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If Movie Tickets cost the same as a new release DVD...
...would you still go to movie theaters?
For me nothing tops the movie going experience....however, $10.00 a ticket is bit too stiff....Movie Studios and chain movie theaters want to fight piracy...then start by lowering the price tickets.
Anywhoo....your thoughts...
(this thread is regarding new release DVD's in stores NOT bootlegs DVD movies)
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Last edited by WanderingDroid on Apr 17th, 2007 at 09:24 PM
i'd the big budget films that really need the big screen and top sound to bring them to life are worth the trip to the cinema...its perhaps something that cinemas and studios should think about when putting out new films...some kind of structured pricing system based on the cost of the movie and whether it will have the full benefit of the big screen
for instance i went to the cinema to see 21 grams and there wasn't really a call for it to be on the big screen...yet it was the same price as the matrix sequels and the lord of the rings films...which need to be seen on the big screen to be achieved
the film which i thought had the biggest loss of quality from the big screen to the small screen was superman returns...small details such as the ripple moving up the side of the plane when he stops it hitting the ground just weren't all that visible on the small screen
so on those kind of terms i dont mind paying the £5.50 to get into the good seats at my local cinema
It costs more or less the same for me to buy a dvd than go see it at the cinema now anyway. Costs about £5-6 to get a bus ticket to the cinema, then another £6-7 for the cinema ticket. I can get most new releases for the same price or lower online. Even get some dvds on a different region that are not out at the cinemas here in the UK yet.
I hardly go to the cinema anymore, it is nearly always spoilt by some morons in the audience and that really spoils my experience.
I dont think piracy hurts theaters much, anything I actually wanted to see id go see not download. And for the right type of movie i dont mind the price (of the movie, the snacks are an outrage).
i hate that...best way to avoid it is go near the end of the films run when its practically empty...or at an obscure time of the day
helps avoid the arseholes
although saying that...when i went to see 300 i was with a group of friends and the mobile phone of the girl sat next to me went off and when she took it out her bag and shut it off i said "you're gettin' a ****in' beatin' outside" and loads of people burst out laughing.
I think movie tickets are to expensive as is. I usually only go to see movies in the theater that I REALLY want to see, even some of those I pass up and wait for the DVD release.
Perhaps it's just me, in that I don't notice these things, but I don't think I've had a single theater experience ruined/harmed by a loud or distractive person in the audience. I hear people all the time complaining about their time ruined, but I've never really been bothered in the same way. Guess I'm lucky.
That being said, I don't go to the movies all that much. For big movies, or movies I really want to see, I will. Beyond that, not really.
i was thinking that if i avoided going to the movies for a entire year. I would have enough money to buy a very decent lcd flat screen and a great sound system. As appealing as that thought is, it is still more appealing to watch a really good movie in the theater. Even though ninety percent of the movies i end up going to see are decent at best. I complain for having to pay $12 plus popcorn and drink prices everytime i go, but i guess i would complain more if there were no movie theaters at all
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there are theaters where i can go and only pay $5, but they are the most depressing theaters. I go there for movies like ninja turtles and hills have eyes2...yeah i paid to see hillas have eyes 2
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Well on top of the movie ticket, if I were to get the popcorn I like and a decent size soft drink, I would end up paying another £6...
The art house cinema near me is cheap though, but it's moved to a different place for a while and I really can't be arsed to get a number of buses to get to it. So have to wait till it's back in the original building.
**** no I wouldn't go to the movies if they were as much as a new release DVD. Well, maybe I would, but only to the matinees, but even than the chances of me going would be slim.
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