this a while back about how many movies I like that are like that are only 90mins long(100 mins works too though)and yeah it does seem like they really just don't do those kinds of movies anymore.
It's a shame cause I really admire those who can successfully put together a tightly constructed story in that short of time.
And I love those movies too cause you can sit there and binge watch them like three or four in a row sometimes.
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