My bet is that if they cut the ticket price in half, attendance would more than double.
can’t be because of me, I haven’t been to a movie since the mid 50s.
I don’t usually go to the movies unless the family wants to go. I wait and buy the video. But I’d love to see Secretariat and Prince Caspian.
I also warmly recommend what I thought was last year’s best movie, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Great family viewing.
I haven’t seen True Grit, but sure hear it’s great. Wasn’t enough to get me to the theaters though. Will rent the blu-ray or flat out buy it when released.
Inception and Social Network were truly great this year. So was Shutter Island.
2010 wasn’t very strong though for movies. The last few really haven’t been, which is a shame. I’m a huge movie nut.
Garbage in = Garbage out
I’m not one to watch movies over and over — even if they are good ones. BUT — if there is one comedy that got to me, it was “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” — Steve Martin/Michael Caine. I never tire of that great film and always see something new in it. Not slapstick, but a really, really, funny, smart film.
We were entertained sufficiently -- though "True Grit" was quite good (I have not seen the original) thanks to the girl.
We usually go just before the movie leaves the theaters; I've only once encountered the rude audience (noisy baby).
Not very surprising. The typical “theater experience” has been going downhill for years and most people who care about film have pretty decent home theater setups these days and no shortage of offerings to watch. Combine that with a soft economy and consumers are very picky about how to stretch their entertainment dollars. The net is there are perhaps only one or two movies a year that really warrant seeing in a theater vs. waiting a few months and watching from the comfort of home. And even then a lot depends on the quality of the local theaters.
Has anybody mentioned the 20 minutes of commercials you now have to sit through after paying 10 bucks for the ticket?
No thanks.
HEY HOLLYWOOD: IT’S BECAUSE YOU MAKE C. R. A. P.!
Just two points. First, the primary reasons for the decline in theater goers is that people have other entertainment options and we're in a depression where people do not have as much disposable income.
There was a significant drop from 1964 to 1969 when movies became much more coarse, but there are a ton of movies out there that are suitable to a family audience. Cell phones might be new, but rude talking people have always been in theaters. Considering inflation, movie tickets have not gone up in price that much. As a caveat, I only go to matinees. The theater is less crowded and the prices are cheaper.
Second, the entertainment industry is not in trouble. US revenues are down, but foreign revenues more than make up for it. Toy Story 3 made $415 million domestically, but $648 million outside the US, for over $1 Billion total before it was released to DVD. The last Harry Potter movie made $280 million domestically and another $640 million outside the US. Currently, it's rare for a movie that's released world wide to make most of it's gross in the US. Movie makers are not going to start making more films to appeal to the US audience. They're going to make more films that appeal to international audiences, cause the money isn't in the US anymore.
Nice post. Thanks.
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so few movies worth a damn...almost nothing not overly PC or a comic book makeover or just special effects or faggy
Winter Bones...a small movie...I liked it
I like the imagery of Valhallah Rising...odd plot though
ok...I admit...I was able to tolerate the American even though I despise that prick...the women were beautiful and interesting characters..
Boardwalk Empire...sorta hamfisted with the PC version of the history aspect is nonetheless fun to watch and the soundtrack is superb...it’s a mature audience thing
that and WWII in color is about it