return2ozma@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLeonardo DiCaprio Wonders if ‘People Still Have the Appetite’ for Movie Theaters: Will They Become ‘Like Jazz Bars?’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down19
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkLeonardo DiCaprio Wonders if ‘People Still Have the Appetite’ for Movie Theaters: Will They Become ‘Like Jazz Bars?’variety.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoNot even 3 weekends in. It looks like, now follow me here, it looks like people are willing to pay for spectacle they can’t duplicate at home. (Source: boxofficemojo.com) Compared to this entire 13 week run: Nothing against the latter, but I saw the trailers and was like “Yeah, I can watch that at home.”
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoof course he knows that, big action movies have always sold more tickets. “We’re looking at a huge transition. First, documentaries disappeared from cinemas. Now, dramas only get finite time and people wait to see it on streamers.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI wouldn’t limit it to big action movies, but yeah, if I’m spending $20 to $50 to sit in a theater, I want spectacle. If I want people sitting around in rooms speaking dramatically to each other, I can see that on PBS for free. 😉
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe amount of my taxes going to PBS is insignificant.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTrump ended all that. Gardening shows are too radical left.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHe’s just pissed that his painted gold crap keeps getting rejected by Antiques Roadshow.
Not even 3 weekends in. It looks like, now follow me here, it looks like people are willing to pay for spectacle they can’t duplicate at home.
(Source: boxofficemojo.com)
Compared to this entire 13 week run:
Nothing against the latter, but I saw the trailers and was like “Yeah, I can watch that at home.”
of course he knows that, big action movies have always sold more tickets.
I wouldn’t limit it to big action movies, but yeah, if I’m spending $20 to $50 to sit in a theater, I want spectacle.
If I want people sitting around in rooms speaking dramatically to each other, I can see that on PBS for free. 😉
PBS is not free.
The amount of my taxes going to PBS is insignificant.
Trump ended all that. Gardening shows are too radical left.
He’s just pissed that his painted gold crap keeps getting rejected by Antiques Roadshow.