I’d pay thrice the price if seating was good, volume was 75% of current levels, talking was policed, Mary Jane was finger banged in a car instead of the row behind me, popcorn weren’t thrown around, phones were off, commercials didn’t last 25 minutes before the main showing started, I could press pause and go to the bathroom or for a snack.
My point is partly that not only do cinemas have to deal with managing all these people in there, they also have to compete with significantly better AV setups in people’s homes. Screens are much bigger, OLED, with surround sound at home. And at home I CAN press pause.
When cinemas were a big thing, people were lucky and wealthy if that had a 40” plasma at home. Now, you can get a 55” screen for the price of taking the family to a cinema 4 times.
That’s a very valid point. I think it’s more about the experience of going there with your friends, ordering popcorn etc.
I’ve been to the cinema alone, but that’s usually only if I reeeally want to see the movie ASAP and it’s not out anywhere else in the seven seas (if you know what I mean). Other than that it’s always been about going there with friends. Kind of like music festivals - I enjoy them for every reason except the music part :D (with exceptions)
I can’t take the commercials after paying 50 bucks. This is why I only attend rep cinemas. They once tried to project a single commercial and a large group of us pounded on the door of the now ex manager.
I’d pay thrice the price if seating was good, volume was 75% of current levels, talking was policed, Mary Jane was finger banged in a car instead of the row behind me, popcorn weren’t thrown around, phones were off, commercials didn’t last 25 minutes before the main showing started, I could press pause and go to the bathroom or for a snack.
Everything you said was completely reasonable and actually practiced in many theaters except that last part.
I was definitely being facetious 😄
My point is partly that not only do cinemas have to deal with managing all these people in there, they also have to compete with significantly better AV setups in people’s homes. Screens are much bigger, OLED, with surround sound at home. And at home I CAN press pause.
When cinemas were a big thing, people were lucky and wealthy if that had a 40” plasma at home. Now, you can get a 55” screen for the price of taking the family to a cinema 4 times.
That’s a very valid point. I think it’s more about the experience of going there with your friends, ordering popcorn etc.
I’ve been to the cinema alone, but that’s usually only if I reeeally want to see the movie ASAP and it’s not out anywhere else in the seven seas (if you know what I mean). Other than that it’s always been about going there with friends. Kind of like music festivals - I enjoy them for every reason except the music part :D (with exceptions)
I can’t take the commercials after paying 50 bucks. This is why I only attend rep cinemas. They once tried to project a single commercial and a large group of us pounded on the door of the now ex manager.