People that are at war with technology don't tend to be high volume movie goers. Also, people in their 60's aren't very high volume movie goers either. It's not like many movies are being made that appeal to that generation. I take my parents who are in thier 60s to the movies on Thanksgiving and Christmas and it's very hard to find something that is appropriate.
Just read this thread, almost everyone who hates cell phones also wrote in the same message that they almost never go to movies anyway.
Go to any cineplex and look at who is in line. It is by far mostly people in their teens and 20s. There are couples in their 30s here and there as well. All of these people would be turned off by the cell phone warriors.
"People that are at war with technology don't tend to be high volume movie goers. Also, people in their 60's aren't very high volume movie goers either."
You're incorrect. People in their 60's are far from movie avoiders. It all depends on the location of the theater and the time of day. Who do you suppose is at all those matinee performances in the middle of the week? Do you think the theaters are running those films at those times to empty audiences?
Here in the Twin Cities Metro area, there are dozens of multiplex theaters, most in suburbs, and each with full parking lots in the daytime, during the week.
What movies do you think they're going to? Folks my age are not feeble-minded cretins. We're going to all the movies, especially the ones aimed at adult audiences.
By the time the Oscar nominations come out, I will have seen every nominated film, including the foreign films. I'll have seen the short subjects, too, since a theater in downtown Minneapolis has a special screening of the nominated shorts.
If you only go to movies at night, then you're misunderstanding the audience. Yes, the 8PM showings are full of 20-35 year olds. No question. Try a weekday matinee. All of us healthy 50, 60, and 70 somethings are at those showings. In numbers.
As I said, my wife and I see at least one movie in a theater each week. Often it's two or three. We like movies.
60 is not old, my friend. It's an age full of folks with disposable incomes. Kids are gone...usually even out of college. We have time. We have money. We have numbers. And we like the same movies everyone else does.