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.
"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!
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.
I don't think the slump is nearly the deal many want it to be. There are three big difference this year over last:
No Passion of the Christ, a serious bank movie with a February release is going to seriously skew the yearly totals especially early in the year
No Spiderman movie, the Spiderman movies are making serious bank, years without them are set to be weaker than years with them for the forseeable future (until the series finally winds down and stops being a license to print money)
Harry Potter back in it's November slot, last year's HP was in June which brought a lot of earnings forward and change the year-to-date between June and November, this year's HP is in November so expect a big recovery then
And even if there is the 8% drop off, that's still a fat pile of money for the year. Many industries would beg to be able to make that much money on an off year. Then, of course, you have to factor in how much of the industry's earning are no longer American theatrically based, most of the reports I've seen put the total revenue percentage that comes from American theaters around 25% depending on the movie, so an 8% shave from 25% of the total earnings is pretty negligible.
Don't rush too quickly to bury Hollywood, there's still plenty of money rushing in.
Most movies really suck these days, and they cost way too much.
I go out and spend the money on my wife.
Medved needs to get a life. All he does is rag on Hollywood.
"The lures include providing high-tech eye candy through 3-D digital projection and IMAX versions of movies. ... Stadium seating, which improves views, is just now becoming standard. Other theaters are opting for screenings that serve alcohol to patrons 21 and older."
3D IMAX is great. I saw a movie about dinosaurs a few years back that was tremendous.
But I wouldn't go see trash just because it was in 3D.
As for alcohol...seems to me that has tremendous potential to further degrade the atmosphere for people with kids or who just don't like being around people who have had one too many bowls of loudmouth soup.
Besides, I always forget my earplugs, and end up having to stuff paper napkins in my ears.
But it's okay with me that the Hollyweird scumbags can't figure it out. A pox on them. I hope they all go bankrupt.