A family of four would pay roughly $60-80 for a movie night out (assuming minor amounts of popcorn and such)…. Consider that an almost obscene TV costs around the price of… What? Four or five movie nights?
Factor in that movie theater crowds seemed to have forgotten how to behave since COVID….
Yeah, better to use that money for a movie like experience at home.
The two adults in this household are fully in that camp.
If I never go to another movie theater again, I’ll be fine.
Is that different than before?
I’ve been patiently waiting for streaming releases for years.
I pick streaming services based on the exclusive movie deal. It’s what sold me on Netflix actually.
Paid $25 to see Dune Part 2 in a Dolby Atmos theater at an AMC. There are way cheaper places to go, but that still does not make it not fucking ridiculous. I don’t mind paying for an overly expensive ticket, especially for the amazing experience I had with Dune, but that just means I don’t get to do it more. I fucking love going to the movies and it hurts so much that most people would rather wait for streaming, but I understand why.
I do not have access to fast internet (it is almost like dial up in speed), so no streaming for me. Just cable. If I want to see a movie I either go to the theater or wait for it to be shown on cable.
I have had a better home theater than any local theater for going on a decade. Most people have at least a nice screen. So many social things were by need, not desire.
As someone who loves the theater experience, it has out priced so many people, especially families. Even getting a babysitter to go see a movie puts the experience over $100. It’s untenable, and I imagine many multiplexes are on the verge of shuttering. Throw in abhorrent and inconsiderate behavior by many, it’s just not worth it.
We have better sound control at home with subtitles too. It’s got great snacks and bathroom breaks.
No cell phones or talking either.
It’s because a ticket, soda & popcorn is $40 why are these people so dense like it’s such mystery of the beyond
A lone tear rolls down Nicole Kidman’s cheek.
Dune 2 sealed it for me, just the worst theater experience. People on their phones, talking loudly, kids constantly getting up, no chance of using the bathroom, no wine.
I hate indiewire. Do they have any respect for cinema? Do not support Covid changes.
Even with $5 Tuesday tickets, popcorn, soda, and a box of milk duds for 3 is another $50
I have no interest in the gamble that is “will there be idiots in the theater?”
The one exception may be Deadpool 3, where audience reactions could add to the experience
It’s 100% of adults in my household would rather wait.
I’m in the Pacific Northwest. tickets for 2 adults and getting a bag of Popcorn and a large Pop to share costs around $60.
That is **expensive** for an experience that cost under $20 all together when I was a kid.
Theaters are full of people chewing loudly, talking, and using their fucking phones through the movie. It’s annoying as hell
I’d rather be at home watching it with a cactus shoved up my ass then watch it in a theater. It would be less painful.
At home is better. It’s sort of like a sports game. Why go pay a bunch of money to sit with a bunch of people you don’t know and pay 5x the price for things? You get th comfort of your own home. Gotta take a leak? Pause it. At the theater, you have to hold it or miss part of the movie you just paid for. You can eat anything you want at home while watching, too. Popcorn and candy and soda, or you could have a nice steak dinner and wine or fast food or whatever.
The sad reality is that all these people will probably watch movies on a led TV with a crappy stereo system, quite far from the intentions of director, Crew, cast…
Honestly I think cinema is expensive for family but an adult person or a student can find discounts pretty easily and moviegoers has things like A list which are massive deals.
I know it’s easy to find rude people or bad cinemas but you simply can’t bead a Dolby cinema, an IMAX 1.43 aspect ratio or a poor things in a small indie cinema …
I’m one of them. Especially when it’s a movie like Oppenheimer. I don’t want to sit for three hours. I’d rather watch it in parts.
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention the pre-movie ads. I stopped going to theaters because I’m unwilling to have ads screamed into my face at full volume for 20-30 minutes before watching a movie.
Haven’t had a streaming service or cable since 2012. I use an antenna and still have my plasma tv from 2009. If it isn’t going to be OTA broadcasting I’ll never see it more than likely.
The past few times in a row I’ve ended up having to tell people to get off their phone or stop talking during the movie. It becomes stressful just thinking about what I may have to deal with if I go to the movies, and if I’m going to be unfortunate enough that the person I call out is going to stand their ground and become confrontational. So I’m not going for the peace of mind that I won’t have to deal with that.
Can I stop seeing reposts of this EVERY time I open reddit? Thanks
Well, it takes like one week from theatre to streaming.so there isn’t much wait.
Not for dune 2, must see in theaters
Whodathunk a global pandemic that killed millions of people and left multiple millions and millions more worse of than before when things were already bad and saw corporations both bank their highest earnings in history by raising the cost of everything and shrinklating every possible good or service they sell… would lead to people deciding that being at home and watching their movies at home on a comfy couch in their jammies with their own favorite snacks without someone talking over the whole thing and also being less afraid of being shot (the chance is never zero these days is it?) is *better*?
Strange.
I enjoy going to the theaters. I dont often buy popcron or drinks so im not to bothered.
I also have amc stub list it works for me but makes me sometimes wait for movies to go to streaming or vod is dealing with people.
Well yea. Drive to the metroplex movie theatre, park a mile away, pay outrageous price for mid-tier remake movie, pay outrageous prices again for popcorn and soda, listen to commercials blaring in my face. Sit through endless, blaring, previews, get annoyed with people talking, people on their phones es, people with babies, and for what? Some “meh” movie?
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This would be me about 90% of the time.
A family of four would pay roughly $60-80 for a movie night out (assuming minor amounts of popcorn and such)…. Consider that an almost obscene TV costs around the price of… What? Four or five movie nights?
Factor in that movie theater crowds seemed to have forgotten how to behave since COVID….
Yeah, better to use that money for a movie like experience at home.
The two adults in this household are fully in that camp.
If I never go to another movie theater again, I’ll be fine.
Is that different than before?
I’ve been patiently waiting for streaming releases for years.
I pick streaming services based on the exclusive movie deal. It’s what sold me on Netflix actually.
Paid $25 to see Dune Part 2 in a Dolby Atmos theater at an AMC. There are way cheaper places to go, but that still does not make it not fucking ridiculous. I don’t mind paying for an overly expensive ticket, especially for the amazing experience I had with Dune, but that just means I don’t get to do it more. I fucking love going to the movies and it hurts so much that most people would rather wait for streaming, but I understand why.
I do not have access to fast internet (it is almost like dial up in speed), so no streaming for me. Just cable. If I want to see a movie I either go to the theater or wait for it to be shown on cable.
I have had a better home theater than any local theater for going on a decade. Most people have at least a nice screen. So many social things were by need, not desire.
As someone who loves the theater experience, it has out priced so many people, especially families. Even getting a babysitter to go see a movie puts the experience over $100. It’s untenable, and I imagine many multiplexes are on the verge of shuttering. Throw in abhorrent and inconsiderate behavior by many, it’s just not worth it.
We have better sound control at home with subtitles too. It’s got great snacks and bathroom breaks.
No cell phones or talking either.
It’s because a ticket, soda & popcorn is $40 why are these people so dense like it’s such mystery of the beyond
A lone tear rolls down Nicole Kidman’s cheek.
Dune 2 sealed it for me, just the worst theater experience. People on their phones, talking loudly, kids constantly getting up, no chance of using the bathroom, no wine.
I hate indiewire. Do they have any respect for cinema? Do not support Covid changes.
Even with $5 Tuesday tickets, popcorn, soda, and a box of milk duds for 3 is another $50
I have no interest in the gamble that is “will there be idiots in the theater?”
The one exception may be Deadpool 3, where audience reactions could add to the experience
It’s 100% of adults in my household would rather wait.
I’m in the Pacific Northwest. tickets for 2 adults and getting a bag of Popcorn and a large Pop to share costs around $60.
That is **expensive** for an experience that cost under $20 all together when I was a kid.
Theaters are full of people chewing loudly, talking, and using their fucking phones through the movie. It’s annoying as hell
I’d rather be at home watching it with a cactus shoved up my ass then watch it in a theater. It would be less painful.
At home is better. It’s sort of like a sports game. Why go pay a bunch of money to sit with a bunch of people you don’t know and pay 5x the price for things? You get th comfort of your own home. Gotta take a leak? Pause it. At the theater, you have to hold it or miss part of the movie you just paid for. You can eat anything you want at home while watching, too. Popcorn and candy and soda, or you could have a nice steak dinner and wine or fast food or whatever.
The sad reality is that all these people will probably watch movies on a led TV with a crappy stereo system, quite far from the intentions of director, Crew, cast…
Honestly I think cinema is expensive for family but an adult person or a student can find discounts pretty easily and moviegoers has things like A list which are massive deals.
I know it’s easy to find rude people or bad cinemas but you simply can’t bead a Dolby cinema, an IMAX 1.43 aspect ratio or a poor things in a small indie cinema …
I’m one of them. Especially when it’s a movie like Oppenheimer. I don’t want to sit for three hours. I’d rather watch it in parts.
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention the pre-movie ads. I stopped going to theaters because I’m unwilling to have ads screamed into my face at full volume for 20-30 minutes before watching a movie.
Haven’t had a streaming service or cable since 2012. I use an antenna and still have my plasma tv from 2009. If it isn’t going to be OTA broadcasting I’ll never see it more than likely.
The past few times in a row I’ve ended up having to tell people to get off their phone or stop talking during the movie. It becomes stressful just thinking about what I may have to deal with if I go to the movies, and if I’m going to be unfortunate enough that the person I call out is going to stand their ground and become confrontational. So I’m not going for the peace of mind that I won’t have to deal with that.
Can I stop seeing reposts of this EVERY time I open reddit? Thanks
Well, it takes like one week from theatre to streaming.so there isn’t much wait.
Not for dune 2, must see in theaters
Whodathunk a global pandemic that killed millions of people and left multiple millions and millions more worse of than before when things were already bad and saw corporations both bank their highest earnings in history by raising the cost of everything and shrinklating every possible good or service they sell… would lead to people deciding that being at home and watching their movies at home on a comfy couch in their jammies with their own favorite snacks without someone talking over the whole thing and also being less afraid of being shot (the chance is never zero these days is it?) is *better*?
Strange.
I enjoy going to the theaters. I dont often buy popcron or drinks so im not to bothered.
I also have amc stub list it works for me but makes me sometimes wait for movies to go to streaming or vod is dealing with people.
Well yea. Drive to the metroplex movie theatre, park a mile away, pay outrageous price for mid-tier remake movie, pay outrageous prices again for popcorn and soda, listen to commercials blaring in my face. Sit through endless, blaring, previews, get annoyed with people talking, people on their phones es, people with babies, and for what? Some “meh” movie?
No fucking thank you.