Ohh just what I wanted… Another hamlet adaptation….
Movie theatres gotta be cheaper if they want more people to go. They’re competing with my home theatre, comfy couch, and cheap snacks from the grocery store. A giant screen ain’t worth $50.
UK we have the Vue chain that has adult tickets to the latest films for as little as £5. They are often given as free monthly rewards for services like Sky TV, its why I go once a month. Sure its hardly IMAX or plush reclining seating but I have those nearby if the film warrants spending more.
UK also allows you to take your own snacks and drinks.
Naw that is a loosing battle.
It is over for theaters. Their only chance now is go full boutique. Luxury this, luxury that.
Plus, i can pause the movir at home to take piss break. I’m on a 90x90 system where i take a 90 second piss every 90 minutes. Piss big, piss often is just how i live my life
Haha I love it! Pee free, my brethren!
Theaters need to renegotiate their screening contracts. First couple weeks when most people see a movie most revenue goes to the filmmakers. So they use concessions to make up the difference. And once they can profit from the tickets fewer people are going so they need to get higher price for the showing to profit.
Honestly, if wages had kept up with costs I don’t think we’d care as much.
Honestly, if wages had kept up with costs I don’t think we’d care as much
This right here. The source of 98% of my and my peers’ problems
Why? Movie theaters suck shit an the only reason I go is to see the explody movies that make big boom on speakers. Otherwise a 65 inch oled with 5.1 setup is a much better experience.
Absolutely. I think there will always be room for thoughtfully filmed 1.5-3 hour storytelling, but this idea that you have to go out to a communal viewing on a screen that fills your entire filed of vision feels gatekeepery and fetishistic. Just like playhouses before them, cinemas will settle into their best use cases, and sensory spectacle seems to be the one where they offer a competitive advantage. Another one is serving dedicated cinephiles, but that market is not as big as Spielberg, Scorsese, etc. want it to to be, and they sound like old men shouting at the sky when they complain.
Now that said, I think a 65"/5.1 is much closer to a movie theater than it is to a phone screen, so I personally hope we don’t get too much stuff filmed and framed for the latter, but maybe that’s just me on my path to being an old man shouting at the sky.
Don’t like it? Then don’t let studios own tv channels. There’s no incentive for them to place movies in theaters other than Oscar season. They make more money on streaming.
