thinking about stopping going to the movies.
 

the hassle is greater than the return. yappity people who talk and text during the movie, lame ass movies, sticky floors, wondering if some psycho is gonna start shooting. >$60 to suffer through Pixels 3d.

if the floor is sticky complain :2 cents::2 cents: i got a movie voucher and 10 bucks to spend on snacks. think it was insidious 3. check out dark was the night :2 cents: was better than most of the trash out.

2 adults and 2 kids going out to the movies in central London - Add transport and meals - An easy $200 night out...

Watch it in HD on your large screen TV for free, $20 for a couple of pizzas - Hollywood is fighting a losing battle - Just like us.....

the thing is if they see the trailer :1orglaugh "i want it now!"

complained about a sticky floor spot a couple years ago and they made of big production of wheeling out the mop bucket and everyone had to get up, it was embarrassing.

imagine shining a black light on fabric theater seats. :Oh crap:Oh crap

You bring up great points! ESPECIALLY the some psycho might start shooting shit. Wow.

Most movies suck balls these days anyway.

Costs me $13 to see a movie at the good IMAX, not the fake IMAX. Eat at home before you go.

JTFC! that's outrageous. but it goes straight to my point about lame ass movies. good movies are being produced to attract a family of 4, to get that big return you mention, that means the movies are PG-13 with unsophisticated character dev and plot lines when they absolutely should be R-rated.

like Pixels 3d, the special effects are pretty dang good, but it's a nostalgia movie, the people that appreciate those video game characters are adults, but the movie casts a wide net and consequently, gets dumbed down, it should have been much edgier.

is that for IMAX 3d? that's pretty good then. $18+ here.

Same price for 3-D or no 3-D. It's at the history museum here. They just rebuilt it this past winter, it's great.

i used to bring a cooler bag! drinks and sandwiches :1orglaugh:1orglaugh take a piss b4 the movie.

the thing is, statistically it's silly to even consider a psycho going psycho, but i admit, it crosses my mind every time. that in itself isn't enough to keep me away from the theater though, but that and just the overall movie going experience being, let's say, underwhelming and over-priced. well, is IMAX 3d really worth that? i don't know.

this whole thing is a plot by Netflix and amazon to keep people home and stream video :2 cents:

gotcha, do y'all have the RPX and the amc prime and all those? that adds up, i think i paid like $25 for Dark Knight Rises ticks.

When we first moved to Australia my kid and I both got lice from the tall back movie theatre seats.

Hasn't stopped me from going to the movies since, just a reminder of how unclean some can be. :thumbsup

oh, i'm with you, any one or 2 or 3 of the negs isn't a deal-breaker. it's the gestalt of it all though, it adds up to make me question if i'm getting a good ROI on my entertainment dollars.

i'm thinking it's more about these lame-ass movies than anything else. Like Terminator genisys, which i was super looking forward to and did not go see because it was dumbed-down to PG-13. and that decision to pass was because age of ultron sucked so bad, wow, zero character dev, they had too many characters they needed to have in the movie so none got any detail, so why should i care about them when they blow shit up?

Pretty much all the theaters around here have been converted to these bigger, reclining seats with reserve seating, which is pretty killer.



http://i.imgur.com/3IEkKr1.jpg

wow, vip. how much?

i delivered and installed double pane windows on both rick schroder and wayne gretzky's homes. both of them have home movie theaters :disgust

http://i.imgur.com/3IEkKr1.jpg

very impressive :thumbsup

The theater closest to me has gone to this. The seats rock. It is $12 a seat so it is a little more than a normal ticket, but not really that much more.

That said, there are still often people talking, chomping on food etc. These days I have to really want to see a movie to go to the theater otherwise I just wait for DVD and watch it at home.

It's increasingly difficult to justify for me. Seems movies get worse and the chatter, noise and cell phone use increases. I'm to the point there there are only a few theaters in the right part of town that I can go to without listening to a bunch of little self entitled pricks waving phones around or talking or making noise.

:thumbsup:winkwink:

Let's face it: in ten years there will be no more movie theaters.

nope :error

Maybe you could start going out in the wilderness with theking?

I stopped going for years, now I really appreciate it, love a bit of escapism, but my cinema sounds nicer than yours too, Brits don't talk during the movie

I go to the first show of the day. It's $5. Reserved loungers just like those.

That would be a big shame

I love America...

I use to be the type that had to see new movies opening weekend. These days if it's a movie I have to see in the theater then I wait 3 weeks and go in the middle of the week. Far less crowded and I always get the seats I wanted.

that's another part of it that's been aggravating. but driving around LA/OC trying to find those spots is a chore. time of day helps both issues, but during the summer- forget about it. the movies are full all day and night and traffic is rough if you have to go more than 10 miles.

Read this. They censored it so that it wouldn't offend the Chinese. So now that gets factored in all big productions. You don't want to alienate such a huge market now!

Sony Made Pixels Even Lamer to Appease Chinese Authorities

I'm with you. It's really not worth it to me. I had this conversation with my GF a few years back about movies. We both agreed that it just wasn't worth the time, expense and aggravation. IF something is out that I want to watch, I drive to certain theaters in certain areas of town where people are clearly more polite and considerate, to watch them.

I don't know what's worse, rude black women talking thru the movie or white idiots shooting the place up.

not sure if this is relevant to terminator.

ps: very interesting point about captain philips...

that's fucked up. prolly explains why they tapped adam sandler too, that article links to an article about how sucky he was in it and he was super sucky. but apparently his name opens doors or something, can't figure out why he was cast.

prolly also explains why they made terminator genisys pg-13.

So now the finished product we're supposed to pay for was made to pass Chinese censors?

i suspect that's just the tip of the iceberg re: all the shit a production has to pass to get funded and made.

How? There were some crucial to movie quality not politically correct China related scenes that were cut?

Start going here: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema : Select your Location

You have a few of them.

To me, its worse. Sitting in office chairs to watch a movie and listening to people clink silverware, glasses etc. with waiters walking around trying to take orders, people talking etc.

I recently went to The Avengers at the IMAX.

The person I went with asked me:

"what kind of movie watcher are you?"

"What?"

"I like to comment about the movie, is that okay?"

"Do that and I'm leaving."

New movie theater idea: bring your own chair.

He was cast because his production company (Happy Madison) optioned the short film and produced the movie.

And movies are pg-13 because the core demographic for blockbusters are teen-age males. And that's why they also suck.

I think that they have the worst business model ever. Bad food. Bad service. Both delivered clumsily in the dark. But it seems to be working... i think its just the novelty and the fact that you can order beer. The legit way is the ones that have real bad ass "grandpas new recliner" type chairs. At least then, you are so comfortable, you don't care about waiters and waitresses etc. (at least for me)

I think it's fun. I get a hot pretzel, which is pretty good, and a Jack and Coke. I bring my own chair though, I'm plenty comfy.

I mean the pervasive attitude of Hollywood suits that only consider the bottom line. Like pixels with China.

I see, although that's not really a good reason to cast Sandler, especially when he phoned in his role, like he did here.

Dude, no blood in terminator genisys. That sounds more catered to young girls and moms. Same idea as you point out, but worse really, the core demo is the entire family.