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Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Would Rather Wait to Watch Movies on Streaming (www.indiewire.com)

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 8 months ago (6 children)

"Distractions from other members of the audience: 19%"

This is #1 for me. The worse part about going to a cinema today is the other people that go. I don't know why you need to turn your phone on and browse tiktok for 15 minutes during the movie. I don't know why you feel the need to converse with your seatmates at full volume during the show. Why are you bringing a screaming baby to a movie with loud explosions? Can you please have your small uninterested children not running back and forth in front of the screen laughing while the movie is going on?

I feel old, but I'm old at home watching on streaming with the other 2/3rds of adults I guess.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I agree with you, and not all movies are worth the theatre experience, ticket and food is expensive.

I love the Kung Fu Panda movies,but watch in a theatre, no thank you.I will wait till Kung Fu Panda 4 is available to stream and I can watch it peacefully and on my own pace.

Dune and Oppenheimer both of those were worth the price.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Barbie was worth seeing in the theater as well, to be honest. I'm a middle aged guy and it was a great experience to see that with the women all in pink cheering opening weekend. Like seeing a Marvel, DC, or Star Wars movie. The energy was palpable.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Why are you bringing a screaming baby to a movie with loud explosions? Can you please have your small uninterested children not running back and forth in front of the screen laughing while the movie is going on?

This is my number one. Teens annoy me for sure, but hey, they're stupid teens and they're probably on an awkward date or something, it's a social event. I can eyeroll at them and move on with my night.

Parents who bring children to movies that are not children's movies annoy the ever loving shit out of me. You want to watch it? Great, wait for it to be on streaming or get a sitter and go as a couple or with friends. Insisting on bringing your child to a movie that is not appropriate for them is irresponsible and very "I'm the main character" because obviously they don't care about anyone else in the theater. I've heard all the excuses, and that's all they are, excuses.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

If you have an Alamo Drafthouse near you I suggest checking it out. They take disruptive people very seriously and have a way to inform the staff without you having to leave your seat. It is not a discount place however the tickets and really decent food is expensive.

I watch most things at home but I needed to see Dune in the theater.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I exclusively see movies at my local Alamo Drafthouse for this reason as well. Though I saw Oppenheimer at an AMC since they have true IMAX and Alamo Drafthouse's "The Big Show" isn't quite the same.

Also I'm never ordering real food at a Drafthouse theater ever again. It's dark in the theater so eating real food is pretty much impossible (unless you don't mind making a mess!).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I immediately spilled cheese sauce on myself the last time I was there. ☺

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

What about when the staff and the food/drink process they have is the disruption that I want removed?

Which is to say, in SF I've had way better experiences at our AMC than our Alamo. I hate saying it because I feel like a shill, but it's true.

Combined with the monthly subscription (which costs less than a single IMAX ticket, yet includes up to 12 up them if that's your jam), the megacorp really is superior for someone who wants to see movies in theaters.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Man I get annoyed just by people eating chips next to me. Yours are horror stories.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It cost over $100 to get the whole family in, buy popcorn, etc before greedflation for, what, an hour and a half of entertainment? I can think of a lot of things that are a much better value for family entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is it right here. If you have kids, it’s ridiculously expensive, especially if you want to buy popcorn (and who doesn’t?). I’d rather eat popcorn and watch at home on my comfy couch for less than half the price.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I no longer enjoy going to the Movies. The crowds, the rude people, the hassle and the price are no longer worth enduring

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My wife went with her dad to see Oppenheimer last summer. She texted me 25 minutes in that the previews had just ended.

Fuck everything about that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Shit... In my country the trailers start BEFORE the scheduled time for the movie, and the room is still partially lit, so the movie starts at its scheduled time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Not to mention the 10+ minutes of ads beforehand.

We pretty much only go now when it's an "event" movie - a Dune, an Oppenheimer, or similar.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Not to mention, they usually feel disgusting. The minimum wage employees don't care enough to bother, and I definitely don't blame them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

30 minute drive. Buy tickets at ~£15 each. Buy dry flavourless popcorn and drinks. Sit at the sides craning your neck because that's the only seats left. Watch 45 minutes of adverts and trailers after the advertised start time. Sit through 3 hours of movie that should have been about 1h45. Miss some dialogue because modern actors mumble and sound mixing is terrible. Go for a piss after two hours and miss something anyway. 30 minutes drive home.

Or, just turn on nice OLED TV and surround system and watch at home. Big sofa. Optimal listening position. Pause when I like. Turn on subs for any action movie by Chris Nolan. Eat lasagne and drink cider while doing so.

If you've got a big IMAX thing in your town, then great. But most of us just have a shitty multiplex miles away. The last cinema to close in my town still has a poster for The Woman in Black outside it, and load of homeless crackheads inside it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

sounds like youre going to shitty cinemas- there are really nice cinemas out there with armchairs with footstools or recliners. these kinds of cinemas tend to have full bar service and some have full kitchens with servers bringing your food drinks at the beginning or halfway through the film.

I'm not sure if they have one where you are, but there are two here in Dublin, Ireland and when I was in Boston a few years back we say that shitty star wars ep 9. Terrible film, we almost walked out.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago

I too prefer spending less money for a better experience.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (6 children)

The right movie, at the right theater, is an experience unto itself. My home entertainment center can't compete with the half a million dollar setup at the bad-ass Dolby Atmos, digital projector, luxury recliner, with wait staff, theater for a movie like Dune 2. I definitely prefer the theater for those types of movies. But whatever random romcom that just came out? Yes, I'd much rather watch it at home. It's pretty neat that they serve alcohol at the theater now too. We used to have to sneak that in when I was still a drinker. I don't drink anymore, but I'm sure those who do really appreciate that upgrade in experience.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Can confirm, we drove 3 hours to watch Dune 2 on IMAX and it was a blast. It's a good movie no matter where you watch it but on the big screen it becomes a religious experience.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The only theater experience that's worth it is when the entire audience is pumped to be there. When I saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the audience was filled with hoopy froods who all had their towels. They laughed at the right parts, and burst into applause when the Heart of Gold turned into Douglas Adam's head at the end.

Harry Potter movies were good for this, too. All the kids there in their robes and wands and buzzing with excitement. But most movies do not have that sort of vibe, and it's not worth the money to see it in a theater with people who clearly would rather be on their phone. Like the time I saw a Star Trek movie and some idiot kept laughing at Chekov's accent, even in dramatic scenes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

for me the alcohol is useless because i cant pause the movie to go piss😂 i had to suffer through thor 4 (before u say anything i enjoyed the movie, just had to pee for 2/3rds of it)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah no shit. The theatre experience has been degraded into a capitalist wank fest.

Paying a ludicrous about of money for tickets and some of the worst snacks. To then be bombarded with annoying guests, obnoxious trailers and a sound systems so overwhelmingly base heavy that you can’t hear the dialogue between explosions.

No pausing for more snacks, to use the toilet or have a toke.

Let alone the film quality these days has been degraded to being glorified features length commercials. Nothing worth bearing through that shitshow of an experience, to get to watch something on a slightly bigger screen.

The theatre is arguably a worse experience in every way possible.

Want to watch a movie? Stay at home. Spend that money doing something else outside of the theatres.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I saved money and invested in a sound system, 4k TV, light blocking blinds and nice seating. All, just to enjoy @home

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No shit. It feels like you're being scammed when you pay to watch 20 minutes of commercials.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Not too long ago I got to the movie 20 minutes late after buying popcorn and drinks; and I still saw 20 minutes of trailers.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Why would I want to schedule my entire day around a showtime, arrive early just to stand in line, pay a small fortune, skipping the popcorn and coke (overpriced and gone by the time the ads finish…), sit through 20 minutes of commercials (followed by trailers), for a movie that isn’t even that entertaining, with a sound system that is not particularly good (just loud) on a screen that is big but somehow less detailed than my TV at home?

At home I can pick from a huge variety of movies, start them on my schedule, eat/drink whatever I want. Pause to pee or even stop and watch the rest later. Adjust the volume to my satisfaction. Swap to a different movie if it is bad or doom scroll through the slow parts. If I want the movie theater experience I can just sit real close, turn the volume all the way up, and ban myself from using the toilet.

That said, what I do appreciate about theaters is getting to do something different, and breaking routines. That and the nostalgia factor. I want to like going to movies, but doing so is just a pain and takes more effort and planing than it should.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

The last time I went to the cinema it was cold in the room. And the feature started with 20 minutes of ads. Not trailers. Ads. I just paid you 165 sek. Why are you showing me adverts? It just left such a bad taste in my mouth I haven't been since. I even got a free ticket at home for Christmas from my employer. And it doesn't get me back to the cinema.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

I love Chris Stuckmann, and I love his reviews, and I respect his opinion "the movie theater is important."...

But I also know I don't want to go to a "Movie theater" It's not really an "Event" for us. if the choice is go to the movie theater or watch an episode or two of 8 our of 10 cats does countdown... We'd actually choose the latter.

I respect the movie theater, but at the same time I also hate the movie theater and that moving going experience.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I'd rather go to theatres but I'd rather not spend the money to go to theatres.

I bet if wages increased in the USA then AMC stocks would shoot up like a rocket.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I've IBD so I can't easily watch a two hour movie when my bowels decide to be a pain in the rectum. Watching movies at home means I can pause it which means I can enjoy the movie without any stress like rushing to get to the toilet, going multiple times in a ten minute period.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The last movie I watched in the theater was dune part 1. I loved the movie but hated the experience. This time around I'll wait till at the end of it's run and watch with an empty theater. I prefer to watch all the latest movies on my vr headset.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Opening weekend for Dune 2 but the 10:45 am showing in a Sunday. Only like 6 people in the theater. Alas, one was coughing up a lung mid-movie but even he was far enough away I didn’t feel like I was getting COVID cooties.

Dune 1 I “streamed” via NZB (since they released it to streaming simultaneously) and then went and bought a ticket at the theater and threw it away without ever going in just to vote with my wallet for Dune 2 to happen.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Bitch nobody wants to go outside do you know what happens out there

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

generally speaking, i only really like the movie theaters for tech demo movies (e.g Avatar) or if the audio experience is one of the largest aspects of the movie, else i dont see much of a reason to go myself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Only that many?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

No offense but I have a 100” projector screen, a decent amp, surround and a subwoofer. Versus going to see Dune 2 in the theater recently (admittedly on a much bigger screen) with some guy in the back possibly coughing up an internal organ or just plain expiring mid-movie as the soundtrack to a lot of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The other third use Radarr.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I need to be pretty damn hyped for a movie to get my ass to the movie theater, but only IMAX is worth it so I only go to watch movies with great sound like Dune or Gran Turismo.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I tried to watch a horror movie in the theater and because of all of the amenities a gaggle of karens were getting hammered on skinny margs or whatever and would not shut the fuck up the entire movie. It completely ruined the movie, and this was in one of those alamo whatever theaters where they tell you to STFU fifteen times before the movie starts. My wife complained like 80x to no avail and at the end of the movie when the lights came up I cussed them all out.

Fuck the theater. I have a 65" TV with surround sound at home I don't need your fucking theater.

Edit: also when and why did they start making it so you had to reserve theater tickets days ahead of time? Who the hell wants to have a concert ticket buying experience at the movies?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I love seeing movies and I don't want it to stop, but I always wish I was alone in the theater. They can stay afloat with just my ticket money, right? ....right?

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