A Growing indifference to Cinema Going

[BAYLOR]

In this era of so many entertainment choices venues , it amazes me that cinema has managed to endure.

 

[BAYLOR]

Yep, this movie season has been underwhelming.

 

[BAYLOR]

Movie going seems to be on the decline.

 

[Dave]

There is quite clearly a growing indifference to the perceived growing indifference to cinema going in this thread.

Also, have you checked how many people are going to see The Last Jedi?

 

[Vince W]

As long as the masses love explody, loudy, SFXy films cinema will be safe. I'm not saying it will be great, but flashy gimmicks don't require a plot.

 

[Lumens]

Everything goes in circles. We still have radio, don't we? As long as there's a place for it, there will be people who go there.

I wonder how virtual reality will affect cinema though, once it becomes, er... a reality. After all, there is a certain sociable aspect to being in the cinema, which is lost in VR.

 

[night_wrtr]

If it wasn't for Star Wars, I wouldn't go to the movies at all. I think the last non-Star Wars movie I went to see was Avatar.

 

[Judderman]

It seems the cinema viewing peak was in the 1940s but the lowest point was in the 1980s. UK cinema admissions and box office | Annual admissions | UK Cinema Association

So if you liked to go to the cinema more in the 80s it is probably as you were a kid then. Though I’ve gone more as I grow older.

 

[BAYLOR]

There is quite clearly a growing indifference to the perceived growing indifference to cinema going in this thread.

Also, have you checked how many people are going to see The Last Jedi?

Disney got back all the money they paid for for Star Wars with the added Box office success of The Last Jedi.

 

[Cathbad]

Disney got back all the money they paid for for Star Wars with the added Box office success of The Last Jedi.

Which kind'a belies the premise of this thread, eh?

 

[BAYLOR]

Which kind'a belies the premise of this thread, eh?

If you take ways the Star Wars and superhero films . What have you got left thats worth watching? Oh wait, sorry you still have Transformer movies.

 

[Cathbad]

Avatar flicks, Star Trek, and many more are doing exceptionally well at the box office.

 

[BAYLOR]

Avatar flicks, Star Trek, and many more are doing exceptionally well at the box office.

I don't think we are going to be getting a new trek Film anytime soon and I have my doubts that the Tarratino Trek will ever happen

As for Avatar , several reasons why it might not fly. First off Cameron waited too long to put a sequel into production and quite frankly, the story was not so hot .

 

[Cathbad]

I don't think we are going to be getting a new trek Film anytime soon and I have my doubts that the Tarratino Trek will ever happen

You know... I recall the same thing being said after TOS ended, and after the first movie (supposedly) bombed. Oh... and after the 4th, 5th and 6th movies, too.

My bet? 2021. And hopefully not Tarrantino.

 

[Cathbad]

As for Avatar , several reasons why it might not fly. First off Cameron waited too long to put a sequel into production and quite frankly, the story was not so hot .

Yeah... what a crappy movie!! Who'd want to do a sequel that was hated so bad it has made only $2.79 Billion??

 

[BAYLOR]

Yeah... what a crappy movie!! Who'd want to do a sequel that was hated so bad it has made only $2.79 Billion??

The only thing that film had going for it was the 3D Gimmick, You take that away and haven't got much left .

 

[BAYLOR]

You know... I recall the same thing being said after TOS ended, and after the first movie (supposedly) bombed. Oh... and after the 4th, 5th and 6th movies, too.

My bet? 2021. And hopefully not Tarrantino.

If they do a trek film , In the Kelvin Timeline , Ill see it.

 

[Cathbad]

The only thing that film had going for it was the 3D Gimmick, You take that away and haven't got much left .

Yeah - only THREE BILLION DOLLARS!

But I wasn't talking about personal taste, rather the fact that the movie box-office industry ain't dead, yet.

 

[Judderman]

Yeah - only THREE BILLION DOLLARS!

But I wasn't talking about personal taste, rather the fact that the movie box-office industry ain't dead, yet.

Exactly. And as I pointed out with the link above, cinema was at its lowest ebb in attendance in '84, when Ghostbusters came out.
Go and watch Shape of Water. Baylor -saying Superhero and Star Wars movies are the only things worth watching is laughable. Basically you are saying is big budget, CGI action is the only stuff worth watching. And even if that was the case there will always be some of that.

The indifference some feel is comparable to when someone doesn't go to pubs much anymore. Their tastes in activities change. But the overall numbers don't show growing indifference. And that's despite high prices when refreshments are included.

 

[Cathbad]

I do think cinemas will die out, and probably sooner than we'd like - but just not this year... or next.