I Kinda HATE Going To The Movies Now - RANT!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Going to the movies used to be my favorite thing to do. There was nothing better than seeing an epic film on the big screen with a Coke and popcorn in hand. Now though, that love is gone. Going to the movies is miserable. The people are rude, the staff is lazy, the theaters are messy and the movies themselves are often lackluster. The movie theater industry is in a very tough spot and I don't see things getting any better down the road.
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I confronted a group of teenagers for talking at a movie by standing up and saying “please stop talking” and everyone acted like I was a psychopath, including my wife. Well OK then! 🙄
That's why I go by myself 11-3pm. You get an older, more mature crowd.
You should divorce her
Leave her, man, listen.
You are my hero! When you ditch her (which will save you several decades of misery and that Porsche in your garage ) , I’ll fkng marry you! You stood up for all of us dude 🙏
lol this is my experience every time, but maybe it’s something about the way I say “STFU” instead of “please” 😂
I'm a manager in a small movie theater (3 screens), I do my best to keep a pleasant experience but my staff is really small and underpaid, like you said... so it's not always possible. People are assholes, they think they are inside their own house.
Appreciate you doing what you can. It's just not a good situation!
You're underpaid because you work at a movie theater genius. People like you have no sense at all!
Damn. That just, well, sucks. People don't seem to know how to act while amongst others. 😢
hey buddy...i respect your work, especially in a small theater its hard. i wish you all the best
I miss the small theaters. There used to be quite a few around me. There were three in particular that were a big part of my life for the longest time. One by one they closed and disappeared. Even the multiplexes have been atrophied into the awful places we have now. Kudos for keeping the old magic alive, I hope you succeed for the sake of those who never got the experience
This is why I don't go to theater in the weekend or afternoon anymore. People are rude AF when talking during the film right next to me, like when I was watching The Boy and the Heron and these two girls keep commenting on everything happening in the movie. Now I just go in the morning so I can have the entire theater to myself.
I forgot which movie it was, but I had this one guy talking to himself and giving a whole commentary throughout the whole movie. Even when people told him to be quiet, he would apologize but then start again SMH
I have a feeling the people who say what the movie does out loud are not the brightest individuals.
Don't know where you are, but an individual ticket in NYC costs $17. and a small popcorn is $10. It's ridiculous!
I've been doing that SAME thing for years... it's cheaper, and I get the whole theater to myself.
Everyone likes to complain about teenagers but families are by far the worst, loudest, most obnoxious movie goers.
What about teen parents?
It's not one age group, it's just society and most people are pricks. I go maybe 3-5 times a year now, but I use to go like 4 or 5 times a month. I quit going on weekends or evening shows.
@@CEWIII9873 Families with teen parents is not a demographic I notice that often in a theater. But they’d probably be less annoying than a traditional family.
@@Mickey-1994 Probably depends on where you live, but I don’t find that that’s the case. The vast majority of people I interact with are very pleasant.
there's also the cross-legged barefoot foot shaker, the deodorant non-wearer, the non-toothbrusher, the white shoe wearing windshield wiper, the chair kicker, the 6'5" anti-recliner, the squeaky chaired excessive recliner, the handful of popcorn cruncher, and the "i'm so funny" one-liner blurter, sooooo many more...
Everywhere I go people suck. But yea it’s worse at the theater. People are nasty, disgusting, rude, loud, inconsiderate a-holes. And big surprise their kids are just as bad if not worse.
Absolutely this.
Not to mention seeing 100 commercials for stupid shit and the commercials arent even exclusive or good
Movie theaters are an excellent litmus test to see just how good or bad people can be. For the most part, I leave having a positive experience (I have AMC Stubs AList, and see 5-6 movies/month), but there have been plenty of times where I've had to address rude people, which usually works. I'm sure being a Marine with that '1,000 yard stare' helps immensely.
This is true and sad. I have run movie theaters since the 90s. I see this every shift, every day. People pay no attention to anyone around them and treat the theatre like a theme park. Recently we ran Alien 45th anniversary, Star Wars Episode 1:The Phantom Menace 25th anniversary, The Mummy 25th anniversary...all did very well. What does that say about the state of cinema today? We try very hard at our location to create great memories for our guests. Keep up the great work Adam! Love the channel!
Keep fighting the good fight!
Doing Aliens AND especially Alien3, going against the grain, would be so fantastic. I hope you will see better times! (Better people really!!)
Amen Adam! I went to the re-release of "Spider-Man 3" a few weeks ago and there was this guy seated in the front who recorded the first half of the film on his phone until I yelled at him to put the damn thing away. As much as I blame the theater for not doing anything about it, the fact that it was a packed audience and no one else said anything sooner is even more ridiculous. People need to speak up more on stuff like this.
It's 2024 and he's recording a movie that's 16 years old like it's about to be a top dollar bootleg 😂 wiiiiild
Yep. I have been to so many screenings where people have their phone out, at full brightness and people directly behind them don't say a word. I'm like 8 rows back and it's bothering the crap out of me. How can they not say something?!
💯 agree with you, mate! But man, you lucky bastards the fact you guys got a re-release of Sam Raimis Spiderman Trilogy in the US 😭 I'm in the UK and we never got a re-release for some reason. I'm sooo jealous 😂😂😅
Instead of yelling at him, you could've offered him $2 to go to Goodwill to buy the Blu-ray. He would've thought you're from The Future. 😅
@@AdamDoesMoviesThrow Maltesers at the back of their heads!!
People are literally watching a movie in the theaters and taking pictures of the screen to post on their social media every 5 minutes, what has happened to the world!?
It’s pathetic
To be fair I did that in high school but it was usually like one photo usually the marvel logo or Columbia or Lucasfilm or the title of the movie or the opening scene and watched the movie. I wouldn't take pics while the plot is going on and never used a flash or anything.
CreepyBoris, you answered your own question: social media.
@@kingcynic it was a rhetorical question
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Yep!!! I’m old enough to remember the only concerns when seeing a movie were - getting a good seat, not having a tall person sit in front of you and not having TALKERS near you.
Nowadays, the seating issue (and someone’s head in front of you blocking the screen) has been taken care of - and honestly, talkers are no longer a problem. It’s 101% cell phones.
That bright ass glow and the fact that they hold it up like a foot from their face so we can all see what they’re looking at during the movie.
You’d think that they could at least dial down the brightness and hold it down by their lap if they MUST look at it.
Another issue- dim dying bulbs in the projector. So many times I’ve seen a movie and can barely see what’s happening - and it’s completely because the bulbs haven’t been replaced!!
Lastly- the other theatre-going issue I despise is when the projector forgets to turn the theatre lights off when the movie starts!
The Regal nearest me just got a huge renovation. Now, there's literally no box office and the place feels like a cemetery with almost no staff. You either have to buy tickets online or via the kiosks just inside the entrance. It's actually a little spooky and has become a very impersonal and sterile place.
It's kinda bittersweet that in my place, nobody goes to the theaters anymore so I've beenwatching movies with just 3-5 people seated. But it also helps that I go on weekdays.
Always here for the group therapy sessions of disgruntled theater goers. Fun video Adam, always enjoy when you do these hilarious rants
I hate when people bring their babies to the movie theater. Nothing makes my blood boil more at a movie theater than that. Keep your babies and loud annoying, little kids at home with a babysitter, relative, friend, whoever. If you can’t find someone to help, then you can’t go to the movies until you do!
This is why i am very strategic when it comes to going to the cinema !
It's sad how movie theaters are becoming the new "mall." They're mostly relics. Empty husks from a bygone era, treated like an an afterthought or just a time-killer...
Even though people spent a shit ton of money to go to them!
Will they turn them into residences like abandoned malls?
They were always time killers
During COVID lockdown one of my favorite theaters Cinéoplis closed in NYC. I would usually go during weekday matinee because it was half price before 4pm. The seats were comfortable and popcorn was always freshly made. At that time of day, it was never crowded. Sometimes I would only see less than 5 people in there. Now I just stream a movie at home on my big flat screen.
I haven't been to the theaters in months. I used be really into movies. I used to go every weekend. These movies have been so mediocre I don't see the point of dealing with the bs just to be left severely disappointed at the end.
yeah the past year and a half has sucked horribly
I'm with you, putting aside every a@@@@@e owning a cell phone and the overpriced tickets. I just don't care about most movies getting made these days and I watch mostly movies released before 2010. I've only been to the movies 4 times in the last 5 years., two of them were for older movies, Jaws and Die Hard. The only new movies that I cared to see in theaters in recent years was Dune 2 a few months ago and Top Gun 2 in the summer of 2022.
@@ChadAV6920 years
I’m kinda lucky that my local regal is pretty good to me. The staff are very helpful and people are responsible movie watchers. To be fair though, I haven’t been in a full theater since dune 2. Since then, less than half full but still everybody watching the movie and don’t disrupt others.
I spent $50 last time i went to Imax that included snacks and popcorn. It's getting really expensive.
Always has been. Eat BEFORE YOU GO
When I had cancer my husband and I had a routine. We would hit Hollywood store, go watch the midnight movie (Aurora was our theater. We weren't there that night), go home to watch our rental til we had to leave for the hospital at 6am.
Theaters needs to survive but there's conditions that are needed to be taken in such as annoying moviegoers, ticket prices being way too high, keep the little babies at home (unless you can make kids behave well or you can't afford a babysitter), take the iPads and such away from kids, keep the damn cellphones turned off on silence or brightness turned down and the worst case scenario....stop talking during the movie and wait until it's over. Theaters needs to start enforcing extreme rules for all of that so people can go and watch theaters. Also, cut down the trailers and commercials to at least 3 or 5. And the number one thing is for all of the annoying people i mentioned, if they can't behave properly, they can wait at least 3-6 months before it comes out in theaters.
There really should be an Alamo Drafthouse in every metro area.
I go to the Alamo only. I am guaranteed a good time every time. Victory Reward!! Four tickets for $7.80 total. I can't remember what it was like to go to the cinema as a plebian and have to suffer the misery. Sometimes we roll by a Regal on our way to the Alamo so that we can point and chuckle as we head off to Eden.
I've never thought about how people have become accustomed to bad habits at home as they watch their streaming movie, and now bring those bad habits to the cinema.
I just had an Alamo open an hour from me in Naples, FL. I went on opening day. While I appreciate the staffing level, the Alamo is a whole NEW set of disrupting problems. From the waiters hunching over through the aisle to deliver food and drinks next to you every five minutes, to the damn menu lights you can't turn off underneath the tray arm.
I literally sat through all of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare with the menu propped-up on my crossed knee and balanced against the arm, so I didn't see that light in the corner of my eye. Annoying.
@@damonappelmake a suggestion to them to add switches to the seats so the menus only light up when someone is occupying the seats.
This exists before streaming
Highly recommend “idiocracy” truly the only comedy turned to a documentary
Oh I've seen it. 100% on point.
Don't be that guy, people have been saying that since it was released in the mid-2000s, and it got old by 2009.
@@Mickey-1994 you’re living under a rock than or no where near the US 😂💀 sometimes the truth can be painful and what’s happening in the world is a sad reality
@@chrisszostek6700 Bro, stop acting you're so smart and original. It's pretty boring to use that movie to make some silly point.
@@Mickey-1994 yeah you right they forgot all the trans LGBT shit we have nowadays 💀 it was also like 200+ years ahead when all of it is happening they got the numbers wrong it was only like 20 years
This is why i bought a projector and screen for my house so i dont have to deal with that anymore
I stopped going to the theater for 2 reasons. #1: cellphones, #2: shit movies. The cellphones really killed it for me. People don't give AF about how rude it is and it seems it bothers me more than others in the theater. I take my movies a little more seriously than most people in the theater.
My local theater is pretty good. I’ve never had a problem there in 27 years of living. Having said that, it’s not usually packed, so there’s less chance of conflict
Johnny McFatass 😂😂
I wasn't sure what you were talking about until you made those sound effects.
I've been thinking of making a video like this for very similar reasons. I'm fed up with people and hate going to afternoon/evening showings now.
Back in 2019 I used to go to the movies a lot. But now it’s a bit of a mixed bag and with everything so expensive nowadays I have to make sure it’s worth watching which means you could potentially run into spoilers and turns you off from going to the movies. It’s a conundrum.
I go on Sunday at noon,got tired of telling people to shut the fuck up
in 2019 I swore off theaters. In 2021 I saw Spiderman No Way Home and I got an AMC A List membership and it was awesome. But the past few times I've been to the theater its just been going back to the same ole bullshit. I wish movies would just all go to streaming so there would be less people at the theater.
I have actually been in a movie where a 3 year old was watching cocomelon with the volume on during an R rated horror movie. You just can't defend that.
I can’t agree with you more. The loud wrapper noise kills me! But is the blue bag on your neighbors house still?! That’s what i want to know!
It is STILL ON HIS HOUSE!!!!
I'm going to say something a little controversial, considering it's a mainly US channel. I've only had one bad experience at a cinema about 18 months ago, and it was caused by Americans from RAF Mildenhall (I think). They were loud, messing about and had their phones on. The rest of the audience must have reached a collective breaking point because 4 people in different parts of the room shouted for them to shut up at the same time. They got up and left which was odd too.
I’m reading the title and I thought the same thing. Lately it’s been so annoying going to movie theaters. Couple of bad experiences I’ve had recently, and lately many theaters are attracting homeless people, and it’s like they’re making themselves at home in these theaters.
Like the backseat of a Prius?
I'm a movie lover and used to have this problem but I found if you go to a matinee before noon there's usually hardly anybody in there because these assholes people don't get up before noon
Week nights are also Way Better than weekends
I don't leave my house if I don't absolutely have to. It's a trashy, Trumpian world out there and I say "No thanks".
I hate theaters. Too many commercials; the previews show gives the entire movie plot for a future release; my ears hurt afterwards (too loud); and the snacks are more expensive than the tickets - which are already too expensive. I wait and stream movies at home.
Yep, theatrical experience is a nightmare and hey wonder why people don’t go these days. They should invest in staff to patrol any phone jerks and talking etc.
I started going less in 2019, bad enough that everyone owns smartphones which I really wish didn't exist but now every theater serving alcohol is the final nail in the coffin. It has been overpriced for a good number of years and many theaters stopped caring to keep it clean during the pandemic. I've talked with people in other states about this, it doesn't seem like they are being taken care of and just not as clean overall. They're getting really cheap with using the AC, the only movie that I did see in theaters this year was Dune 2 and it was so damn stuffy. The movie theater experience died years before Covid and that is sad but if all the theaters closed down next week. I wouldn't care at this point because it will never be as great as it was before cell phones, overpriced tickets, alcohol being served and so on.
This whole time conversing with you I thought you were one of those pretentious 20 year olds who likes to hate on things that’s popular just to be different but now I know I was talking to a sad lonely old man who is just so behind the times.
@@leonkennedy2400-z3d Is your boyfriend still sticking your Iron Man toy up your @@@, cupcake? 😆😆😆😆😆
@@leonkennedy2400-z3d Do you eat your BFs @@@ in your Iron Man outfit?
@@leonkennedy2400-z3d Are you King Arthur or do you two just blow loads into each other?
@@leonkennedy2400-z3d LOL coming from the fruitcake that follows me around and gets triggered. Son, move out of your parents house and find a job.
TLJ was the last time I went to the theater. Not just SW, the theater overall. So done!
I'm right there with you. I have had great experiences watching movies in a crowded theater, like when everyone reacted to the Avengers Endgame final battle. That was amazing and definitely could only be experienced in the theater. But those experiences are few and far between, and now everyone is just staring at their phones and talking during the movie, and I'd rather be at home.
The home viewing experience continues to close the gap on going to the actual theater. I’ll take watching a movie on an 85” screen in 4K quality over putting up with annoying moviegoers.
I haven't gone to the theater since 2019. I genuinely miss it, but it's not worth the headache.
you just have to find theaters that adults attend. they're out there. avoid the giant movie chains.
Just found your spinoff channel of rants, and have subscribed-- looking forward to hearing what you have to say about other subjects besides the movies.
Awesome, thanks!
Loved the rant, Adam ❤ yes, the budgets, especially last year, were /are ridiculous
I miss the Arclight in Hollywood.
No ads… just 3 trailers.
I like Alamo. No talking/texting or you get kicked out without a refund. No coming in when the movie starts.
AMC and Regal annoy me. Movies start 30 to 40 mins after the time on the ticket.
Alamo is the best! once they installed one in St. Louis, i stopped going anywhere else. it's a fantastic movie going experience.
If I were a theater owner I would train the audience to act accordingly by doing some or all of the following ; 1) No babies ! Movies are entertainment. A baby can be fascinated by a burning building , a dying butterfly or a dead bird .. they are getting zero , nada, nothing out of a bunch a people screaming at each, or making love , or fighting , or flying a plane into a bridge on a big screen ! 2: No phones on in the theater ! Ever! If a phone goes off they must be escorted out ! House rules ! If they refuse ban them ! 3) introduce the damn movie and thank them for coming and making this experience a joint effort in quiet , visual entertainment! Talking is not going to be entertained in this establishment so if you came here to resolve your marriage issues, take it outside in the bar area . 4) Start the damn movie immediately at the time you say your movie STARTS! Not 3 coke ads, 2 theater ads for concessions , not movie trivia for 12 minutes amd 4 seconds , not 8 trailers and a pop up for XD , the actual fkng time you have on the Marquee
Adam you always hit the nail on the head. I haven’t been to the movie theatre since across the spider verse came out. I was really looking forward to it and it was ruined by a group of people talking in front of me, something I use to love became a pain in the ass. I’ve fallen behind on some of your videos recently time to catch up 😊
I don’t go to the movies anymore because, due to the increasingly short time between a movie’s theatrical release and being able to watch it at home, the theaters have put themselves in direct competition with the home viewing experience. Why would I pay a premium to sit in a dark room of strangers when, a lot of times, I can watch the same flick, at home, on the day of its theatrical release? If it isn’t day and date, can just wait 2-3 months for it to drop on VOD/streaming/cable. As the increasingly powerful home consoles made arcades obsolete, so has this release schedule done for the theaters. Convenience always wins out.
Phones and body odors made me stay home. 100” screen , 4K projector better at home.
People ruin everything. I might see a movie in a theater once a year, max. And even then, it's on a weekday matinee when there are the least amount of other humans as possible. But it's way more enjoyable to stay in the controlled environment of my living room and surround sound where I don't have to deal with them.
“People ruin everything”
Ain’t that the truth 🙄
Has anyone else noticed or seen a trend of people bringing blankets to the theater now. I just started seeing it this year. And it's not teens trying to get handsy it groups of women or like families mostly. Not mad about it. It's just odd.
Seriously, this family of 8 brought this gigantic blanket and laid it across all of them when i saw The First Omen 😂 like what.
I saw something like this during The Super Mario bros movie 🍿 this mom brought a whole lunch into the room but bought drinks idk it was so funny i thought tbh I’ve never really had a bad movie going experience
Thankful it's not that bad where I'm at in New England. We can still usually enjoy a film at the theater up here in peace. Somebody might crack a joke during the movie but that's expected in this region as long as the joke is decent.
Movie theaters were my part-time job of choice during college, and I guess I was lucky to be there during the golden age of the late '90s/early 2000s. Like you said, you'd have at least 2 people in the box office, 3 or 4 in concession stand (both sides of the lobby if it was busy), and 1 or 2 ushers to tear tickets and clean between showings. Plus the managers and projectionist upstairs. There were maybe 3 or 4 employees in the whole 18-screen theater when we went to see "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" last month, and all seemed miserable and incapable of eye contact.
One of the things that bothers me the most is teenagers theater hopping. They'll come at random points during the movie, leave after a few minutes, and sometimes come back. It's something I never understood.
I've also experienced people asking me to leave my seat in an empty theater after they arrived more than 10 minutes late.
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2007 was the Last Great Year Of Cinema,in my esteem.The Last Great time I had at the Cinema-2016-screened The Nice Guys @ 4 times-Hadn't done that since I was a kid/pre-puber...just the facts...
Definitely agree with your on theatre cleanliness. The state in many theaters in my area is pretty embarrassing.
I'm going to watch this video with no headphones and the volume cranked to the max the next time I go to a movie
The last movie I tried to watch in a theater was at an IMAX. The place was almost empty and so I was confused when an old woman and her family sat right next to me. Immediately the stench of perfume hit me and then she started talking at me and coughing. I left before the trailers were even finished and I haven't been back to any theater since. I'm much happier waiting a little while and watching it at home where the only irritating person is me.
You are correct, people have allowed phones to ruin the experience of going to a movie theater. Even if they aren't talking on the phones, just having to see that little blue rectangle light up go off and light up again constantly. It's just incredibly annoying. The only time I don't see it very much is when I go to foreign films or films that are aimed at an adult audience and those are mostly what I go to. But still I'd rather stay home and watch movies on the TV in my own environment
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You are so right about the teens lol so many times I've stepped out and complained about the teens talking or sneaking their friends in or hopping from seat to seat 😂😂😂
Over the past few years, I've had plenty of great movie theater experiences over at Cineplex. Let me tell you my favorite experiences of all time:
1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
4. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
5. The Batman (2022)
On the other hand Adam, I understand where you are coming from. The one thing that gets on my nerves when going to the theater is when a baby starts kicking the seat in front of them making the person who is sitting in said seat uncomfortable and angry. Last year on Boxing Day, me and my family went and saw the Bollywood movie Dunki. About halfway through the movie, my young brother started kicking the seat in front of me and kept crying about dropping his toy and losing it! It was so bad to the point where the person in front gave my brother a dirty look and said to my dad: "You need to get your kid under control." That's the reason why I decided to go to the theater with a group of friends instead of my parents.
I'm from Mumbai, India and everything you said is exactly what's going on here, too. The only way I can enjoy a movie in a cinema hall is if I build a huge auditorium just for me and my family.
I pretty much only go the local Cinemark theater on Tuesdays now because it's only $5 to see movies. I'll catch up on the movies that just came out and usually there's not many people.
Same. I only go rarely to the latest ones on Tuesdays for a discount and several weeks later after it has premiered.
The last time I went to see a movie in a theater was in 2015, to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens but otherwise, I stopped going to movies in theaters regularly in 2007.
I only go to 18plus theatres and usually, I don't run into assholes because its costs 24 plus for a ticket.
If a movie theater was clean and had good environment with serious movie goers i would be more than happy to pay more if it guarantees my experience will be pleasant! I wish someone would do this.
@@nihilismistheonlyway4680 They do it's called Alamo Drafthouse
Like the Lido Theater?
WAH WAH WEE WAH?
8:30
Darude sandstorm
Great song, old school
Exactly the same song i think of when someone says the word Rave.
We are old.
I've said this before, they should have phone friendly showings... And phone prohibited showings, however that would need to be enforced
💯% TRUTH 😂😅😅😂
I just can't believe these people
go to theaters, just to look at
their phone 😮 annoying 😮
In Finland it's not allowed to bring your own soda and candy. Also kicking the seat in front of you must be the new national sport. I go to the movies maybe 3-4 times a year, it's so horrible.
Will you be in a theater when Russia invades?
@@CEWIII9873 If you lived here you'd see there's nothing worth invading for... In Russia at least you can bring your own f*cking candy!! 🤬🤬🤬
You're not allowed in the USA, but I sneak my own drink in. I'm not paying BS prices for a soda or a cup of water.
@@komplexxormusicaiart is that what Mannerheim would say?
@@CEWIII9873 If Mannerheim were alive, this country would be SO different. About candy and more.
I wish theaters let us connect our earbuds to the movie
And I wish the seats had a aux hole for headphones
Distractions at the movies is present in like all my movies experiences it suks
Certainly different here in AUS, prices are like 20-25 dollars for a ticket depending on what theatre and seats you want. Usually moviegoers are very quiet through the duration of the film but there is always that one person who’s phone rings 15 minutes into the movie. No one cheers/ claps during or after the film, only time that ever happened was of course avengers end game.
Subscription services such as Regal Unlimited or AMC A List are great but it must be inconvenient when you have to book additional seats for guests as a separate transaction. The cost can be significant as well.
7:50 I've got you matched. I went to a concert back in 2016 and there was a parent behind me who was super into the band, and yet next to him were his son and his son's friend, both of whom are staring at their ipad literally the entire show, both sharing a set of earphones. The only emotion they both showed the whole show was an occasional annoyed glance up at the band. Tell me THAT'S not dystopian!
Living in Bangkok and the theater experience fucking sucks. 1/10 of the crowd is always either having a full blown conversation or on their phones at max brightness. Maybe 1 in 5 movie going experiences is actually enjoyable and it only happens when I go to some arthouse film that 3 other people bothered to see.
I paid $24 yesterday for a noon showing for a child's ticket!!!
I live in NY which is a big movie theatre state. I go at least 3 times a month and very rarely have a bad experience. Maybe people in my area are more respectful but I don’t have many negative things to say about my theatre experience
Born in 63
Going to the movies nowadays is pathetic,
judging by my childhood moviegoing
experiences, doublefeatures with shorts
and cartoons for $1.25, drive-ins, ornate old theaters lost to history . . .
Theaters were fun when we were kids because it was a chance to feel free...we hung with our friends and escaped our family. Now kids can virtually hang with their friends online all night if they want and escape from parents via video games and such.
I haven't been to a movie theater since January 2020, that was before the pandemic shut the world down and even then the vibe in there was dead. Movie theaters have been dying for a long time. Now I just wait for movies to be released on home video/streaming.
the last time i went to an actual theater, i stood in line for 40 minutes to get to the ticket window only to be told that i had to order tickets online....
As much as many people dislike the movie, I have to say The Strangers Chapter 1 was one of my most memorable theater experiences in a long time. The crowd hated the main characters so much, that when they get captured, the whole theater erupted in applause and cheers.
Once the movie theater became an amusement park and restaurant I lost interest..I’m there for a movie to be my distraction not all the other nonsense..Go get them ADAM!!
i don't think theaters will disappear. what we're starting to see more is movies made with smaller budgets, by smaller production companies. if a movie theater is only going to show the big budget crap (like Marvel or DC) they need to sell way more tickets to compensate for the price. if we have smaller movie theaters showing lower-budget films, the true cinemaphiles will bring their wallets. it's a pattern similar to music: it used to be that a band would require an expensive studio and record label to promote the hell out of them, and now we're in a period in which people can record in their own homes, mix and master the audio on their PC, distribute via BandCamp, and promote via music blogs.
in my eyes, art is continually getting better as time marches on. it just takes some work discovering the more niche artists, be they musicians or filmmakers. Hollywood will rarely put out something great these days, but smaller horror films and companies like A24 are filling the gaps.
I remember when it was fun, but I'm old. I remember seeing Grease and Star Trek: The Voyage Home IV when they first came out, and it was a blast. People cheered in all the right places, clapped in all the right places, and there were no cell phones to spoil the communal experience.
How was Citizen Kane in the theater?
@@CEWIII9873 I missed it. I had my retirement party that day.
You shouldn't be allowed to bring your phones into a movie theater since they have a camera on them, just like you've never been allowed to bring video cameras into a movie theater cuz that's how people made bootlegs back in the day.
The key is to wait until the initial tide has broken a few weeks into the release and the theater will be less crowded. "Hell is other people", Sarte said, so choose your timing wisely, including showtimes.
For you, as a movie critic, there is no hope. Alas!
I'm in Australia and believe me, people are no better over here. I haven't been to the movies in about 5 years give or take, for 2 reasons. People suck and modern day movies suck.
When a friend and I went to see kingdom of the apes last Thursday…there was a family of about 15 people that brought their 3/4/5 year olds. Great…but these kids acted like they were in their house and the supposed “parents/adults” didn’t give a shit.
Next: the lack of knowledgeable technical staff and upkeep. Far too many theaters don’t project at the right light output to save money. A/C broken etc.
There is no more 90 day window where the only chance of seeing a movie is on the big screen. Lowering that window fvcked the theaters.
I’m in my 30s and almost every favorite movie I have and every societal norm was before I was born. I was born in the wrong decade.
Cytogenetics maybe?
Was going to take my family to see IF this weekend. But when I saw that it was going to cost me over seventy bucks (four of us) to go to a standard show at 2:30 p.m.....I thought....Nah...We can wait.
It's laughablely expensive.
I remember those good old days! Those extra ushers had flashlights so if anybody got loud, more than once, they shined it on you and was told to leave!!!
I will always remember my 11 year old self going into the first Harry Potter film. That was really magical. ✨
It is an attitude people have thst they act like they are at home. These are the same people who have their phones on speaker when playing music. No headphones at all.
I go to the AMC at Rosedale Mall (perhaps you’re familiar, my Minnesota comrade), and have been seeing a movie every week to two weeks with my A-List for many years now. Honestly, the majority of my experiences have been pretty solid, save for a few scattered incidents. The worst was likely the woman who had a full on phone conversation in a packed Killers of the Flower Moon. Major bystander effect that night because no one did anything about it (but I often reflect on this moment and am sickened by my lack of action 🫨).
I loved going to that theater!
@@AdamDoesMovies it’s the only
theater I like going to! 🍿
Best time to go is on a Monday after opening weekend(if you can avoid spoilers)
i used to have these issues with bigger movie chains, like Marcus and AMC... but then i discovered The Alamo Drafthouse, which is a godsend. they enforce phone bans and not talking. and the people who do attend the Drafthouse near me are cinephiles who are respectful. avoid the childrens' theaters if at all possible.
i've never had such good movie theater experiences as with Alamo Drafthouse.
Top experience for me recently was seeing The Holdovers last year with a couple of "Baby Boomer Matinee Couples". Great time just enjoying a film together.
I only ever go to movies there or four times a year and only to movies with little to no online hype. This year, I went to see a musical documentary about the composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and there were only 12 other people in the room and the loudest sound was an old woman snoring. And last Wednesday I went to see a documentary about four restaurants in Tokyo owned by the master of their art (sushi master, cake designer working with famous Japanese artist , etc.) and there were only two other people in the room, the only noise was before the movie because another movie was premiering at the same time and a crowd gathered for that premiere. Any other big movies or blockbusters or whatever, I'll catch on TV or online once it's available for free. I just can't justify paying more than 50-60€ yearly on going to the movies when the ticket is 9€ at the cheapest, 14-16€ at the most expensive.
That is just how it is for me as a millennial who is old enough to have grown up on another currency than the Euro, 50-60€ is about 350-400 francs and you could buy a TV with VCR back then with that kind of money, not even kidding.