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Y'all haven't figured out that you should get to the theater 15 minutes after the scheduled time? There's at least 25 minutes of ads, so that gives me 10+ minutes to get snacks and hit the head. 

Complaints: at $15 a bucket popcorn has no excuse not to be fresh. Fuck Regal for switching to Pepsi and charging for japs for my naoch. Bringing a small can with me next time.

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1 hour ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

I love going to the movies. The sound, the screen, the shared experience, the lack of phones, it's all great. 

It is true that if you are the kind of moviegoer who only sees Marvel/popcorn flicks, the shared experience at an AMC filled with people who also have bad taste is probably not going to be great. 

you and I must be going to different theaters

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High quality, limited streaming series > other tv series > movies. Movies are becoming a weak storytelling method. There are exceptions.

Out of the movies nominated for best picture, I only caught Dune 2 and Conclave. Both would have been 10x better as a 8-10 episode series.

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Team watch at home.

Movie theater experience blows and frankly there are very few movies I have remotely felt like I had to pay a premium to see in theater. 
 

Theaters are closing down similar to taxis and Blockbusters. Subpar business model that didn’t have a viable competitor. Now they do. 

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It's a classic "who moved my cheese" business case study.

The market changed, and rather than finding ways to innovate and adapt, the industry is resorting to begging the market to come back to it.

The theater industry, once upon a time, was the only place to see moving pictures of any length. Color film arrived before color TV did. Theaters were a place where you could stay cool on a hot summer day before every home had A/C. In the 80s and 90s, it was about a superior movie-watching experience -- no longer about a unique experience. Over the past quarter century, the home experience has caught up and in many homes surpassed the picture and audio quality of a theater.

Now that you can stream anything anytime in an air-conditioned home with 4k video and surround audio and any of the snacks and booze you see fit to grab from the local supermarket, what does the typical theater offer? Jack shit.

Now, you've got things like the Alamo Drafthouse that attempt to offer a different experience from what you'd get at your nearby 90s-style ultra-cine-plex. There's value in that.

But that's it. That's all. Go upscale or go out of business.

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34 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

It's a classic "who moved my cheese" business case study.

The market changed, and rather than finding ways to innovate and adapt, the industry is resorting to begging the market to come back to it.

The theater industry, once upon a time, was the only place to see moving pictures of any length. Color film arrived before color TV did. Theaters were a place where you could stay cool on a hot summer day before every home had A/C. In the 80s and 90s, it was about a superior movie-watching experience -- no longer about a unique experience. Over the past quarter century, the home experience has caught up and in many homes surpassed the picture and audio quality of a theater.

Now that you can stream anything anytime in an air-conditioned home with 4k video and surround audio and any of the snacks and booze you see fit to grab from the local supermarket, what does the typical theater offer? Jack shit.

Now, you've got things like the Alamo Drafthouse that attempt to offer a different experience from what you'd get at your nearby 90s-style ultra-cine-plex. There's value in that.

But that's it. That's all. Go upscale or go out of business.

Yep. The last first run movie I saw in a theatre was Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

I've been to the Alamo since to rewatch old movies again on a big screen. 

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9 hours ago, Kel Varnsen said:

I like watching at home because if a steamy scene comes on I can take it out and pleasure myself. Last time I did that at a theater, it didn't go well.

Wild Robot or Wicked?

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34 minutes ago, Deej said:

Yep. The last first run movie I saw in a theatre was Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

I've been to the Alamo since to rewatch old movies again on a big screen. 

Repertory screenings are the tits. Took the kid to Interstellar last week. We go see the shining at Halloween every year and Eyes Wide Shut at Christmas. Saw Se7en last month also.

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1 hour ago, Gene Parmesan said:

I like previews, but every theatre I've been to in the last 10+ years has assigned seating.  You haven't had to show up early for good seats in quite some time, at least I haven't.

That's a plus I failed to mention.  Count me as a fan of pre-purchased seating.

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19 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Repertory screenings are the tits. Took the kid to Interstellar last week. We go see the shining at Halloween every year and Eyes Wide Shut at Christmas. Saw Se7en last month also.

What'd the kiddo think of Eyes Wide Shut?  Stuff that chimney!!!

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Just now, Iceman said:

What'd the kiddo think of Eyes Wide Shut?  Stuff that chimney!!!

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He requested this as his Halloween costume next year. Pretty big change from Jack Sparrow but some similarities 

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It’s the price. It is no longer a cheap babysitter, teenage hangout (mall theaters) or a cheap family night. 
 

Prices have been discussed above, and it adds to the lack of interest for the non blockbusters. If it sucks and you burn $30 who cares, if cost $100?  Why take the chance and just wait for home. 
 

The luxury experience is great, but isn’t breeding a young generation of theater lovers. 
 

With increased overhead and the physical footprint required it may be impossible to go back anywhere near the past relevance. Luxury experience and Blockbusters are all they have left to sell. 

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High quality, limited streaming series > other tv series > movies. Movies are becoming a weak storytelling method. There are exceptions.
Out of the movies nominated for best picture, I only caught Dune 2 and Conclave. Both would have been 10x better as a 8-10 episode series.

There is almost no series that needs to be 8-10 episodes. They put filler most of the time and people just eat it up.

The best stories are tight. Dune 2 was perfection. Nobody needs to know about the midichloridians or whatever details the bookfags whack off to.
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Count me in as movie theater guy. I grew up in a small town and a couple small towns over there was a movie theater. With a balcony and gold leaf and burgundy curtains and everything. I love the sticky floors and the smell of butter and Dolby doing their thing. If it's a movie I want to see it will be at a theatre. Nothing else comes close to me. 

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8 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

Repertory screenings are the tits. Took the kid to Interstellar last week. We go see the shining at Halloween every year and Eyes Wide Shut at Christmas. Saw Se7en last month also.

What are theaters charging per barf bag?

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My wife and I really like our local Regal cinema.  It's $23/mo for unlimited movies and they have several 21+ theaters upstairs with recliners and seat service for food and concessions. No loud kids.  Smaller crowd in smaller theater, so chances for a random asshole ruining the experience are lower.  Plus, ticket prices for the 21+ theaters are more expensive which weeds out a bunch of people who are more interested in their phones than the experience.  We average two movies a month. 

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On 3/3/2025 at 5:28 PM, Hagbard Celine said:

on last night's oscars there were several digs at the public at large about the loss of 1000 screens over the past couple of years

I love seeing movies at the theater and go pretty regularly, probably 9-12x per year.

But my question to the folks at the Oscars insisting that we should go to movies in public theaters is... Why?

Is it because THEY make more money that way?  If so, why should I care about that?

Is it because THEY believe it's a better viewing experience?  Plenty of people on this thread are stating that for them personally, it is not.

Is it for the sake of nostalgia?  If so, why should that be a compelling point for people who don't feel nostalgic about it?

WHY should we lament the loss of 1,000 screens over the past couple of years any more than we lament the loss of 9,000 Blockbuster Video stores since 2004?  

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3 minutes ago, utee94 said:

I love seeing movies at the theater and go pretty regularly, probably 9-12x per year.

But my question to the folks at the Oscars insisting that we should go to movies in public theaters is... Why?

Is it because THEY make more money that way?  If so, why should I care about that?

Is it because THEY believe it's a better viewing experience?  Plenty of people on this thread are stating that for them personally, it is not.

Is it for the sake of nostalgia?  If so, why should that be a compelling point for people who don't feel nostalgic about it?

WHY should we lament the loss of 1,000 screens over the past couple of years any more than we lament the loss of 9,000 Blockbuster Video stores since 2004?  

There is a revenue factor, sure, but making movies is an art form. Like any other art form, the artist wants their product to be consumed in an ideal viewing experience to the greatest extent possible. Watching Oppenheimer on your run of the mill TV with factory speakers (and , god forbid, motion smoothing) is like looking at a screensaver of Guernica.

If streaming only replaced blockbuster on a 1:1 basis, there would be no issue. It's the fact that it's aggressively eating away at the theatrical viewing opportunities. The better comparison is really the replacement of vinyl records and CDs with compressed audio files as the primary form of music consumption. Sure, you have any song any time you want, but the tradeoff is losing much of the quality of the product as originally created.    

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