Will Smith: People Don’t Want to ‘Leave Their Homes’ to Go to Theaters

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/will-smith-people-dont-want-to-go-to-theaters-1235013013/

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  4. “why are all these stupid poor people afraid to leave their homes and spend £50 seeing my movie?” – Will Smith. Probably.

  5. Will, I don’t want to spend 3 hours wages on one ticket and one soda.

  7. Spending $100 dollars to take my family to the movie just isn’t worth it(especially for a Will Smith movie). Same thing with concerts, theme parks, sporting events, and even just restaurants. Maybe when people stop being price gouged everywhere they will return.

  9. It’s expensive, uncomfortable, and you have to deal with idiots. Shocking.

  10. Yes we do lmao if it’s a movie worth the admission /concession price

  11. We’re broke will, we’re fuckin’ broke. Plus movies used to take months before they were available for sale/rent. So you had a bit of motivation behind going to “see it now” because you didn’t want to wait 4-5 months.

    Right now in my local theater there are 2 movies still playing that are already available for stream.

  12. It’s because noone sees the value in paying $70 for 2 ppl to see a movie and overpriced shit.
    Greedy assholes

  13. The industry is killing the industry. You can’t expect cinemas to keep increasing prices without consequence – Remember when it was relatively inexpensive to take the family to the cinema, stock up on refreshments and have a nice night out? Remember how *packed out* the theatres were?

    Increases in prices reduces customer numbers. Fact. They killed their customer base, and are now having to extort more money from the few that still go, in order to make ends meet. And it’s not working.

    So yeah, the greed of the industry is what has almost killed the industry. Have a refresh, charge what is reasonable and hope those customers return. There’s always going to be a place for cinema, but the prices need to be appealing.

  15. He’s right, theaters are too expensive and not worth it. I can wait a couple months and rent it on demand for like five bucks.

  16. He’s right. It’s too expensive and people are obnoxious.

  18. I feel safer at home these days, that’s the honest truth.

  19. He’s not wrong.

    I go to the theater primarily due to IMAX or peer pressure.

    Bad Boys will definitely be a streaming experience for me.

  20. I love that I can have a few alcoholic drinks, stop the movie and go take a break, come back start it up again, rewind to hear what somebody said because I missed it.

    In the theatre there is for sure going to be that one person who needs to look at their phone to see what they’re missing out on, or someone who won’t stfu!

    And if Will Smith or anyone in his family are in a movie it could be free and I’d not cross the street to watch it. I’ve never liked their acting…ever.

  21. He’s saying what this whole sub says all the time but when he says it a ton of people just want to yell about how much they can’t stand him, redditors are weird man

  22. It’s too fucking expensive. I’m not going to spend $40 and 2-3 hours of my time on my day off to take a risk on some marvel like quippy CGI fest shit movie. Or some artsy self obsessed boring fucking movie. I only ever spend the money on movies I really have an interest on seeing. Zero way I go and see someone on a chance I’ll like it or for shits and giggles.

  23. Well movies used to be affordable and good so there’s that 🤷🏻‍♀️

  24. Theatre experience sucks, people are all entitled jackwads talking and on their phones. The concessions are wildly overpriced.

    A 70 inch TV and a couch at home with zero general public? Yes please.

  25. My home has a 60 inch screen, good sound, dirt cheap popcorn, and cheap alcohol. Plus I can use the restroom without missing anything during a three hour movie.

  26. I don’t speak for everyone, but you know what Will? You’re certainly right for me.

    Back in the day my TV sucked. Today I’ve got an 85” Sony Bravia, a good surround sound, and most of the big streaming services. I don’t really care to go to one movie with my wife where 2 tickets will cost more than I spend monthly on all my subscription services.

    We’re super comfortable watching movies from home, it’s just not worth it to go out anymore. And I say this as someone who literally works in entertainment for one of the major studios. This affects my paycheck as much as it does yours. It is what it is.

  27. He makes a valid point. The movie industry has become so massive that it doesn’t realize they need to lower expectations on every movie doing gangbusters. Covid changed the game big time.

  28. Im in the minority, we do, we do about 4-5 times a month. Have a $21 pass and we can go up to 12 times …. Just love the experience and our local theater has awesome food and drinks… like sit down casual restaurant quality food …. They do surprise movies that we hit up to just to break us out of our preferred genre ruts lol.

    Anywho …. We’re gonna keep on as long as we fdo

  29. Will, my living room has a better sound system. My screen is better when accounting for distance. My couch feels like my favorite pillow. My popcorn isn’t stale. There isn’t someone in front of me getting a text and ruining my vision with the light from their phone. I can throw shrimp on my BBQ. I can enjoy a nice glass of wine. My bathroom doesn’t smell.

    Overall my home is just better to watch movies. And if the movie sucks, or the star slaps the host of the academy awards, I can just shut it off and watch something else. And if Hollywood decides to stop releasing movies to my house, I’ll just stop watching new movies. Movie theaters are dead. The only theater I go to is live performances now. Not movies.

  30. That’s not true, people don’t want to spend $50 on tickets and another $50 on concessions while being forced into a cramped theatre when you can simply spend 24.99 to order it at home and make some popcorn

  31. Ticket prices, snacks, dirty seats, sticky floors, noisy idiots with cellphones…anything is better, even not seeing a film.

  32. Will, its cost and… to be honest… people kind of dislike you

  35. The price of one movie ticket can buy you a month of Netflix. And that’s not even including snacks. Going to the theatre costs so much that it feels like it should be reserved for ‘special’ releases. Most people are not gonna take a chance on a movie they could end up disliking if the ticket costs $20. That’s one reason marvel movies do so well, people are more willing to fork out for a ticket if they enjoyed past movies in the franchise. Not to mention these high budget movies are often the only ones worth seeing on the big screen. I don’t need a romcom to be on a 90 inch screen.

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