[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Are Movie Theaters in Trouble? The Future of Cinemas in 2021 and Beyond - New Jersey Digest Magazine

New Jersey is not the Villages. The developers should be providing entertainment that many Villagers grew up with like movie theaters. On a cost to benefits analysis this is a no brainer.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Last night on network news there was a story that about 80% of theaters will be opening this coming month. As far as blockbuster movies except for James Bond I usually don’t see them right away I like smaller movies and love foreign films ( have to wait till I go home soon to Boston for that) only time foreign film would get to villages is if it’s about God, a dog or some family in there march to redemption and yes I do watch some on TV but it could never be as good as in a theater

[collie1228]

To me the issue isn't the availability of the theater, as I gave up on the quality of movies a few years ago. My issue is that the front of that theater looks terrible - in my opinion it's an eyesore. If my house looked that bad for that long, "they" would be threatening lawsuits and fines. The family has every right to their money, but they don't have the right to make my community look shabby. Right now that corner of the square looks shabby. Why can't they finish up the front?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

New Jersey is not the Villages. The developers should be providing entertainment that many Villagers grew up with like movie theaters. On a cost to benefits analysis this is a no brainer.

Tal,

We know you love movies and are a frequent movie goer and also a truth teller. Do you find or DID you find, before the pandemic, that the seats were half full some of the time, most of the time or rarely??

The word SHOULD is associated with a moral slant. The developers are not our sheltering parent.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by collie1228

To me the issue isn't the availability of the theater, as I gave up on the quality of movies a few years ago. My issue is that the front of that theater looks terrible - in my opinion it's an eyesore. If my house looked that bad for that long, "they" would be threatening lawsuits and fines. The family has every right to their money, but they don't have the right to make my community look shabby. Right now that corner of the square looks shabby. Why can't they finish up the front?

Agreed. It's unattractive and makes that whole corner look like a construction zone (which, apparently, it still is). If they could at least do something with the facade, or heck - even hire some local painters to do some artwork on the walls covering the building, it'd be an improvement over what it is now.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Agreed. It's unattractive and makes that whole corner look like a construction zone (which, apparently, it still is). If they could at least do something with the facade, or heck - even hire some local painters to do some artwork on the walls covering the building, it'd be an improvement over what it is now.

That square is modeled on a fantasy Spanish place. The designers were associated somehow with Disney and created a vintage Spanish Square, even complete with a Church building, which is now The Sharon Theater, but still "looks" the part. I don't think that fantasy Spanish places had "artwork on the walls covering the building".

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

That square is modeled on a fantasy Spanish place. The designers were associated somehow with Disney and created a vintage Spanish Square, even complete with a Church building, which is now The Sharon Theater, but still "looks" the part. I don't think that fantasy Spanish places had "artwork on the walls covering the building".

You are really having a hard time understanding what people are posting today.

We're talking about the current construction barrier walls placed in front of the building, that are ugly, because they're the construction barriers. That's not the facade of the building. I said they should EITHER finish the facade (and then not need those construction barrier walls) OR put some artwork on the construction barrier walls (which would make them less hideous than they are now).

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You are really having a hard time understanding what people are posting today.

We're talking about the current construction barrier walls placed in front of the building, that are ugly, because they're the construction barriers. That's not the facade of the building. I said they should EITHER finish the facade (and then not need those construction barrier walls) OR put some artwork on the construction barrier walls (which would make them less hideous than they are now).

You could or should have said this nicer.

[kathyspear]

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

I like smaller movies and love foreign films ( have to wait till I go home soon to Boston for that) only time foreign film would get to villages is if it’s about God, a dog or some family in there march to redemption ...

I would love if they opened Rialto and focused on indie and foreign films there. I LOVE subtitles!

kathy

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Tal,

We know you love movies and are a frequent movie goer and also a truth teller. Do you find or DID you find, before the pandemic, that the seats were half full some of the time, most of the time or rarely??

The word SHOULD is associated with a moral slant. The developers are not our sheltering parent.

Depends on the movie. They showed film festivals aimed at movie lovers and not with an eye on profit. Blockbuster movies at the Rialto were often filled to capacity. Especially in the late afternoon and evening. Not so much the earliest showings.

And if you market a life style when you try to sell houses which includes three viable movie theaters then there is definitely an ethical component to keeping those three theaters going. There is a duty to homeowners to keep up the standards they expected when they bought the home. This certainly applies to keeping up the golf courses, for instance.

[RMarkland]

I'm starting the rumor "they are converting the areas under the seats into apartments".

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

You could or should have said this nicer.

You and she could or should both try staying on topic. As Mick Jagger says, you can't always get what you want.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

You could or should have said this nicer.