Posted on 07/26/2005 8:52:10 AM PDT by holymoly
My reasons for not going to the theater are:
1.) Someones' always talking.
2.) Someones' cell phone is always ringing.
3.) There's nothing I care to see.
4.) I'll wait until it comes out on DVD, and watch it in the comfort of my home.
My reason for not going:
1) i've boycotted pretty much every hollywood actor
"Tinseltown's recent setbacks suggest a crisis of major proportions, with a May USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll showing 48% of adults going to movies less often than in 2000. For 19 consecutive weeks, motion picture releases earned less (despite higher ticket prices) than the year before. Projected ticket sales for all of 2005 indicate a disastrous drop of at least 8% - at a time of population growth and a generally robust economy."
I wonder what % of the 48% going to movies less are like my wife and I. We are Christians, conservatives and Republicans. We refuse to pay our money to have our values spit on and made fun of by the perverts of Follywood.
"Another values-oriented phenomenon of last year similarly contributed to missing moviegoers: The Passion of the Christ earned $370 million by drawing religious-minded patrons who had long avoided movies altogether. Amazingly, no major release in the 17 months since the opening of The Passion attempted to appeal to that huge, wary churchgoing audience."
The only movie my wife and I went to last year and up to now was The Passion of Christ. We hosted a Dinner for 3 other couples this past Saturday. None of us have been to see a movie since the Passion. One couple saw it 3 times.
Personally, I hope the perverts of Follywood continue to insult Christians and Republicans. The poorer they become due to their flops, the weaker they become.
Not counting The Passion, which was not a Hollywood film, Box Office grosses are actually up this year from last.
My reasons for not going:
1. Someone IS always talking. For years, I went probably once a week to a movie with my friend who loves movies. We would go early, get our seats, and by the time we were 5 minutes into the movie, we had already moved once to get away from talkers.
2. The volume is just too damn loud.
3. Call me Howard Hughesian, but I just don't like to sit for two hours so close to strangers listening to them chomp on their food.
God damn good article! No mincing words here. MM hits the nail on th head.
The pigeons are coming home to roost...and I for one couldn't be happier.
After that rip-roaring blockbuster last year about the life and times of John Kerry, Hollow-wood should be set for life. After all, each showing had nearly a dozen people.
It certainly is a great article, and right on the money too!!! Fact is: if you are an entertainer and want to attract the largest audience, plain common sense dictates that you do not air your political, etc. laundry in public. You keep it private, at best. Of course, most of the "Hollywood" clan are short of smarts to begin with, and live in a bubble of life unreal. I do not blame the actors and actresses for their rants. They are just plain stupid and fools to their core. However, the management that watches the bottom line should know better. You Hollywood folks have succeeded in ticking off a large number of movie attendees and that will not soon change. Only you can correct the problem, and I suggest you get to working on it real soon. You can begin by facing reality. The majority of Americans do not think or believe the way you and MoveOn.org feel. Libealism is dying a slow death, and you are dying along with a failed and passe' political philosophy!!! End of story!!!
"There's nothing I care to see." and
"i've boycotted pretty much every hollywood actor."
These two comments pretty much sum it up for me.
for later
I dont think there needs to be balance...the movies just suck. Star Wars and War of the Worlds both.
I go to the movies for entertainment only - not to be preached at, not for a lesson on some value the director holds, and not even to be educated. If I'm going to spend $8 a ticket, I want o thoroughly enjoy myself - I don't want to be depressed when I come out. I don't consciously boycott liberal actors, but if I hear some movie is not entertaining or is going to try to shove some value down my throat - I have better ways to spend 2 hours.
Understand from a story I read over the weekend that the horror pics are sinking like the Titanic. Personally, I'm very disillusioned with H'weirdos. Why should I give good money to watch these overrated and overpaid actors/actresses so they can live in their mansions, wear designer clothing, travel the world winning questionable accolades and spout their anti-American views. No thanks!
What movie are you talking about?
I was planning on seeing the remake of "War of the Worlds" until I read the screen writer comment that the story was a parable of the US invasion of Iraq. At that point, I decided I would no longer see it.
Perhaps Hollywood will "get it" though I'm not hopeful. Generally, the Hollywood types are composed of that most annoying class of individual, dumb and lucky.
If you don't count the Passion then Hollywood would have done wretchedly in 2004. It's not as if its audience were regular moviegoers who would just have seen something else. So you have set kind of a low benchmark here.
You want another sign of big trouble ? The miserable ratings for Academy Awards this year and last. Half the country did not want to listen to leftist movie stars vent.
Or why not this as an explanation ? There is no Mel Gibson movie this year.
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