Much like their musical counterparts, the movie honchos can't seem to figure out why box offices continue to slump.

 

The answer also has a lot in common with the music biz: The public's not interested in the crap being offered to them.

 

Now there's been several movies out that have made decent bank, they get washed away in a sea of bad TV remakes and yet the studio execs remain dumbfounded why people aren't beating down the theater doors to see them.

 

Again like their musical counterparts, they'd rather blame piracy than deal with the real issues.

I gave up on theaters about 2 years ago. It's not worth the money and people just don't know how to fucking behave in a theater anymore. I made an exception for Spider-Man 2 but that was it.

 

I just have no interest in current movies. There hasn't been an original idea in years. Everything right now is a remake or a sequel. If it's not that it's some douchebag trying to force their political beliefs on you.

I think the last movie I went to a cinema to see was probably the Kill Bill volume 2. I don't go too often these days as I have a big TV and comfy sofa, decent sound system, DVDs come out with extra features and scenes that almost make me feel I wasted my money seeing it at the cinema, I have to pay more for a fucking hotdog and coke than I do for my ticket and, as Dorian noted, I get fucking tired of the same idiots at every screening that think it's somehow cool and rebellious to leave your phone on and have a chat midway through the movie. Then of course if you say anything their gorilla brained boyfriend will stand up and act tough and then the usher is giving you shit for doing his job because he's too busy trying to get into the projection girl's knickers and then the bitch acts as if I am the one ruining her evening by daring to point out she's talking all over the fucking screen dialogue in her annoying as fuck chavette butchered cockney-ebonics-gone-wrong accent... the only screenings I find worth going to are mid week early evening ones where you're likely to be one of a handful in attendance.

I related the story of how my girlfriend almost went postal on some retards who kept kicking our seats when we saw Episode III.

 

Why pay $6-8 a ticket to put up with that shit?

Thanks Cam for not only mentioning the problems, but adding some I was gonna suggest.

 

And I don't mind theatres being dead, but if I go to a blow'em up movie such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith (July 3rd is when I went), while I don't expect to see a crowd of people in a theatre, it kills the mood when you see only a handful of people at the movie. Sure, long weekend, I know. But when its funny and stuff and the only laughter you hear is pretty much your own and only you seem to be enjoying it, kinda kills your mood for enjoying it as much because 1) it echoes when you laugh, 2) you feel really stupid watching in theatres that no one else is watching, and 3) you can literially hear a pin drop during the silence parts (which you don't expect during a theatre movie).

Agreed with everything posted thus far. Last movie I saw was Batman Begins and that was more a birthday present for my Father. Prior to that, I think it was Spiderman.

Actually case in point with theatre movies. Last ones I thought were worth paying theatre money:

 

Pirates of the Caribbean

 

Lord of the Rings (which is debatable cause I'd rather watch all in a row so I get the complete story).

I just haven't seen anything come out that I've really wanted to see. I don't watch much tv in general actually.

I've seen Cinderella Man, Batman Begins, Episode III, Crash and Sin City most recently (I wish Mysterious Skin was playing somewhere nearby because I would surely catch that). I plan to see Hustle and Flow when it drops but I'm certainly not the type to run to the theater every time something like The Island, War of the Worlds or The Fantastic Four comes out. In fact, I tend to avoid that sort of fare like the plague. And yes, the worst thing about theaters are still and always will be the semi-retarded crowds (not to mention concessions going for roughly the same price as a spinning platinum G-Unit medallion and chain). I think find it very easy to turn off my cell phone, shut my mouth and not kick the seat of the person in front of me, but apparently this is nigh-impossible for the average movie-goer. I, too. only catch early matinees to avoid the cretins if I can help it at all.

I would like to quote the great Lewis Black from the Daily Show

STOP MAKING REMAKES OF 70's SHOWS!.....IT WASNT GOOD BACK THEN AND IT ISN'T GOOD TODAY!

Man, personally, I love going to the movies. When I go, there's usually not anyone else there. I've seen a lot of good movies in the theatre this year alone. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Sin City, Constantine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, etc.

 

There's still movies out that I want to see as well, like Batman Begins. I know that the Wedding Crashers is coming out soon too.

 

I watched both Kill Bill movies in the theatre and don't regret it. Hellboy too. Shit, I've been to the movies a lot recently. X-Men 2, etc.

 

Even when I go to see a movie that doesn't turn out as good as I thought it would, like The Punisher or The Ladykillers, I still have a good time.

 

The last movie that I went to go see that I didn't like and I also didn't have a good time when going was Run Tel Dat. We only went to go see that thinking it'd pass some time and we'd laugh a couple of times. The movie was ruined by the fact that all the jokes were african american driven and there were loud black women in the theatre screaming and laughing and just generally being annoying.

 

I know what movies to avoid because I know they'll be bad. Like War of the Worlds, The Fantastic Four and The Hulk.

 

Hell, in this town, going to the movies is one of the only forms of entertainment.

All name brand:

 

50 lb Bag of Popcorn off of ebay: $25 shipped

Home Movie Projector Screen off of ebay: $100

Official Movie Popcorn Popper off off of ebay: $535 shipped

Home Movie Projector off of: $1000 shipped

DVD of your favorite movie 4-6 mos after it left the theater: $20

 

Total Price: $1680

 

Let's assume you and your girl watch a movie at the theaters costs: $20 for tickets and $30 for popcorn, maybe some candy, and a few drinks (if you're lucky).

 

34 movies later (And I know you've seen more than 34 movies in the theater) it's all paid for itself. Voila.

 

*bored*

If there is a big budget movie I really want to see in the theaters, like Batman Begins, I have no problem throwing down the money for it. But now when I'm on the fence when it comes to movies like War of the Worlds, I just flat out don't go because I have gotten to the point in my movie-watching life where I will now give studios my money unless they really work for it and get me seriously interested. However, when it comes to lower budget stuff, I'm more willing to see a movie that I may not end up being all that thrilled about, but that's mainly because I'd like to see some stuff that isn't really mainstream, like Crash, become more popular in the hopes of seeing similar movies released wide.

 

I'm just glad that it seems like people are finally starting to exercise some self-control and not just throw money into crap like xXx 2 and House of Wax, like they have in the past.

I'll go see FF not because its "a huge summer blockbuster" but for my comic love.

I'll go see FF not because its "a huge summer blockbuster" but for my comic love.

Prepare to have a fanboy-fueled shitfit. Even the non-comic book fan who reviewed it for my paper said it's pretty different from the source material enough to be distracting.

I just want to see Chiklis and McMahon in his first big time role.

We had a thread similar to this a couple weeks back (mainly about the decline in theater attendance), so I basically said all I had to say on the matter there. I will add, though, that regardless of bad prices, people will come out if the product's good. They may not do it as willingly, but most people don't have a problem with shelling out their cash for something that's worth it. The conflict is sending out a quality product. It says something about how bad current movies have gotten where even the nomarlly-entertained by explosions and thrill-a-minute flicks are tired of what's being offered.

Hot off tha wire...

 

The superhero movie "Fantastic Four" overcame some of the worst reviews of the year to top the North American box office with better-than-expected weekend ticket sales of $56 million, its distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.

Nutty, but totally expected.