Crappy movies? Just a hunch.
Lousy movies....
“showed some signs of age when they couldn’t match the domestic grosses of previous installments.”
Sequels rarely perform like the original.
What’s behind it? Roku and streaming.
1. Crappy movies
2. Good movies, but not worth paying $12-$15 per ticket and sitting through 15-30 minutes of previews / theater commercials when one can wait until it’s released on streaming video or DVD and have a family dinner-and-a-movie night
3. Reasonably-priced home theater setups with large, flat-screen TVs, which also contributes to #2.
Crap movies and ridiculous prices....
Add to all of the above: Intolerable sound systems that damage your ears with background noise so loud that you can’t hear the speaking.
After the LOTR series finished out, it was all downhill from there. I have rarely watched a movie in a theater that I have enjoyed since.
All gay, all the time.
If I just wait a few months I can watch the same movies on my 60" flat screen with surround sound for free. Or 2 or 3 dollars at most.
While the primary reason I don’t go the movies anymore is that I don’t want any of my money going to an industry that is populated by vile lefty idiots who continuously attack and spit on my values and beliefs, it’s not the only reason.
It’s also that I’ve found the whole modern moviegoing experience to be extremely unpleasant. The ear-splitting loudness of the trailers, the obnoxiousness of the fellow patrons, the films themselves, the whole ball of wax. I can hardly think of anything I’d like to do ‘less’ than go to the movies in their current form. Just nauseates me a bit to even contemplate it.
Crap movies. Loud ‘yutes’ texting away. 30 minutes of advertisements and previews. Outrageously priced concessions. Can’t drink beer. I haven’t gone to a movie in years.
“The Hunger Games” __ a chick action flick. No self respecting guy goes to a movie theater to see this garbooge, to blow good money. Unless its to keep the peace with the opposite sex.
Look at the the list of domestic box office gross. You have to go down to no. 17(Gone Girl), to find an R rated movie. Note to Hollywood: Stop making filthy crap, you’ll make more money. I loved Guardians of the Galaxy.
There were a few good movies BUT too many have that low monotone sound. Last good movie was “Guardians of the Galaxy”. Except for a few oprah moments it was good. The CGI was terrific and not dark. I cannot watch the Iron Man movies because of the too quick action and Robert Downey mumbling.
There’s a couple things I think are playing into this as well.
First, the novelty of 3D has worn off. 3D movies are priced higher than 2D, and in spite of the extra associated costs (glasses, etc) generate higher margins. I’d like to see the trending for the last 5-6 years on 3D versus 2D attendance, would assume that 3D attendance has fallen off, resulting in lower grosses.
Second, the overall higher costs of tickets (regardless of 2D or 3D) coupled with the quick release of the movie on PPV/On-Demand and DVD following the end of the theatrical run means that people aren’t going to see the movie more than once in the theaters. Remember that movies like Star Wars and Titanic and others hit the gross revenue stratosphere because people were going to see them over and over and over again. Knowing that the movie’s going to be out on DVD 3-4 months after it’s in the theaters could explain a big chunk of the fall off in attendance numbers.
I encourage everyone to go to the Variety site and read the comments there. You’d think you were still at FR. Who’d a thunkit?
Oh, let me think about that for two seconds. Could it be no talent, no grace, and no inspiration? Maybe gay Marxists are not connecting?
Bad PC and agenda-driven movies, lack of “star power” in Hollywood, high prices all contribute. I can’t think of a single “star” I’d pay to see these days, and the movies they are making are mostly mindless fluff. The wife and I used to go to the movies a couple times a year, haven’t been in over a year now.