[Badyalectlawl]

... And it's not because of piracy.

I'll tell you why movie revenue is dropping... :: rogerebert.com :: News & comment

[aliceingoogs]

He's hit the nail firmly on the head several times as regards why I don't go to the theatre anywhere near as much as I used to. Ten years ago I was going like twice a week sometimes, now, I haven't been in over a year...

[Heliosprime]

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[foI3fKWv]

I think movies have pretty much gone the way of the TV in my home, namely dark.

When I look at the coming attractions in movies these days, on the rare occasions when I go, I most frequently think to myself: "They could have saved a lot of money by not making that one. And that one, and the next one too. And the next one and the next one. If only they had asked me beforehand, I could have told them." I grew up from childhood on a movie-a-week with my parents, every weekend without fail. Now, no more.

It would be far cheaper making just the trailers.

[Heliosprime]

Interesting figures: World-wide box office 2011:

1. Harry Potter VIII
2. Transformers III
3. Pirates Of The Caribbean IV
4. Kung Fu Panda II
5. Twilight IV
6. The Fast And The Furious V
7. The Hangover II
8. The Smurfs
9. Cars II
10. Rio

So out of the top 10, a grand total of 8 are sequels, one is a remake of an already popular franchise, and the last one is essentially an Ice Age retread.

That's not to say there aren't good film makers out there. That's not to say there weren't a hell of a lot of really good movies in 2011. That's not to say there are no new ideas. Just that the business has come to depend on recycling ideas to pay the bills. And the question is, how long people will be willing to pay for that before the whole thing comes tumbling down.

Not to worry, though; 2012 will see Men In Black III, Die Hard V, American Pie IV, James Bond XXIII, Ice Age IV, and Bilbo.

[foI3fKWv]

And it does reinforce my point rather nicely, too. Not a single one am I interested in seing.

[Heliosprime]

And by contrast:

The Most Overlooked Movies of 2011:

Some excellent movies on that list.

[foI3fKWv]

Overlooked, indeed. But maybe one will surface. Perhaps in a bin.

[Badyalectlawl]

The fact that they keep churning out these sequels is actually quite disturbing to me. Also the fact that the industry tries to keep things safe in order to make money - I think they have an adverse effect on the movie-going population.

I'm reminded of Idiocracy.

In the years to come, the quality of the movies in the box-office will continue to depress some of us here, and continue to go downhill.

Whatever will I do without the Internet to source for alternatives?

(although I have to say I wasn't completely disappointed with HP8)

[foI3fKWv]

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[DoterForeva]

A noisy audience is what I fear nowadays. I was looking forward to Machine Gun Preacher and had to drive around two hours to reach a theater that was playing it, but twenty minutes into it some people came into the theater and spent most of the film chatting away in the back. I actually asked for silence but to no avail. How rude! And all the screaming women when I went to see Beastly? *shudders*

My boyfriend and I haven't went to as many movies this year as we did last year.

I absolutely must go see The Hobbit in 2012 though!!!

3-D hurts my eyes so I'm not much of a fan. And I am getting to the point where I'm going to start bringing my own food in again.

[penpizdes]

I don't mind noisy audiences if the people are doing or saying stupid things, but that's because others' foolishness amuses me. The chatter becomes a problem when filmgoers start describing what's happening on screen or revealing plot spoilers.

Regarding 3-D, I never saw a movie in that format. Between the pricier tickets and comments from others who claimed they've gotten a headache from the 3-D (I can get headaches easily), I think I'll pass.

[Badyalectlawl]

Now I've not been to a cinema in many many months now, but I have to say that the problems you're describing seems horrible! We still have relatively well-behaved crowd in that there aren't too many people who talk incessantly, or reveal plotlines, etc. I mean if I were to have this experience 90% of the time I'm in a cinema, I would stop going.

I too haven't yet seen a 3D movie, but that's not because I don't wanna!

[sherrferris]

We were talking about this in work yesterday and came up with our list of why we don't go to the cinema anymore.

1. Money - Family of 4? £50 without blinking.
2. 90% of the films end up being disappointing.
3. (Some) TV shows are much better these days at selling the story, holding your attention, and packing an emotional punch.

[G778G9P0]

I think the problem may have been worsened over the last three years because of the credit crunch, at least in terms of increasing the amount of films made. So it'll probably have an an echo at the theaters for a few years more.

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[Heliosprime]

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