My point is the minds of business execs like this are so rotten that they can’t understand the difference between the two, this isn’t cynical hyperbole, I am dead serious.
I suppose. I don’t think he’s inherently wrong here, though. Ticket sales have been declining steadily for some time, and 2020 sped it up. Theaters have grown increasingly expensive to attend, while the experience has gotten progressively worse.
Exactly correct. They have been on a decline since the early 2000’s, and COVID sped up the decline by giving everyone a taste of watching movies at home.
The other part of that is that home theater gear has also improved greatly. In the 80’s/90’s, no one was anywhere close to replicating a theater’s video or audio fidelity. Now you can get massive 4k uhd screens which are technically a higher resolution than digital IMAX (2k stacked instead of true 4k), and pair it with 11.2 THX quality Dolby Atmos audio if you want. Good AV at home is far more accessible than it ever has been.
Very true! I have a great setup at home and I am sitting in the best position for it. Also, it isn’t deafening when action picks up. Louder is not necessarily better.
That has nothing to do with people not wanting to make an evening of going out with their spouse to see a movie and maybe get dinner or icecream… and everything to do with people being too busy, poor, overworked and friendless to go out to the movies.
If that spells the end of movie theaters, well I don’t know if I call the end of functional recreation activities outside the context of your home because you are too exhausted, lonely and broke quite the damning evidence that people don’t want to go to movie theaters that maybe it seems like it is.
I am not someone that is a big movie buff, especially because I find superhero movies suffocatingly boring and narrow in vision, but I went to the theater to see a Miyazaki film not too long ago and then saw Blue Heron in theaters too.
I don’t uncommonly here people, especially younger people talk about being hyped to see their favorite movie in the theaters, it is a cultural statememt of “I LOVE THIS SHIT” that people like to do as a way of engaging more enthusiastically with a movie or series they like. People are desperately looking for ways to do this, that has never changed.
People are just worn down, and of course the Netflix CEO doesn’t get that lol
Theaters tend to be dirty, and the people tend to contribute to making the experience worse with their lack of common decency and consideration for others. Add the cost to attend and the value just isn’t there for many people. These are the major factors to declining sales. Additionally, my home setup is quite nice and not as expensive as you might imagine. My home experience is great. There’s no one to interrupt, throw food, or generally make a nuisance. Also, I can pause at my leisure if I need to take a moment for something else.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
My point is the minds of business execs like this are so rotten that they can’t understand the difference between the two, this isn’t cynical hyperbole, I am dead serious.
Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I suppose. I don’t think he’s inherently wrong here, though. Ticket sales have been declining steadily for some time, and 2020 sped it up. Theaters have grown increasingly expensive to attend, while the experience has gotten progressively worse.
Rodneyck@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Exactly correct. They have been on a decline since the early 2000’s, and COVID sped up the decline by giving everyone a taste of watching movies at home.
thejml@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The other part of that is that home theater gear has also improved greatly. In the 80’s/90’s, no one was anywhere close to replicating a theater’s video or audio fidelity. Now you can get massive 4k uhd screens which are technically a higher resolution than digital IMAX (2k stacked instead of true 4k), and pair it with 11.2 THX quality Dolby Atmos audio if you want. Good AV at home is far more accessible than it ever has been.
Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Very true! I have a great setup at home and I am sitting in the best position for it. Also, it isn’t deafening when action picks up. Louder is not necessarily better.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
That has nothing to do with people not wanting to make an evening of going out with their spouse to see a movie and maybe get dinner or icecream… and everything to do with people being too busy, poor, overworked and friendless to go out to the movies.
If that spells the end of movie theaters, well I don’t know if I call the end of functional recreation activities outside the context of your home because you are too exhausted, lonely and broke quite the damning evidence that people don’t want to go to movie theaters that maybe it seems like it is.
I am not someone that is a big movie buff, especially because I find superhero movies suffocatingly boring and narrow in vision, but I went to the theater to see a Miyazaki film not too long ago and then saw Blue Heron in theaters too.
I don’t uncommonly here people, especially younger people talk about being hyped to see their favorite movie in the theaters, it is a cultural statememt of “I LOVE THIS SHIT” that people like to do as a way of engaging more enthusiastically with a movie or series they like. People are desperately looking for ways to do this, that has never changed.
People are just worn down, and of course the Netflix CEO doesn’t get that lol
Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Theaters tend to be dirty, and the people tend to contribute to making the experience worse with their lack of common decency and consideration for others. Add the cost to attend and the value just isn’t there for many people. These are the major factors to declining sales. Additionally, my home setup is quite nice and not as expensive as you might imagine. My home experience is great. There’s no one to interrupt, throw food, or generally make a nuisance. Also, I can pause at my leisure if I need to take a moment for something else.