Cinema owners try to lure us back to the movies

Started by TehBorken, Apr 30 06 10:13

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Future Canadian

#15
May 02 06 10:16
I agree that they are waaaaay overpriced. I don't mind the volume so much myself (but I can see how others do), but those movies don't work so well in your DVD. Anytime we watch a movie at home I keep the remote handy to turn down the loud parts and turn up the quiet parts (which I'm sure can be heard just fine in a loud theater-not so much out of old TV speakers.)  
...religion has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in the early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle ecplipses with such care that in time they were able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others

Sportsdude

#16
May 02 06 10:47
Prices are crazy. You buy two tickets: 20 bucks. Popcorn and a diet soda (no butter please) 10 bucks.

  $30+ to see a movie. OUTRAGEOUS!

  There is an old old old movie theatre in saint louis that plays independents and such but it has the feel of a 70's porno theatre. And I went by it a couple of months ago and its midnight showing. (whatever happend to those by the way) was a porno from the 70's in 3-D.  I about hit the floor with laughter.  What were they on back then to think of a porno movie in 3-D. crazy.
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Trollio

#17
May 03 06 01:49
 I don't know about the rest of you, but I just love paying for cheap food at a 700% rate of inflation.
 
 I also have to agree with Chicklet, that the kicking of the seats, combined with the non-existent social skills of anyone who enters into a large dark room to view anything these days ("Yes, the IMAX theatre is exactly like your livingroom, and you can run your mouth through the entire presentation.") makes most attempts at movie going about as rewarding for me as a razor blade on a blackboard.
 
 Contrary to the old stereotypes about who behaves how in movie theatres, I've found that all kinds of people, of all ages and ethnic groups, have no idea how to behave in a theatre anymore.
 
 But then I'm one of those types who used to go to afternoon matinees in my youth to see obscure European films from the 1920s, and I'd be there with maybe five other people in the whole building. So I guess I'm not a measure of anything.
   
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Trollio

#18
May 03 06 01:53
[span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;"]Trollio's Snobbish Rules for Going to a Theatre[/span]
 
 1. Sit down.
 2. Shut up.
 3. Leave after credits.
   
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— bebu

Future Canadian

#19
May 03 06 06:44
 Trollio wrote:
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 3. Leave after credits.

Nice one. I like to soak up the sheer enormity of the crew needed to make a film, it always blows my mind and those folks deserve a little recognition. Plus it gives you time to reflect on the film and catch any goodies at the end.
   
 
...religion has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in the early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle ecplipses with such care that in time they were able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others

kitten

#20
May 03 06 07:17
Trollio wrote:

But then I'm one of those types who used to go to afternoon matinees in my youth to see obscure European films from the 1920s, and I'd be there with maybe five other people in the whole building.    
   Were they first run or re-runs?
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Trollio

#21
May 03 06 08:17
 kitten wrote:
    Were they first run or re-runs?
 
 
 Why, first run, because yes, young lady, I am 93.
 
 LOL
 
 
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Marik

#22
May 03 06 08:35
Sooo... any good movie theatres in the Vancouver area? I like the Cinematheque (sp?)
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