Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 2128113)

I don't want to hurt anyone who has good memories of going to the movies but let's face it. It will probably never be as popular as it was a short time ago.

I survived not seeing Top Gun. I think I'll be fine until it comes to a big screen in my little home.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2127997)

If they want more people to go to the theater:

Ban cell phones
Remove people who talk during the movie
Start the movie on time, and don't allow late comers
Provide a headline jack to connect to your personal headphones

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 2128155)

Also:
Turn the volume down
Remove commercials from the screening
Have armed security, (talk about sitting ducks with all the mass shootings out there…)

Ah, never mind. Watching movies at home is far superior for our tastes.

Originally Posted by Dilligas (Post 2127969)

Cineworld Group PLC, the world's second biggest theater chain and the owner of Regal Cinemas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy after struggling to rebuild its audience. The British entertainment conglomerate, which reopened theaters last year, said attendance has lagged due to a lack of blockbuster films and will likely persist through November, potentially complicating efforts to cut its debt.

Cineworld operates 751 sites in 10 countries, including more than 500 Regal Cinemas theaters in the US. It saw about 95 million moviegoers in 2021, compared to the 275 million in 2019. Earlier this year, the company said it was looking for new sources of liquidity, as it faces payment obligations to former Regal shareholders and a multimillion-dollar dispute over its failed acquisition of Canada's Cineplex. Cineworld had net debt of $8.9B at the end of 2021 and revenues of $1.8B.

Total box office ticket sales in the US have been down roughly 30%, compared to prepandemic levels (see comparison), partly due to some production companies choosing to directly release to streaming platforms.

Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2128023)

Have all of the above. Set up is good but can not replicate good movie experience at home. Still enjoy seeing a good movie at the theatre. We only go to the AMC theatre in Leesburg which has the oversized reclining chairs and with very few distractions(like I have at home) Hope same thing does not happen to them.

Originally Posted by affald (Post 2128162)

I awoke one day and saw Hollywood for what is was. Since then all of my beliefs have been reinforced. Actors, like athletes are grossly overpaid and think because of that, their options matter more than that of others with vastly superior intelligence and logic. Hollywood, like many evil establishments does not hire on meritocracy. Ask Harvey Weinstein et al

Originally Posted by MandoMan (Post 2128243)

Thirty years ago I used to see almost every film that showed up at the cineplex. In the five years before Covid I saw maybe one movie a year at a theater and resented the outrageous prices. I’ve gone to no theaters since Covid hit and don’t plan to return. Now I watch movies in bed on a screen six feet wide, and a month of Netflix costs about as much as one movie for two.

When I was in college there were half a dozen old theaters in town (Denver) that showed great movies of the past, two for a dollar, changing films daily. For example, a week of Bogart movies, or Chaplin movies, or Ingmar Bergman movies, or Screwball comedies, or Cary Grant movies, or John Ford movies, or Truffaut movies. It was a great way to gain an appreciation of movie history. But those days are gone.

Originally Posted by taltarzac725 (Post 2128145)

i saw it twice at the movie theater and the sound and picture could not be compared to on a tv.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2128049)

It is very crowded when I have gone of late and the Villages' developers could easily afford keeping the other movie theaters open. They are part of the Villages' Squares and are, as far as I know, owned by the Villages. Theatres & Locations - The Villages Entertainment

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2128091)

Movie theaters are heading to a slippery slope, same way drive in theaters did.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2128538)

You mean by taking money out of their pocket and throwing it at a losing business? Not a great business model (unless you are the federal government:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:)