Theaters taking hits from movie viewing at home, weak box office

USA Today ^ | August 2, 2017 | Mike Snider

[EdnaMode]

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[ichabod1]

I leave CC on and I can hear just fine. Helps for picking up sloppy dialogue.

[Mad Dawgg]

We rarely go to the movies but I was excited to see The Dark Tower (one of my favorite King Books) BUT rotten tomatoes has it at 19%. Usually a movie totally sucks balls if it gets a rating that low from rotten tomatoes. We will wait for it to show up online to watch it.

[Mears]

“I’m 70. I used th word previews last sunday and my 30 somethings laughed at me.”

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Let them laugh !!!

It happens to me all the time———ever ask one of them to roll down a car window????

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[morphing libertarian]

Had a business meeting with a 20 something today. I wrote two notes on a piece of paper and gave it to her.

She said that’s ok I already put it on my phone. I always lapse back to the old ways.

[Mears]

“I always lapse back to the old ways.”

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Me too,but I’m trying to get “with it”.

I had a complicated bill and was discussing it with a daughter who lives out of state. I told her I’d “Xerox” it and mail her a copy.

She said to just take a picture of it with my iPod and send it to her via IM. The entire thing took about 30 seconds.

I felt SO pleased with myself. :-)

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[Dilbert San Diego]

I’ve been to a handful of movies in the last few years.

I have seen :

Courageous
War Room
The Dinesh D’Souza movie, forget its title
42, the Jackie Robinson movie
Hidden Figures
The Case For Christ
Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks

I think that’s it for the last 15 years or so. I see far less than 1 a year on average. Simply no interest in the vast majority of movies.

[morphing libertarian]

I’m still wondering why I have fax machine and phone line,.

[dfwgator]

I’ve seen one Hollywood movie the last two years, and that was “The Founder” which I watched on my flight back from Europe.

[PCPOET7]

if you looked at the demographics of the average movie goer you will find it is retirees going to matinees. most of the young are not as interested in movies as they were 20- 30 years ago

[Patrick Henry Dichotomy]

It’s the popcorn’s fault. Costs as much as a movie ticket. It’s like would you like a movie with that popcorn?

[Mears]

I’ll keep my land line until they bury me——I even have an old 500 set plugged into the wall.:-)

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[morphing libertarian]

have no problem with my cell phone. Dumped the land line 4 years ago. Need to dump fax. My wife bought a great scanner at costco for 149.

[SanchoP]

-— and watch the complainers and you’ll know who can’t read very well.

[tumblindice]

The last show I went to see, an anniversary showing of ‘Spirited Away’ with my daughter, the refreshment ‘special’ was two soft drinks and popcorn for over twenty bucks!
Said screw that and after the movie ate lunch for the same amount at Culvers. Those movie prices are absurd. Haven’t been back.

[DeFault User]

Let them laugh !!!

Yep. I'm looking at 70 in the rear view mirror too (not the rear camera in the dash--wish I had one of those).

Among my seasoned citizen complaints:

Loud sound effects that drown out the dialog (movies and tv)

Constant switching of camera angles (movies and tv). Just count the seconds the camera focuses on one view--often no more than two. I don't have epilepsy but that could cause it.

Saw the Dunkirk film. English subtitles should have been used for the lower class Tommy soldiers (entire scenes unintelligible).

I gave up on popcorn at the theater long ago. Just go to the matinee after lunch. But like other commentators less and less. Just twice this year.

[No.6]

>She said to just take a picture of it with my iPod and send it to her via IM. The entire thing took about 30 seconds.

I know there’s a strong anti-MSFT clan here but the “Office Lens” app is really good at picking out the document from the background and perspective correcting so it’s near-scan quality; then just send, or (it being MSFT of course) save to OneNote.

Very handy for receipts (or bills, or even that diagram someone drew on a *window* because they didn’t have a whiteboard).

[Trillian]

Maybe if they were putting out movies worth watching, they wouldn’t have this problem.

[catnipman]

"Because of their heavy emphasis on HIGH QUALITY, ORIGINAL video entertainment, the growth of (streaming) SVOD services is having an impact on all the traditional video businesses: pay TV, home video/DVD, and theatrical," yep. "high quality, original" says it all: the REAL reason Hollywood distributors are going down the drain is because they've got nothing to distribute but unwatchable dreck.

[50sDad]

I can make popcorn for $1.00 a bag, sit in a recliner, and watch a big screen AT HOME FOR FREE. Cell phones have taught a generation to NOT value a shared social experience. Theaters are DEAD AND DYING. The price of a good theater ticket will pay for an entire month of Netflix. Why should I go?

[xzins]

Because it’s there.

But I’m not.

I’m at home.