Kill the ads for sure, but go ahead and give me movie trailers before the start, but with some limitations in place:
- None of this “THE. TRAILER. STARTS. NOW” before the trailer starts
- The trailer must have a maximum length so it doesn’t go on too long
- The trailer shouldn’t give the entire plot away
I’m lucky enough to have a theater nearby where I can pre-purchase a particular seat. Once the seat’s bought, I just show up 25 min after the “start time” and skip the ads.
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.
This. There’s little point in seeing most films in a theater when they will be streaming a few months later.
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.
Holy shit. I live in a prominent city in the Midwest and tickets are only $11 to $12.
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
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.
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.
