Gone are the days where prospective moviegoers would roll up to the theaters and gawk at the board for their next watch. Theaters are trying to make up that business in other ways.
    • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldEnglish
      331·
      21 days ago

      Distribution rights keep going up and the movie theaters pass those costs on to you in the form of concession prices. Blame the studios.

      • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        20 days ago

        Yeah, movie theaters barely make money from actually playing movies. It’s another reason why selling alcohol started getting more popular at movie theaters.

  • theedqueen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    20 days ago

    I’ve been itching to see a movie in a theater recently but nothing that’s playing interests me.

    • koberulz@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      20 days ago

      Maybe you just don’t like movies? I’ve seen tons of films theatrically this year, almost none of them mainstream blockbusters.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
    174·
    21 days ago

    Hollywood does not respect the audience, movie theater is a bad service.

    Why would working person pay either of these parasites?

    Yarr ;)

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago

    Regal just closed the 13 screen theater closest to me, not sure what’s going to happen to it now. :(

    But given my last experience there was bad enough that I walked out and went somewhere else after waiting 15 minutes in a non-moving ticket line that they insisted on running through their concession counter… Yeah, nothing of value was lost.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    20 days ago

    It’s always convenience and cost

    • the cost is absurd
    • I used to wait 4-6 weeks so I could watch without crowds but now the movie is gone
    • just like with live tv, I no longer have to follow their schedule. However if it is only out for a short period, they’re going to miss me.
    • lack of advertising, believe it or not. Maybe they still advertise, but advertising is. So bad now that I block as much as I can. Even if they tried and it’s “a tragedy of the commons”, that’s their fault that I no longer hear that a movie exists

    It’s too bad because now that my kids are away at college I keep thinking I can go more frequently. But not if it’s too expensive, too inconvenient, and I don’t even know what movies there are

    In reality, I actually do go to opening weekends more frequently now that there is reserved seating and less crowds, but my overall movie frequency is much lower.

    Even Alamo Drafthouse is not a solution. We finally got one but it’s downtown only, so that’s a lot of inconvenience.

    • Kaiyoto@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Yes on the advertising. The few movies I would have gone out of my way to see in the theaters never had advertising on anything I watched.

      There have been times I’ve heard of videos and I’m like “they made a sequel?!” or I’m just shocked to hear they made a movie about something at all. I’m trying to remember the specific movie but I think it was based on a video game.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      20 days ago

      I live in dense metro suburbs. The theaters are empty at 2 weeks. Just bump up your schedule. Most tickets at bought before visiting so you cans ee the map of seats open

  • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 days ago

    True, with assigned seating and online sales I don’t look at the movie board.

    The sale is made before I enter the building, but the same is true of fast food these days - maybe they need to redefine “casual”.

  • daggermoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    20 days ago

    I just started going to the theaters again. It’s been pretty fun. I’d still rather buy a blu-ray and watch it at home. I wanna go see Nosferatu when it comes out.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      20 days ago

      movie theater popcorn is super easy to make yourself with something like this. you can of course get all the components separately as below, but the all in one packs are a convenient way to try it out.

      for 1 medium-ish bowl (easily doubled if you have a big enough vessel):

      • 1/3 cup kernels (Orrville Red. works for me, the main thing for good popping is fresh kernels)

      • ~3 tablespoons of butter oil/topping

      • 1/4-1/2 tsp flavacol depending on your salt level preference

      (all this costs about $35 total and will last you quite a long time)

      1. toss it all in a pot (or stainless steel mixing bowl) and mix around to distribute everything evenly.

      2. turn the heat to medium and swirl the pot/bowl to keep everything moving and prevent burning.

      3. when the pops slow down to once every few seconds you’re done.

      4. add more butter topping to taste.

      • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        20 days ago

        I know a lot of people swear by the stovetop method, but if you’re the kind of person who would somehow manage to burn cereal, a Whirlypop is 30 bucks well spent. Way fewer unpopped kernels than mocrowaving, and it stirs everything from the bottom so it’s almost impossible to burn.

        And yes, flavacol is the magic ingredient!

  • pagenotfound@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    21 days ago

    I would very much prefer the theater experience but Hollywood hasn’t had a movie worth going.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      20 days ago

      There’s a hundred original movies shown every year. Just because they don’t have hype and general discussion doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

    • droporain@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      You forgot about how you get to hear other people talk through out the movie and check there phone on 100 percent brightness.

    • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      20 days ago

      Literally wtf are you talking about? It’s never been easier to look up what movies are playing in theatres right now and how they’ve been received, even if you don’t actively keep up with releases. Straight up bizarre take for a movie forum

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      201·
      20 days ago

      for me it’s not even the cost of the movies themselves that’s causing me not to go. it’s the cost of everything else in my life that has been adding up, so unnecessary entertainment expenses like movies are an easy thing to cut back on. Maybe there is a lower threshold that would get me to go more, but it’s probably not a realistic one.

      also at home I have exactly the food and drinks I want at any time, I can pause for pee breaks, and I don’t have to deal with any annoying people, ads, or trailers.

    • Frozengyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      20 days ago

      Yup, nothing is worth 20 bucks a ticket. Especially considering 3 weeks later you can ‘rent’ it for 5 bucks.

        • koberulz@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          20 days ago

          Yeah, bring back original movies like Hundreds of Beavers, Conclave, Memoir of a Snail, The Substance, A Real Pain, Babygirl, The Last Showgirl, I Saw the TV Glow, Challengers, Wicked Little Letters, Love Lies Bleeding, Origin, The Zone of Interest, The People’s Joker, Kinds of Kindness, Poor Things, All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers, Anatomy of a Fall…

                • koberulz@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  1·
                  20 days ago

                  A couple of them aren’t out yet. A couple I missed, or they just didn’t get theatrical releases here (Australia). Everything else, I Saw in the cinema. Anora, as well, hasn’t come out here yet. The Brutalist. I could go on…

  • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
    182·
    20 days ago

    Watching at home is more affordable and convenient. Even going out to the movie theater is time consuming having to drive there and find parking then drive back if you don’t live in a place close to the theater even if prices were reasonable.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Movies at home: $0

      Movies at home: I don’t have to go anywhere

      Agree with you… there’s a clear winner there.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      20 days ago

      I live less than ten minutes from a decent enough multiplex, but I only go to one or two movies a year, when it’s a project I am excited for and the spectacle of the thing makes the giant screen, giant speakers, and properly darkened viewing room outweigh all the incredible advantages of watching at home.

      I still don’t get any popcorn though. If I’m into the movie enough to deal with the… ugh… theater, I don’t need to bother with overpriced concessions.

  • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    20 days ago

    The same people in this thread blaming remakes and marvel are also not going to see any of the other smaller but unique and quality films that come out in theaters. There was literally 1 marvel studios film that hit theaters this year.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      53·
      20 days ago

      Are there good mid budget movies even being made? It seems like it’s either massive blockbuster or award bait garbage.

      • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        142·
        20 days ago

        There are tons, but people aren’t paying attention to them. And certainly aren’t going to the theatre to watch them. I think you asking that question just reinforces my point.

      • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        20 days ago

        There are and have been a lot, Blink Twice, Smile 2, We Live in Time, Conclave, alien Romulus, The Substance and Thelma to name a few just from this year.