that's rich

[cinemagirl]

Call me cynical if you want, but I honestly don't see how this whole $35 for a movie ticket thing is gonna fly. I understand the concept: Seats fit for a god, fancy food and cocktails (not included in the ticket price), and special parking privileges. I know it's successful in Australia. And I'm aware that there may be some infinitillionaires out

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[cinemagirl]

For me, it'd have to be classics + some sort of special guest. I can also see paying the money for a double bill of classics to benefit some related charity, or even just to benefit, say, the cinematheque.

But I agree with the new releases. Most the damn time, I have a hard time justifying parting with a free pass to see a flick.

[cheesegimp]

Yeah, I don't get it either. On the other hand, I can't understand people who are still willing to pay $200+ to see The Rolling Stones' animated corpses mince through "Jumpin' Jack Flash" for the billionth time. I guess I'm just weird that way.

[cinemagirl]

I don't get that, either. I can understand the whole reliving one's youth thing, but how can you relive your youth when the horrors of old age are staring you in the face, asking you how come brown sugar tastes so good?

I mean, if you want to see animatronic Keith Richards, isn't he in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World yet?

[surrey_sucks]

The link is not linking to the story...

I guess if you can afford a car, you can afford $35 for a movie...

[cinemagirl]

Now it does. That's what I get for posting sporadically: declining HTML skillz.

And I'm not sure if affording a car equals affording $35 for a movie. Especially with gas prices going up...

[surrey_sucks]

For $35, people better not be kicking my seat or talking on their cell phones!

[cinemagirl]

For $35, anybody caught kicking my seat or talking on their cell phone should be detained until after the movie, when I can come out into the lobby and bear witness to their ass being soundly kicked!

[backwards7]

Going to the cinema in my hometown costs £7.20 for a standard seat. It’s really expensive. Before 2pm the same seat costs £5.50, which would be better value if they showed more than a couple of films at that time of day.

It’s a skeleton operation. Minimal staff. Very little variety in the kind of films they show. The last time I went, the toner in the ticket printing machine was running out. A large queue built up as one member of staff sold seats, while the other went over the details on the tickets in biro.

There are some films that I am glad I saw at the cinema; No Country For Old Men for example. I doubt that those widescreen shots of the prairie and the way the wind buffets the speakers will come across as well on the small screen

[cinemagirl]

For me, chances are that if I don't see a movie in the theatre, I'll probably never see it. It's just that I hate watching movies on tv, all squished and edited and interrupted with ads. I also have a hard time getting myself to stay seated through a movie at home--I get distracted by the 1,001 things I could be doing instead. And when I do have time to watch a movie at home, chances are good that the one tv that's hooked up to the dvd player is being used.

That, and I loves me some movie theatre popcorn. Expensive, yes--but when you consider that I rarely pay to see movies, it's a justifiable expense.