Going to a movie theater can be a pretty bad experience these days.
High prices for tickets even during matinees
Numbered seats requiring buying tickets online hours in advance (which I don’t have a problem with), but then being forced to pay 25%-40% more for “convenience fees” on top of the ticket price
Other patrons unable to put their phones down so there’s bright white lights every 10 to 15 minutes during the show.
People talking loudly during the movie
Way WAY too many Commercials!!! I saw a movie in an AMC theater for the first time in probably a year. I arrived early to meet someone. We took our seats 15 minutes before showtime and they are playing endless commercials at full blast volume so had to yell at each other to be heard (the two of us where the only ones in the theater). The “start time” of the movie arrived. The lights dim and…MORE COMMERCIALS! Another ten minutes straight of JUST commercials back to back. Finally, the add for the theater itself, the cultural indicator that the previews are about to begin. NOPE! MORE COMMERCIALS! 7 more minutes of them. THEN FINALLY a movie preview, okay. Preview fades out, 3 more commercials! Repeat this cycle of one preview with 2 to 3 commercials until finally the AMC Nicole Kidman theater promo comes up, so now the move? Nope! One more commercial for coca cola! Then the movie begins.
The good movie theater experience is dead for me, but I’ve learned that AMC is the worst.
Alamo Drafthouse solves issues with 3-5. Also you can buy advance tickets at the box office and skip the convenience fees. So basically you’re left with “high prices for matinees”. I don’t know if you consider $10 high or not but that’s their price.
Basically it’s the experience of which chain you go to. It’s not that cinema is dead, just that places like AMC and Regal don’t give a fuck anymore.
Going to a movie theater can be a pretty bad experience these days.
The good movie theater experience is dead for me, but I’ve learned that AMC is the worst.
Amc put in the email that the show time is not when movie starts. Says 30 to 45 minutes of commercials afterwards. I was like what the fuck.
And home theater systems are much cheaper than they have ever been. You can get a massive TV and sound system for under $1000 at this point.
Alamo Drafthouse solves issues with 3-5. Also you can buy advance tickets at the box office and skip the convenience fees. So basically you’re left with “high prices for matinees”. I don’t know if you consider $10 high or not but that’s their price.
Basically it’s the experience of which chain you go to. It’s not that cinema is dead, just that places like AMC and Regal don’t give a fuck anymore.