Is it any wonder cinema is dying.

From early 50s, 42 seems like a youngster....You kids stop posting and go clean your rooms

The last theater I went to was at my local Institute of Arts where they play really good non-commercial movies. $5, and that's the only expense. I don't even think eating or drinking is allowed.

I heard a funny line yesterday... "The screens are getting larger and larger, but the crowds are getting smaller and smaller." - Mort Sahl

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It's not that we're young, you guys are just old.

HoneyKid needs to change his name to HoneyPops.

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I still love going to the theaters, high prices aside. It is usually the other movie goers that dissuade me from going, loud eating and talking.

When a movie comes that i want to see, i try to strategize what time during the day/week is the best for miminal amount of people to also be watching. Most of the time its mid-week first showings.

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When I take the kids to the movies, we always stop at the drugstore for our candy, but of course end up buying slushies and popcorn....

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It's nice to see a movie on a big screen. I don't care about the snacks (when I was young I'd sneak them in), but other people talking, hearing phones ring, flashes of text messages.. It also sucks when you have to take a leak. We have a decent sized theater here that's been closed down for a while. There's a number to rent it out, I've called it numerous times with no answer. I'd love to start online funding, I'd work for minimum wage and put some great films. My cousin works at a Drive-In, and all they need is the movie file, so this summer I will try to get something better than "Elysium"

If its an action movie in 48FPS I will go see it in theatre.
Anything else I can experience at home on the big screen..

I mean, this is it right here, isn't it? There are easy ways to save on the cost, but some people just really like the luxury of having everything right there, getting to see things right away, seeing things in incredible detail, etc. It's a huge, immersive, immediate experience, and thus it costs significantly more.

I expected a way more sophisticated thread about death of cinema.

"I await the end of Cinema with optimism." - Jean-Luc Godard

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

But it's all about the snacks!

I do have some ideas on that. I'm on a break now and can't but will do so latter.

If you don't mind not going during weekend evenings, it's vastly more affordable. Ticket prices change throughout the day (getting more expensive after each set) and then get more expensive on the weekends. I like going to earlier shows because I can get in for less than $6 a person (although that's no longer an issue for me).

For me, it's all a matter of getting the best deal for your money. If I can go early and not get snacks, it's dirt cheap. If I go during the evening (when it's $10.79 a ticket), then get food and drinks, it's considerable more expensive. I'd rather go more often for less than go less often for more.

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I go to matinee showings and sneak in my food. Many times I've stopped in at Sam's Club and bought their hot dog combo (hot dog and a large drink) for $1.50 or whatever it is, put them in my bag, and walked into the theater with them. I suppose as a woman that's a little easier to do though, since it's not really that suspicious for me to be carrying a purse.

I used to get my theater tickets for free using points that my dad got for donating blood, but he had to stop donating due to the medications he has to take. I supposed I could donate the blood myself, but I hate needles.

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Donate your food. You're supposed to be dieting.

Well, it's not dead but it's in clear decline: from the glory days of the 1950's to today, film has declined both in the US and Japan. I don't know about other places though, in China and India, thanks to massive economic growth, film has probably been on the rise.

"Cinema begins with Griffith and ends with Kiarostami" - JLG

For Godard, cinema is a 20th century art. I think for him, video is the art of the 21st century. He also sees film as a failure, due to its inability to properly deal with the Holocaust, which explains your quote from him, and my quote from him

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To me that is akin to wanting to drive a new Benz, while making payments on a 5 year old Accord.

I understand the food is part of the experience, but substitutes are easy enough to find. I don't eat or drink anymore, because it's just not that important to me.

I would suggest an idea like a change cup. Use cash for all your small purchases, don't use correct change, and never spend the change you get. Put that money in a collection and spend it guilt free.

I understand you can make cut backs but should we really have to?. Cinemas don't need to charge insane prices.

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