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

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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.