“No one knows why. No one can explain it. And that has everyone worried.”
Failed economy, self-important actors supporting policies which continue to harm the economy.
We rarely if ever go see a movie at the theater. We turned off satellite TV a few years ago. They kept pestering me crying for me to come back. Every time they called I told them I didn't want to see all the gay influence that had come into every show they had on. They finally gave up.
Now the tv is hooked to a computer for use as a big screen reader for FR. That's pretty much all we watch nowadays.
People don’t like hollywood and movie theators are full of rude people.
Last time I went to a theater the experience was ruined by “teens”.
Nothing out recently that is even worth a buck at RedBox.
Going to the theater is a luxury of the white middle class... the folks Obama is destroying.
Better luck next season you useful idiots in Hollywood.
Other than special showings of iconic movies in the restored old “movie palaces” that most cities of any size at all have, there’s just nothing special about going to see a first run movie anymore. Modern multiplex theaters have no atmosphere and the screen isn’t all that large, limiting the dazzle of the experience. Also, the other patrons have gotten loud, rude and disgusting.
Combine that with the cost, the availability of home viewing options that are closing the gap, the paucity of movies that are actually compelling from a creative standpoint and the overt politicization of actors and movies themselves.
What did they expect? It’s surprising to me that they’ve coasted this long. Must’ve been doing really well overseas because I just don’t see anything but dwindling domestically.
I only go and see a movie if it has an 89% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes, I don’t pay to see garbage. $15 is way too expensive for a ticket. I think the problem is ticket prices and the fact that Hollywood produces so much crap, make good movies and people might come, also dropping ticket prices by $5 might help.
Spiderman, X-men, Transformers, apes ...
And they wonder why such juvenile, paltry fare doesn’t attract paying audiences.
Just wait until CGI is good enough to replace human actors. Which I predict will come in the next 10 years. Then Hollywood is out of business.
How about movies that have an interesting story line, and actors who can act? How about movies like the tried and true ones who attracted an audience? How about something without political mind bending? How about-——— aw forget it. They do what what they want to do, and I don’t give a darn. I don’t waste my money on it or them.
I believe I haven’t been in a movie theatre for more than a year ... I think the last show I saw was the second Hobbit movie.
Wasn’t it George Lucas or some other major movie director that commented (a couple of years ago now) that the mini-series would overtake the movie genre and eventually kill it? Makes sense to me. Look at the quality of the mini-series out there now (Mad Men, House of Cards, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad).
Breaking Bad set a new standard against which all other mini-series are measured, in my opinion.
Real quick what’s the last good movie you saw? Stumped huh. There are many reasons they are losing money that’s just one. How about I go once a week to church for my preaching and I don’t have to pay 12 dollars for it. How about some fresh new actors instead of the children of someone who was never that good to begin with. How about some fresh new ideas instead of remakes of remakes. Hollywood is like an inbred family that forgot its roots. People pay to be entertained not to keep you employed.
The problem is lack of anything new. They are recycling story lines that are predictable.
They had some excellent adult films. Blue jasmine and The Dallas Buyers Club but for the summer they need new innovative engaging stories and characters. The hunger games knock offs are lame. Special effects are awesome but come up with new types of characters and surprising stories to engage people.
Spider-Man. Done to death along with the superheroes. Try taking some risks with new writers They are out there.
~And can the whiny angst ridden characters.
You’d figure the gain in netflix-amazon-itunes film revenue would offset the loss in theater revenues.
But this ain’t happening.
Either more are stealing howood products, or just as bad for howood, fewer people care to consume howood products.
I can explain it.
Hollywood stumped for Democrats for decades and for Obama in the last 6 years.
They got what they wanted, and that tanked the economy.
Suck it, Hollywood. You wanted it, you got it.
Idiotic movies. And Netflix.
The new tv shows are too stupid to watch too. Except, of course, Downton Abbey, which will resume in January.
Plus, you can get pretty much everything free at your library, which is what I do. I’m on the waiting list for Homeland, Season 3.
How’s that supporting the Dem party working out for you Hollywood?
I reserve the right to spend MY MONEY on stuff I agree with.
Chik fil a comes to mind as do the Dixie Chicks, not.
Liberal pushing movies or their actors will not get it done.
I made my living as a stage actor and playwright for 30 years. Never made a movie except for industrial training films.
I watched as my stage industry changed. I have acquaintances who have performed and/or produced movies and television. When we were younger, there was no political affiliation. We just wanted to work and perfect our craft.
I am sad to say that, with the exception of a select few, they became liberal commentators, absolutely convinced of their convictions.
They are absolutely wrong!
I enjoyed every moment on the stage. Worked every state east of the Mississippi. I have good memories of my kindred spirits. Just wish they weren't assholes.
I'm gone now 10 years.
Please bear in mind, the stage was my home.
I miss it.