>The U.S. box office had its worst October in 27 years, excluding the pandemicCinema is finally dead. Are you happy now?
yes
I would go if they made something interesting, but Hollywood doesn't make cool and masculine films anymore.
>>215835877Studios created this by not wanting to share profits with theaters and putting shit on VOD at 35-45 days when it hits 50% for the theaters. With just a short window, people will just wait for it to hit streaming. Unless it’s an event more a family movie
>>215835877AI can't do theater seating
>>215835877Only when the Hollywood sign is ashes will they have my permission to die.
>>215835877>Are you happy now?No.Some, perhaps even most, of the creators seem still to be alive.
>>215835877>Shovel anti-family propaganda into everything you make>Women quit getting married and having children >On the rare chance that a family does want to spend a night at the theater, even luberal parents are hesitant to to bring their kids to a Disney movie with literally gay characters>"wtf why aren't married couples coming to the theater with their kids and buying 4+ tickets anymore?"The audience doesn't exist anymore, and they killed it.
>>215835877My local theater closed before covid in the middle of fucking semi urban NJ. The writing was on the wall a long time ago.
>>215835877Cinema isn't dead (yet).But the warning signs are harder and harder to ignore. I think the only solution is to give JJ Abrams $200m to make whatever he wants. Maybe Rian Johnson too. And I suppose Mel Gibson just so that the right don't feel left out. And let's spend a billion dollars on new capeshit films. This will certainly rejuvenise the industry!
>>215836804I think the industry needs a dejuvenisaton
>>215836734Literally has nothing to do with it chud. When you can now watch shit at home in little over a month after release instead is paying $16-20 per ticket not including over priced concessions, it’s going to kill attendance. When I was a kid it would take over a year or more for shit to be on home release
>>215835877Modern movies are simply bad. There's no other way to put it. The acting, writing, directing, and even costume design are bad. Whether this is a result of general societal decline or Hollywood deliberately keeping talented people out is up for discussion. What isn't up for discussion is Hollywood literally cannot make movies like Lawrence of Arabia or The Godfather anymore because the will and the talent are not there anymore.
>>215835877But dude marvel
>>215835877Worst so far...
So what happened in October 1998?
shit thread
>>215837387The thing is there were so many shit movies that came out back then that we've forgotten about. We can't know what movies coming out right now will be considered classics in like 30 years.
>>215835877Stop putting out shit movies. Stop charging us an arm and a leg at theaters. Its that easy. Its not our fault Hollywood can't get its shit together
>>215835877Was it really that hard to make a fucking Tron sequel instead of a parallel tangent that was set mostly in the real world instead of the grid?
>>215838018i’d like to know this as well. i love tron and legacy, but with ares, as soon as i saw jared leto was the lead and it was set in the real world, my interest dropped to pretty much zero.
>>215838071Leto wouldn't have been the problem if it was an actual sequel instead of some new bullshit.
>>215838018This. Why make a sequel to a series about being inside computers if the majority of the time is spent outside the computers. Pure idiocy
>Movie starts at 8>Sit through 20 mins of movies I'll never see >Theaters opening reel >Movie starts 40 mins later >Food and beverage cost $40 No thanks I'd rather just watch it from the comfort of my home
>>215836832>I think the industry needs a dejudenisatonFTFY
>>215835877I went to the kinoplex for the first time in 6 years a week ago and it was to watch animeburgers fell off the time of the weeb has come
>>215835877>excluding the pandemicSo what's the issue? They walked the lockdown off, they'll walk this off.
>>215838143Shit happened to me recently as well>go to see a film>delayed, walk inside theater with only 5 minutes before the film starts>guy selling the tickets tells me to relax, there are at least 15 minutes of ADS and trailers before the film was even going to start, they don't even turn down the lights during all that>"You've got 20 minutes bro, take your time, take a piss, get a refreshment"
>>215835877maybe you haven't noticed but there are thousands of innocent people dying in gaza and ukraine right now and the current senile president fully supports that, no wonder people no longer want to go to theaters
>Are you happy now?No, I'm not. I wish they weren't killing themselves.
>>215837387>All modern films are crap!>(by the way I only watch capeshit and generic slop)
>>215835877>its worst October in 27 yearsIts actually the worst of all time when you consider inflation.
Capeshit did this, not my fault.
>>215838018>Was it really that hard to make a fucking Tron sequel instead of a parallel tangent that was set mostly in the real world instead of the grid?I asked ChatGPT to make a sequel to legacy and it literally just did CLU again with a different name. It even came up with a new tranny character who's made up from a mix of Tron/Rinzler's code and Flynn's memories who essentially writes Quorra out of the plot.I'm not defending Troon Arse or saying that a paid team of writers should be let off the hook, but if even the supercomputers that make up LLMs had all the originality of the Star Wars sequels for this sample, it's probably not as easy as it sounds.
>>215838573>I asked ChatGPTopinion disregarded
>>215835877>No one is coming to see our low effort movies that often shit all over an IP and their fanbase to chase the almighty dollar of a demographic that will never materialize.shocking
>>215835877You now realise that capeshit overinflated the numbers for a solid decade.
>videogames are flopping everywhere>movies and tv are flopping everywhere>comics are on life supportWe won.
>>215838761To be fair, I won't know if it's any better or worse than modern media writers unless I try it for myself.
>>215839153you could always try writing something yourself instead of hoping a shitty compilation algorithm will do anything other than regurgitate the same slop you've already panned.
>>215835877its times like these I wish i wasnt so lazy and content. fixing cinema is so easy i dont understand why its still a problem. first, cinemas should only have 2 or 3 full size theaters for the big budget film opening weekends. the rest of the space should be chopped up into 10-25 seat mini theaters. these are booked as private rooms and come with drink and food service. now going to the movies is a spare no expense group outing.
yesthey hate my demographic and don't want me to enjoy anythingI'd probably get arrested if I even gooned in the theater
>>215836734It now costs over $100 for a movie night for a family of four. Watching a movie at home cost $0. Theaters are dying for the same reason Blockbuster died and basic cable is in its death throes They can't compete with streaming.
>>215839617Renting a movie at Blockbuster cost a fraction of going to the theatre in the past too, that's not why people aren't going. The theatre itself, the huge screen, the loud speakers, all of those are part of the experience. People aren't going because it's gotten absurdly expensive and there hasn't been anything worth seeing in a long time.
>>215839617>>215839692tickets dont cost all that much more than they used to adjusted for inflation. its the opportunity cost thats up because you can watch so much at home for freeish. and there is more new content than ever on top of all the older better content thats available at lower price. for theaters to survive they need to offer an experience worth the price and they need to offer more variety of experience. some people will come for $5 matinees with free drink and popcorn. some people want to pay $50 for an "exclusive" midnight screening at half capacity. some people want beer and burgers. some people want thier kids to run around like wild animals
>>215839980>215839980I'd go to the theatre if they started showing older movies. Start putting The Mummy or something in theatres and see if people show.
I try to see a movie every week or two but didnt go at all during october. there was really nothing to see.
>>215840077i see theaters try it sometimes but i think it works unless the distributors stop being greedy shitheads and charge a lot less for old titles.
>>215839617>>215839980imo the problem is ticket prices. During peak hours a ticket is about $20 after tax here. That's $40 if I want to bring a date (never do but still). The problem with that is that it's no longer just a "spend some change and get an experience" deal, it's now something that actually adds up to a meaningful amount of money, especially in this economy where milk is $4 and dinner at applebees is $65going to blockbuster used to be like $1/dvd or two for $1.50 or some shit.. you didnt have to think about it, they made money on negroes through late fees and through sheer bulk of the fact that everyone went there because it was mindlessly affordable for the masses>muhhhh speakers muhhhh big screenyou can get an 85" at walmart for like $350 now lmao, and a couple of used apple homepods sounds better in a small room than the always-fucked speakers of every single theater i've ever been to across the country
>>215840474oh yeah plus $15 for popcorn, $5-10 for a drink, or $15 if it's an alcoholic beverage
Motherfucker I don't care.
>>21583587727 years ago the US box office had its worst October, did cinema die in 1998?
>>215839617>It now costs over $100 for a movie night for a family of fourThis is simply no true>well uh actually I need to buy like $50 of popcorn of course
>Sir audiences aren't flocking to see dogshit 2 the sequel to dogshit >Or catpiss reboot>What about horseshit 4? I know horseshit 3 was horseshit but they didn't want to see a fourth installment?
>>215835877>Are you happy now?No, everyone in Hollywood who pushed their slopaganda is still living.
>>215840705>did cinema die in 1998?...yes?
>>215840722>dude just resort to the tactics of minorities on foodstamps like me and smuggle snacks in in your manpurse>and uh yeah if you want to enjoy yourself with a cheap popcorn (the entire point of popcorn btw, it's fucking CORN and HEAT and BUTTER, that's IT) you are wrong and beneath me200 IQ take
>Are you happy now?yes
>>215840804I go to a movie to watch a movie, not loudly crunch on snacks
>>215835877I just thought of a WIN - WIN - WIN scenario for movie companies, streaming platforms and viewers. All movies go straight to streaming platform, streaming platforms receive more than enough money that allows for them to bring the prices down on their subscriptions, more people subscibe or resubscribe to the platforms. EVERYONE WINS!
Big Hero 6. I saw it on a whim because I wanted to see a goofy silly lighthearted fun movie with a girlfriend at the time. One of the female grrlboss characters said something like "woman up, bro" to the main character. That was the moment I truly realized and accepted that the Jews were going to fully destroy one more of my hobbies.Of course I'm happy with this development.Captcha: TNDxwh
>>215840825ok, and that doesn't change the fact that "going to the movies" is essentially paying for an experience, and part of that experience has traditionally included affordable snacks to enjoy during the film.
Who needs a theater I just put these bad boys on
>>215839980>tickets dont cost all that much more than they used to adjusted for inflationTicket prices have gone up by more than double in the past 10 years. Inflation has not risen by 100% in the last 10 years. This is a ridiculous claim.
>>215839081When are you going to update this, chuddie?It has a lot of old shit already
>>215840902I've been considering these, the Xreal One Pros, but the only unsponsored review I can find says the actual visible display looks more like a 27" monitor viewed from 2 feet. These huge VR headsets don't look comfy... are there any that are great for home viewing and are comfy and won't break my neck?
>>215835877>in 27 years, excluding the pandemicwhy was this necessary to include?
>>215838329More Cowboys vs Indians movies, please.https://youtu.be/WIUAC03YMlA
Maybe they should make some decent movies then
>>215840955This. Even if you get the movie on VOD at $29, that’s cheaper then two tickets let alone the over priced concessions
>>215840804>>dude just resort to the tactics of minorities on foodstamps like me and smuggle snacks in in your manpurseunless you desperately crave movie theatre food specifically, it's easy as shit to bring in outside food you seething faggot. Especially in the fall/winter when it's jacket/coat weather. You sound like a pathetic faggot that doesn't get high before the movie then walk in with 3 McDoubles and a large fry in his trench coat. Seethe more you jealous bitch.
>>215840894>traditionally included affordable snacksmovie snacks have never been affordable, they've been expensive since the 50s
>>215841216How theaters make money. Not off ticket sales. When things are working right, ticket sales covers the over head of running the theater and concessions is the profit
>>215835877>Are you happy now?Only if everyone in Hollywood was also dead.
>>215835877yes
>>215835877it's too expensive now for what it's worth. I could get a meal in a restaurant for a ticket with popcorn and drink. No way.
>>215841293>I could get a meal in a restaurant for a ticket with popcorn and drink.This has always been true
>>215835877Theaters would be full if ticket prices were $5, but there would be too many scholars and astronauts in the audience.
>>215837996>We can't know what movies coming out right now will be considered classics in like 30 years.no movies that comes out today will be considered classics in 30 years because they are all shit. movies really are worse than they used to be.
>>215835877It's not enough yet. I need them to die COMPLETELY. I need BlackRock's money tap to them to be totally shut off. I need multiple studios to go bankrupt, including the big ones. Fuck, I need a massive fire to engulf and consume Los Angeles County.I won't be satisfied until it's all DEADER than dead, once and for all. Then we can start over and build something better from the ashes.
>>215835892This gif doesn't feel the same if it's not calling me a faggot
>>2158409551lb ground beef has more than doubled in 10 years
>>215838761Ironically this is probably a bot post.
>>215839692wrong, as a poor kid blockbuster was the same price as a movie ticket in the mid/late 00s. This was my specific hobby id go to the movies every week, sometimes multiple times for $5 a ticket. Blockbuster had a thing too where if you give them a ticket stub you'd get a free rental so I'd make all my friends go with me and I'd ask for their stubs lol. movie tickets should be cheap, it was literally THE cheap thing to do, especially if faggot ass production companies want you to see multiple fucking movies, this is a no brainer. we now live in a world where>oh xxxx is coming out in Decemember? Gonna save that one for a family trip.
I don't have kids but my relatives say its impossible to get more than 3 kids to a theater without breaking the bank for a one time outing so they'd rather just throw on whatever new movie is on D+ or a streaming app and let them have sleepovers rather than drive all them to a theater only to pay over $80 and have a 1 hour movie with 3 hours of travel and prep. Easier to just have it all at the house
>>215841302>>I could get a meal in a restaurant for a ticket with popcorn and drink.>This has always been trueyeah but now they are both a higher proportion of your income, therefore you must choose between one or the other instead of doing both casually
>>215842300>3 hours of travel and prep....huh?
>>215840825it's not a true movie experience without popcorn.
>>215841302I remember when cinema was very cheap compared to a restaurant. You must be young.
Lod niggers and browns make going to the movie theater a real gamble. And most of the movies suck anyways.
>>215836848>Literally has nothing to do with it chudPeople aren't even watching their slop on streaming. Studios have finally solved the issue of piracy by making movies so shitty, nobody even wants to steal them.
>>215840755>The end credits scene from Dogshit 2 where Dogshit, catpiss, and horseshit all team upI can't wait for Cumguzzlers: Reckoning, it's finally happening! If you look closely in that scene, you can see Doctor Fagatini's cape hung up in the corner. It's basically confirmed that Doctor Fagatini is going to join them in the new Cumguzzlers. If they're having Doctor Fagatini make an appearance, the main villain is definitely going to be The Black Anus. I mean COME ON, you can't have a Doctor Fagatini movie without The Black Anus! This is going to be the biggest cinematic event of our generation and I can't wait to consoom it.
>>215835877What happened 27 years ago?
>>215842682not an issue at more lowkey independent theatres. worst you can get there are some trannie libart students but at least they stay quiet
i can either go to the expensive theater or the black people theater, there is no in between now
