Will movie theaters survive

My mom has been complaining about the cost of concessions since the 80’s. She brings a VERY large purse to the movies if you catch my drift.

 

Look at the reviews though

 

This is my main problem, it seems like most of the movies made are for the PG-13 audience outside of awards season, and middling movies from the 90s look fantastic by comparison. A lot of how theaters do depends on the kind of content that Hollywood is putting out. Marvel movies mostly look like shit on the big screen, even if they are entertaining. More adult dramas please!

 

Gainesville is all Regal theaters, so yeah this is concerning. I love movies, but the price does make me pause sometimes and ask "Will this be a different experience on the big screen vs home?" and "How badly do I want to see the movie?". That being said I do go fairly regularly. And I love books. That's not an either/or dilemma.

 

Yeah I was really looking forward to seeing what they would do there.

 

You should definitely check it out. It's a great experience.

 

Highly recommend. You end up going to movies you’d never go to.

 

Here’s what’s out now with positive tomato reviews. I’ll see a few and would never have bought tix except to maybe Nope.

Elvis
Nope
Bullettrain
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Fall
Emily the Criminal
Orphan First Kill

 

Yeah, I would definitely get my value, I think. But there used to be a whole bunch of mid-range budget movies that weren't genre films or indie level budget movies. There's movies I thought were just kind of ok when I was younger, and when you watch them now, you are like "they don't make anything like this anymore." Maybe that's just getting old.

 

My local movie theater has $6 Tuesday nights. Or used to anyway. And for a few years leading up to covid my wife and I went at least twice a month. Saw so much stuff we wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Then covid hit and I think I’ve seen one movie since 2020.

 

The worst financially performing movies in theaters are those produced in the mid-range. The blockbusters cost a huge amount, but they are enough to get people to come to a theater in volume. The indie movies don't do huge business, but they cost nothing to make and often have the highest profit percentage. The mid-range movies in the 90s were heavily money losers, with the very rare occasional hit. Heck, even the cult classics from that middle range that became big deals largely didn't do it in theaters (Lebowski and Office Space were both box office failures).

Netflix thought about filling this gap in the market, but I think they are starting to figure out why it is a gap.

I'll let you take your shot at capitalism ruining everything now.

 

Right, I know why they stopped making them, it just sucks that capitalism keeps hollowing out the only interesting art form it's produced in the name of market efficiency. Not even our new robber barrens are throwing money at art for adults, instead you have Bezos funding a Lord of the Rings TV prequel, because none of those tech nerds have any taste either. Well, that's my shot.

 

I remember being in highschool in 1998 and me and my girlfriend at the time were randomly cruising around by the mall smoking a joint when she saw the marquee for the Big Lebowski and she recommended we go see it because she heard it was good. So we parked immediately and went and saw it. Such an amazing spur of the moment decision. Added bonus that we were high as kites.

 

don’t watch movies?!? Interesting.Did you ever watch them?

 

Going to the movie theater is quickly becoming old school.

 

Someone will make a movie theater in the MetaVerse. Facepalm.

 

I take my wife on 'date night' every Tuesday. It really doesn't matter what is on. We always get the nacho deal which is about 16 bucks for a bag of chips and some cheese and peppers. 5 bucks per ticket. Theaters make their money on concessions. I will always go. I can't tell you how much my wife looks forward to our date nights.

 

Last time I was at the movie theater, it was to appease my wife and friends to watch Jurassic World. When we left the theater, my wife mentioned that she thought the movie would sound better at home. I told her that is the difference between “loud” and high fidelity.

Invest in a home theater, it’s worth it.

Netflix VR already exists and seems to be working on metaverse integration.