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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:17 AM Original message |
Movie theater attendance down 20% from last year |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Who can afford to go to the movies these days? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It could also be that movies this year have been shitty. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. +1 |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. +2 |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. the three D doesn't help |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
58. I hope that technology dies in its infancy. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Um...we DO see in 3D. Our brains ARE wired for that. And why would it require 3 eyes? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. We used to go at least once a month |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yea, this years movies have been lackluster so far and home theatre is taking over. |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Limitless was pretty good |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Do the math. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Golly, here's a thought: |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here's an idea: make some movies.... FOR GROWN UPS! n/t |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Yeah, but many of us grownups have started to hate going to movies |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I find that the afternoon matinee is a joy. Choice of seats and senior discount. |
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Laxman (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Maybe they will bring back "dish night" |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. For me, |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I'm holding out for Deathly Hallows Part II |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Stop watching the Happy Potter movie years ago...they are sooooooo long |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. You sound like me |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Game of Thrones... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Now that Chris Reeves is gone, I will *never* pay to see another spandex melodrama. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. +1 |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have not been to a movie this year |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well, if the movie sucks, I'm not wasting $ on it |
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VoteProgressive (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. I love going to movies much more than DVDs at home. Guilty pleasure. nt |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's a combination of bad titles and |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. They are not changing with the times. The need to restablish the discount matinee, |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Actually many rural towns in Iowa |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. We still (in the VA suburbs) have a beat up old theather that shows films |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Our local theater has $5 Sundays... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. The death of cinematography |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Or perhaps this part: the Death of the Tripod! |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. By the time you buy the ticket, a snack and a drink you're out at least $20 |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Let's see . . . $10 tickets, video-game movies, blaringly loud commercials, $6 popcorn, $4 cokes . . |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. add |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. Forget gasoline. The worst price-gouging in the country must be movie theater soda and popcorn. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. They should probably raise ticket prices again. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. During the last depression, movies were an escape from economic reality. |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. We've intentionally cut movies from our budget |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Great recommendations... |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. We also use Netflix, but on a very limited basis |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. If you liked "Syriana"... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. Syriana is a Hell of a film. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. About 5 years ago, we stopped gift-giving for our adult kids too |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Who could have predicted that? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
30. netflix is doing quite well..nt |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. The films this year are just copies of other films for the most |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. sticky floors, old seats, overpriced junkfood... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. It has a hell of a lot less to do with $10 tickets than it does with shitty-ass movies |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. Boy, if only an Avatar could come out every year |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. It would flop in three out of four. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
41. Golly, do you think $17 to watch CGI Bozoman fight CGI Badman in 3D is too much? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's a mass production business |
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Twinguard (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
45. I go to matinees once or twice a month. |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. Ever the hopeless Pirate and Johnny Depp Fan Girl, I'll be shelling out for the next POTC |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. I LOVE Johnny Depp! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. The previews were quite funny. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
47. I hate all the superhero movies and the remakes. That doesn't leave much. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. it's not simply the movies themselves |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
50. Why would I want to go to the Movie Theaters when the movie will be on DVD in 4-5 months? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. High prices, crap movies, sticky floors and obnoxious movie goers. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
52. Uh Oh! Movie Industry Profits Are Down! Must Be Time For The MPAA To Sue Somebody |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. With 13% of US homes vacant, this is no surprise n/t |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. Some reasons why: |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. Netflix and Amazon movies on demand on my Roku. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Well duh. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. It's the bedbugs |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
65. I stil go .. much prefer movies on the big screen |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Me, too. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm not paying $40 a couple to listen to teenagers suck each others face |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
72. There hasn't been a movie out that I would pay 10 bucks to see |
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