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re: How long will movie theaters survive?
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:24 am to Byrdybyrd05
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:24 am to Byrdybyrd05
Used to love going to the movies.
The biggest detractor for me is dealing with other people.
People on their cell phones, talking, fighting, bringing babies or kids to movies they should never be in, and otherwise acting in such a manner that it negatively impacts the whole experience.
If people can’t act correctly, then I will wait for it to come out on a streaming service and watch it at home.
And there is no use telling some people anything - you try to correct their behavior and you’ve got an even bigger mess on your hands.
The biggest detractor for me is dealing with other people.
People on their cell phones, talking, fighting, bringing babies or kids to movies they should never be in, and otherwise acting in such a manner that it negatively impacts the whole experience.
If people can’t act correctly, then I will wait for it to come out on a streaming service and watch it at home.
And there is no use telling some people anything - you try to correct their behavior and you’ve got an even bigger mess on your hands.
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Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:25 am to Byrdybyrd05
Well, between the crap movies they've been having to show and the cost of going to them, I'd say they're on life support now.
When a movie and a couple boxes of popcorn and sodas cost upwards of $50, I say let them die--------they've outpriced themselves out of the market.
When a movie and a couple boxes of popcorn and sodas cost upwards of $50, I say let them die--------they've outpriced themselves out of the market.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:25 am to Byrdybyrd05
350 more movies....
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:26 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Some may close but the movie theater is not going away
Just won’t have as many
Just won’t have as many
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:37 am to Byrdybyrd05
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I feel blessed that I was around to see great movies at the theaters in that 1994-1995 era. The first time my dad took me to the movie theater was for Terminator 2 when I was 5 years old and it was awesome! It was great being a kid and seeing movies from the 80s when most of them made were before I was born and have great storylines without CGI lol. I swear it feels like every movie trailer is some Marvel movie and there is no creativity.
Those years were my JR/SR year of high school. We went to the movies almost every weekend. Definitely multiple times per month.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:38 am to WestCoastAg
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Oppenheimer was pretty good
Honestly I expected something much better from Christopher Nolan. Not a terrible movie by any means just not one that I would consider among the greats.
This points to the observation of the OP. The “new makers” of movies (Netflix, Amazon and others) that go straight to the home theater are really taking out theaters and therefore empty parking lots at many of them. Not all of course but enough empty spaces to matter.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:40 am to Byrdybyrd05
I’m looking forward to see Dune Part 2. I bet it’s epic in theaters
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:44 am to Havoc
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What happened is leftist scum like you demanded that everything get buttfricked to serve social agendas with socialist goals.
You mean you’re not excited to see the The American Society of Magical Negroes?
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:51 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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This post was edited on 3/12/24 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:03 am to Byrdybyrd05
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Streaming has hurt them also
Streaming definitely hurt the cinema.
What makes it almost unrecoverable is that the studios are fully behind streaming because they can play the long game on recovering their investments and further exploit the “Hollywood” accounting that screws everyone involved in making a film but them.
Back in the early days of VHS based home video - studios panicked that they’d lose millions and created all sorts of rules that significantly delayed the release of movies on video and cable after the films theatrical run.
Older folks remember the days where after a movie left the theaters it would take months, sometimes years to be available of video and on cable. Now it’s weeks.
So there’s really no incentive or push for someone to go to the cinema.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:04 am to Jimbojambojumbo
100% fact.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:08 am to scrooster
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2 - somewhere along the line, theater owners began to believe that the louder the sound system, the better. (Again, failure ... it's too loud. It's painfully loud.) 3 - Concessions are insanely overpriced. $22.00 for a bad box of popcorn and a large diet Coke with too much ice, is insane. It used-to-be part of the experience. Now it's part of the absurdity.
My two biggest complaints !
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:09 am to Jimbojambojumbo
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Older folks remember the days where after a movie left the theaters it would take months, sometimes years to be available of video and on cable. Now it’s weeks.
Yep. You'd have to wait 5-6 months to be able to rent it if you didn't see it in the theater.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:15 am to East Coast Band
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They've literally run out of ideas for fresh movie plots. Every movie is a sequel and/or some stupid and predictable sci fi movie.
The problem is that the idiots in charge of the movie studios think it’s a good idea to shoehorn political messages into their movie. While political messaging in movies is nothing new, it use to at least be somewhat subtle. Now it’s overt and off putting to many. People want to be entertained at the movies, not preached to.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:15 am to fallguy_1978
Blockbuster used to be the bomb… now I have it right in front of me…
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:20 am to Byrdybyrd05
I have no desire to go to a movie theatre, I haven’t been in years, and don’t have any plans to go. Surely I can’t be the only one.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:23 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Superhero movies make millions more than the movies you listed.
FYI, I hate superhero movies and don’t watch them, but always follow the money
FYI, I hate superhero movies and don’t watch them, but always follow the money
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:28 am to Epic Cajun
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I have no desire to go to a movie theatre, I haven’t been in years, and don’t have any plans to go. Surely I can’t be the only one
We used to go occasionally when the kids were younger to go see whatever the new Pixar movie was out. I think we've only been once in the past 5-6 years now though.
The last movie my wife and I saw in the theater without kids was The Departed
This post was edited on 2/28/24 at 7:29 am
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:30 am to dukke v
the only movie Ive seen in theaters in decades was Oppenheimer, and it was long and disappointing.
Home theaters are a better experience today than the theater.
Home theaters are a better experience today than the theater.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:30 am to Darth_Vader
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The problem is that the idiots in charge of the movie studios think it’s a good idea to shoehorn political messages into their movie. While political messaging in movies is nothing new, it use to at least be somewhat subtle. Now it’s overt and off putting to many. People want to be entertained at the movies, not preached to.
Then why doesn't someone step in that doesn't put anything political in movies and make billions? That's how capitalism works.
If movies being overly political is the reason people aren't going, seems like a great opportunity for someone to step in and fill that void.
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