re: MoviePass on its last legs?

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enjoy Spy Who Dumped Me and Skyscraper

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2 hours of Mila Kunis and The Rock >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every single Carson post combined. Belee dat son.

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I wouldn't have seen any of these without MoviePass. There are easily at least three quality indie and other small releases per month that are worth $3.32 a ticket.

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That was one of the main benefits of MoviePass. You didn't have to gamble money on seeing odd films.

There's a lot more to films than just categorizing them as either masterpieces or crap. Some years I would see 100 films on MoviePass. I could laugh at how horrible Kevin Smith's "Tusk" was because I wasn't really paying to see it. I could sample Bollywood films and see why they weren't just ridiculous cliched dance films. And I'd get to see small films with zero spoilage because they weren't promoted at all (but again, not a financial gamble for me with MoviePass).

But now MoviePass is going to be just another discount card to see the major releases.

The New MoviePass Plan Is A Disaster For Smaller Movies And Indie Flicks

All of these rapid changes and price jumps are just part of the MoviePass M.O. that they've operated under for the past six years:

1) frick things up
2) Revert to a less fricked up version that isn't as good as it was before you fricked things up
3) Hope that the remaining subscribers won't notice that your "fix" still leaves them with a shittier product.

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So the press release was more accurate and Mitch Lowe was lying to the WSJ.

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No telling how many times they changed their policy between the press release and Lowe talking to the Journal. I’d imagine that he wakes up in the middle of the night and screams for the price to go up or for some restriction to be added.

Honestly, with the cost of concessions everyone should get in for free just so the theater can sell more overpriced garbage.

I will say that it survived for six years is an accomplishment. It was a failed model from the beginning and they are now coming to the realization there is not enough value in selling movie watching patterns to make up the difference.

We discussed it here in detail back in May, but MP was always doomed. MP should of made a play with the concessions. Huge markups on that and might of brought more theaters to their side.

Theaters are looking for sales lift and I do not know if MP sold that. If they could of worked in something with concessions (5%-10% off for MP customers) and shown a direct lift in sales from more MP customers they may have been able to negotiate a reduced ticket rate for MP patrons. Popcorn alone is a 806% markup, so shaving 10% off and increasing sales would be a win. People are suckers for any perceived savings. MP could be - we are putting butts in your seats and you are selling more popcorn.

Movie Pass was in a prime spot to link multiple distributors with multiple consumers. They needed to think beyond the insurance model and silicon valley personal data model. There is a lot to be said about the old increasing sales lift model.

Of course I could be completely wrong and they tried that and it did not work. There is a reason Costco and Sams are always giving out those free samples though. It works.

All of the showtimes mysteriously disappeared when I got to the theater last night and I had to pay for it. I'm officially done now. Just too much crap to deal with.

At a happy hour near the theater so I decided to check what's showing.

The only movie listed is Slender Man.

The app has officially gone full retard

Wow

But how can new TOS affect you if you have already cancelled prior to the new TOS being implemented