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The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a big problem for Hollywood (www.latimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s always convenience and cost

the cost is absurd
I used to wait 4-6 weeks so I could watch without crowds but now the movie is gone
just like with live tv, I no longer have to follow their schedule. However if it is only out for a short period, they’re going to miss me.
lack of advertising, believe it or not. Maybe they still advertise, but advertising is. So bad now that I block as much as I can. Even if they tried and it’s “a tragedy of the commons”, that’s their fault that I no longer hear that a movie exists

It’s too bad because now that my kids are away at college I keep thinking I can go more frequently. But not if it’s too expensive, too inconvenient, and I don’t even know what movies there are

In reality, I actually do go to opening weekends more frequently now that there is reserved seating and less crowds, but my overall movie frequency is much lower.

Even Alamo Drafthouse is not a solution. We finally got one but it’s downtown only, so that’s a lot of inconvenience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I live in dense metro suburbs. The theaters are empty at 2 weeks. Just bump up your schedule. Most tickets at bought before visiting so you cans ee the map of seats open

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes on the advertising. The few movies I would have gone out of my way to see in the theaters never had advertising on anything I watched.

There have been times I've heard of videos and I'm like "they made a sequel?!" or I'm just shocked to hear they made a movie about something at all. I'm trying to remember the specific movie but I think it was based on a video game.