Even my lib girlfriend doesn’t have any desire to go to movies and she used to see 25 or 30 a year.
I almost never go on my own.
Four reasons not to go to the movies:
Expensive popcorn
Sticky floors
65 inch TVs with surround sound at home
Lousy movies
We go to the movies regularly, and are choosy about what we see. We’ve been out of town for the last 3 weeks, but went to a mvoie Fri. night — 2016, Obama’s America. I was surprised that it was still playing because it opened the week we left town. I asked the ticket seller if it was popular, and he said that it was the biggest seller at that particular movie location. This is 3 weeks into its run.
I must say that there was nothing else playing that I would consider wasting my money on.
Good News!
End the Hollywood tax credits.
End the Hollywood Unions.
Then maybe those ‘stars’ would STFU. But not as long as they are getting paid, they won’t!
Start with Cher and Baldwin.
To hell with Hollyweird.
There’s a lull in between the end of the summer movie tent pole season and the horror season. There tend to be a lot of movies that have a poorly defined audience. The aren’t necessarily even bad movies, but nobody has any idea who will watch them (like Dredd in 2 weeks, me and the couple hundred other people in this country that like Dredd will see it, but 99% of Americans have never heard of it and it will flop). And of course it’s also a dumping ground for pure turkeys. Including the Resident Evil franchise, a bunch of movies that no one is willing to admit in public they watch but they keep making enough money to excuse another movie.
I went to a giant 20 screen cineplex in the Twin Cities Friday night. The place was a ghost town. Of the numerous popcorn/candy stations there only two were open.
I felt very bad for the owners.
So just think how much better 2016 would have done if teachers forced their students to see it like happened with Michael Moore's cinematic droppings.
I will be at the opening of Atlas Shrugged, Part II, next month, but I don't think it'll help the Hollywood lefties much.
The last time I paid to see a film in a movie theater was 1993.
The film was a documentary called “Brother’s Keeper”.
Haven’t been to a movie since, and not expecting to enter a movie theater again in my life...
I might go see "Lincoln" at the theater but I already know I will buy a copy because Daniel Day Lewis is playing the lead and that makes it an instant classic (DDL has yet to fail me when he is in a lead role. the final scene of "There Will Be Blood" is one of the best performances I've ever had the pleasure to watch!)
The other movie I know I will buy, but probably won't go to the theater to see it is: "The Master". Philip Seymour Hoffman is another actor who never disappoints. "Capote" is astonishing and his portrayal of Gust in "Charlie Wilson's War" is flat out hilarious! Besides I can't wait to see a flick that sticks it in the eye of the Scientologists!
I supported the movie industry. I saw 2016!
We buy movies and watch them at home. We have many old movies, with some new ones.
Good on them. They don’t need conservative money. I saw 2016 and will definitely go see Clint’s new movie. The rest of Obama loving Hollywood can go bust and pay their high taxes for all I care.
Why bother mastering the English language if you're going to go work for Reuters, right? 2016 is second TO Michael Moore, not second SINCE. It passed Al Gore last week.
The real advantage, though, is that you can change your lineup to dump the dogs and replace them with something, anything, that might make you some money. Double down on your blockbusters or switch to more kid-friendly fare during the matinee times. Why not show second-run movies (with cheaper ticket prices) to pull people in? They make their money on the snacks and every empty seat is lost revenue. I'd pay $2 a ticket AND buy their popcorn to see some of my old favorites up on the big screen. Star Wars (IV-VI)... you bet!