Hollywood, stop ruining the classics!
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Correct. If you blow your money on one stupid thing then don't complain about another stupid thing costing to much.
Movie theaters may be dwindling in popularity, but I still love the experience. We're fortunate to have a renovated B&B near us that is clean with good seats, good sound, and a parking lot that was also repaved, so that helps.
Maybe it's a bit of nostalgia, but I can't replicate the theater experience at home with the crowds, sights, sounds, etc. There are many movies I've watched in a theater that would not have hit the same at home for me.
Maybe it's a bit of nostalgia, but I can't replicate the theater experience at home with the crowds, sights, sounds, etc. There are many movies I've watched in a theater that would not have hit the same at home for me.
I think it'd be cool if they offered some TV shows to be played in a theater. It would have been badass to watch GoT in the theater.
Is it really complaining to say you think movies are too expensive so you choose not to go to them very often?
CycloneErik
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I actually don't remember the last time I went in to see a movie. It's generally too rich for me.
At home there are just too many distractions. In the theater I don't have those.
I remember they rereleased Alien into the theater for the 30th anniversary. I had never seen it in the theater originally so I was happy to have the chance to see it on the big screen.
I like it when they have re-releases with older movies. I know there were many movies I'd have liked to have seen in the theater, but never got the chance to see due to some reason. Hell, after my daughter was born, I probably missed about 4 years of theater-going.
It's sorta pricey, but it's relative. If you don't load up on concessions, going to a movie is about the same as a trip through a McDonalds drive-thru anymore.
Marcus plays older movies.
Went to Ferris Bueller's Day Off last week. It still holds up.
Also went to the Phantom Menace in May. I never had much interest in it but it was not good even in the theater.
Interesting take. I don’t think it’s that black and white, but to each their own.
There are a lot less movies now. I used to go see a movie every week in high school in the 90s. Still plenty of good movies, there just isn’t the middle of the road 20 million dollar fun time at the theater anymore because people stopped going to them.
It’s pretty much 100.00 if my whole family goes. Thats not nothing.
I absolutely would not pay that in Trice. No effing way.
If I do go it's when I can catch one of earlier day showings that are a little cheaper.
Matt Damon does a good job breaking down the the business of movies and how the model has shifted here
Mel Brooks is 97 years old and is one of the producers. The fact we get another Mel Brooks movie in 2024 is amazing. People should be giddy!
There’s the cost but I read an article someone sent to me (I will have to dig it up) that postures a huge reason box offices have suffered too is the consumption of quick videos and stimulus like Tik Tok, reels, quick social media etc.
Our brains are re-wiring us to be more impatient and seeking out stimulus faster and in massive volume. So they are positing people are actually struggling to sit through 2-3 hour movies now unless it’s one of those can’t miss ones that everyone talks about seeing. But the article claims seeing those blockbusters are still more the fear of missing out more than anything.
Just an interesting thought some folks were studying.
What's weird is it seems like lots of current blockbusters are way more than 2 hours.
Many of these last few Star Wars, Superhero movies et al were quite a bit longer than a classic like Jaws and had a whole bunch of forgettable scenes.
You'd think it would be the opposite to grab the attention while people have it.
