A Growing indifference to Cinema Going

Parson said:
I think the cinema will survive. But in a trimmed down state. I don't usually go to a show on "opening night" and often you social distance in the local theater without trying to. I've been there many a time when the total crowd was less than 2 dozen. As low as 5 I think, counting my son and I.

What I suspect will eventually happen is that instead of metroplexes the predominate theater will be old style. One HUGE screen absolutely top notch sound and amenities, and a price tag that will keep most of us from going more than once a year, but will appeal to the rich and famous and will therefore be a destination event.
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Judderman said:
It will be a struggle for cinemas but social distancing won't go on forever. It some places it may go on till a vaccine, in others perhaps it will be stopped in a few months.
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I think Cinema is going end up rethinking their whole e biuenss model as a result of Covid 19.
 
When my relatives and friends get together we sometimes go to a movie theater. We've not gotten together since COVID struck, so any future movie going remains an open question.
 
There aren't many movies that are released that I see trailers for an think "I want to watch that whilst the people in front of me bicker, talk about their terrible day at work, translate (badly) into German because only one of them has a good enough grasp of English, or point out plot holes which inevitably mean "I wouldn't do that" - honestly, I have sat behind someone who complained a parent being worried about their children was "completely unrealistic" and "a plot hole".

And when a film comes out I want to see...the Odeon, Vue, and Picture house in my city don't shown them. They didn't even show Joker...

Still, I will brave the zombie apocalypse during a nuclear war when a form of Ebola is spread by eyesight, when Quiet Place 2 comes out, Emily Blunt with a shotgun hunting alien scum...what's not to love?
 
Temperance said:
There aren't many movies that are released that I see trailers for an think "I want to watch that whilst the people in front of me bicker, talk about their terrible day at work, translate (badly) into German because only one of them has a good enough grasp of English, or point out plot holes which inevitably mean "I wouldn't do that" - honestly, I have sat behind someone who complained a parent being worried about their children was "completely unrealistic" and "a plot hole".

And when a film comes out I want to see...the Odeon, Vue, and Picture house in my city don't shown them. They didn't even show Joker...

Still, I will brave the zombie apocalypse during a nuclear war when a form of Ebola is spread by eyesight, when Quiet Place 2 comes out, Emily Blunt with a shotgun hunting alien scum...what's not to love?
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A Quite Place is becoming a film franchise.
 
At this point I'm quite happy to let the cinema experience die a quiet death. I hadn't gone in more than two years before the lockdown and the experience was wearing very thin with the chavs continually talking, texting and phoning. And it wasn't just the chavs. :rolleyes:
 
I'm sad to read of so many negative cinema experiences. I love visiting the cinema! Apart from the occasional bad film, the only negative experiences I remember were down to the cinemas themselves. Once, starting the film too early (Bridge of Spies). Another time, not being able to show the film at all (Baby Driver, weeks before its release). And finally, poor contrast for the recent Terminator film. I still have two free tickets to use as a result of that.
 
As cinemas begin reopening in the UK (Summerland is the first new release), Disney is releasing the delayed remake of Mulan onto its streaming platform in the US at a cost of $29.99 (£23)! They say the streaming release will be a one-off.

The most I've paid for a cinema ticket is £17, though usually £5-£7.
 
Yes we can't really complain at cinema ticket prices if new streams are more expensive.
That is like the cost of a month of streaming a premium sports package.
 
Narkalui said:
I've got a DVD player that cost me £19.99 and then you just need patience and CEX
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And charity shops...
The $29.99 looks like Disney have worked out their take of a family [2 adults, 3-4 kids] going to see Mulan and then decided the price. Now if they dropped it into Disney+ for no extra cost, I could see [even more] people subscribing...
 
Strangely, China reports that its cinemas are doing great and that local filmmakers have benefited from the virus impact.

I bet that if western film was controlled by small businesses, they would not be wringing their hands about how cinema needs to shut down.

It's the corporations-they burn bridges behind themselves-they don't care about culture at all. They want everything to be streaming-they don't care about the novelty of getting out and being in a big auditorium. The apathy shows in the films they make too.
 
Having seen the previews to upcoming films, ive decided I don't really miss going to the movies very much. :)
 
After a year in lockdown, i can see the Cinema becoming something of an event. For a while, at least. It'd be nice.
 
A question was asked elsewhere if people will come to regard most older movies the way silent movies are regarded now--hardly anyone watches them. Maybe, but I think modern movies-the lack of intensity and passion in their design-whether it's dialogue (how many movies are quotable these days?) or performance style or music etc--there's a lack of intensity compared to just 20 years ago, it will probably drive people to older films. FOX films in revival cinemas were so successful that Disney stopped supplying them.
 
This thread still continues? This was refuted much earlier in the thread.
Rodders said:
After a year in lockdown, i can see the Cinema becoming something of an event. For a while, at least. It'd be nice.
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Yes, this. From some of the other comments made here, the members must live in a parallel universe. Anyone who spoken to me about the cinema, off-line, in the actual real world, is dying to get back to the cinema. As for the poor quality of releases recently, that's obviously two-fold; firstly, they have been unable to film some scenes because of Covid-19 restrictions which has delayed or altered films, and secondly, they have been holding back the best films until restrictions are lifted. There has been some good stuff streaming, and you do have Netflix, Amazon, Channel 4 and the BBC making, or part funding films, so that they have the rights to show them out of the cinemas, but the other films that have recently gone straight to streaming, and would have normally had a cinema outing, were those that wouldn't have made a great profit anyway. Once cinemas are open again there will be better quality.

And I don't know where the idea comes from that every new film is a CGI shoot-them-up, explosion-fest, bland, dull, and poorly dialogued. The cinemas are businesses that need to make money. There are problems with variety because they will only show what most people will go to see. I can understand that small towns won't get the less popular films. You really need to support your independent cinemas because they are the cinemas who have suffered the most, but who will show the films you are asking for.

Behaviour in cinemas is a problem. I agree. I started a whole thread on it. It has got worse, and the eating and drinking should be banned, but is so profitable that it never will. Yes, it puts me off going at the peak times. However, watching anything with an audience has an atmosphere that can't be captured on a TV set.

The cost of everything is going to go up post-Covid19. That is just a fact. As a night out, as an "event" cinema is still cheap. Compared to broadcast TV and streaming services, it is extremely expensive. I remember films that I saw in the cinema. I often forget those that I watched on TV.
 
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