• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’d be more concerned that there aren’t going to be any movie theaters left at this rate. The studios own all the streaming channels now — they’re going to cut out the middle man.

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        2 months ago

        That’s not too different from renting a movie a few months later. Theaters have always been more fun to go to for a movie you actually care about.

        The problem I have with theaters is that the time and money sink is a terrible value these days. For my wife and I it’s always somehow shy of $70 and takes up most the night.

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          The problem I have with theaters is that the time and money sink is a terrible value these days. For my wife and I it’s always somehow shy of $70 and takes up most the night.

          The money is bad, yes, but the deal breaker for me is…other movie-goers.

          For 90 minutes, modern movie-goers simply:

          • can’t keep their bright phones in their pockets
          • can’t stop talking to each other above an occasional whisper
          • can’t consistently keep their food and drink off other movie-goers
          • can’t level their infants or small children at home during non-family movies
          • can’t quietly not do any of the above when someone challenges them on it

          Paying for a movie is expensive, but when its regularly ruined by others in the theater it simply stops being worth trying to go anymore. I’ll watch it at home when it comes there.

          edit: After checking on responses overnight I see I have 3 downvotes. I can only assume that these are the movie-goers I’m talking about in my list above. To those folks, why are you upset with my post? You won. You have the whole theater to yourself because I’m certainly not going to be in the same room watching a movie with you. Enjoy your theaters. I hope there are enough of you and you don’t annoy each other enough to drive each other off that movie theaters don’t go out of business.

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            2 months ago

            This. Its like people have no sense of decorum anymore. There was a couple chit chatting through every other scene in a movie I watched a while back like they had the whole cinema to themselves. Super distracting.

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            2 months ago

            I went to see Venom and there was a group of people in the row in front of me - almost 10 people, all adults. They brought a toddler that screamed any time a symbiote was on screen. Which was a lot.

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              I’ve gotten parents kicked out of movies for that before. I’ve got a kid of my own so I get it, but goddamn, pay for a fuckin sitter like the rest of us.

              I paid for the movie too, so I either get to enjoy it in (relative) peace, or I get my money back.

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            2 months ago

            I’m lucky enough to have an Alamo Drafthouse theater nearby. Those issues aren’t a problem. Plus, the clarified butter for popcorn makes it the best I’ve ever had at the movies.

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            2 months ago

            Other than the bright screens, all of the other points have been true since I was a kid in the 80s. We just didn’t have the affordable giant screens at home as an option back then.

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          2 months ago

          Holy shit. I live in a prominent city in the Midwest and tickets are only $11 to $12.

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            2 months ago

            Just threw two tickets in for a local theater and it’s $38 for two tickets after the $6 convenience fee and taxes.

            $20 for snacks and drinks not including tax

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              2 months ago

              Get pants with big pockets or a kangaroo pouch hoodie and cut your movie drink/snack expenditure drastically.

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                2 months ago

                I get a lot of enjoyment from the giant tub of oil drenched popcorn and my wife likes her 1 liter of Diet Coke. At this point it’s just a cost you account for like tipping if you’re going out to eat.

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                  2 months ago

                  I guess that’s where we differ, I enjoy the thrill of sneaking stuff in and not paying highway robbery prices for sugar water or candy. Getting the popcorn is legit tho.

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                    2 months ago

                    So you’re the guy that smuggled in the All You Can Eat Fajitas from Chili’s into my theater last week.

                    You could have at least shared.