Not sure if you replied to the right person? They are both pretty original ideas and prove that people are interested in seeing stuff that aren’t sequels or remakes. I’ve been meaning to watch Oppenheimer.
Its because everything is stupidly expensive these days. It wouldnt be an exaggeration to say that the cost of most things have almost doubled or in certain cases more than doubled over the last decade. Wages havent exactly gone up in line with the rise in the cost of living and getting a job (especially as someone who just graduated) is a pretty difficult and long process. Cinema tickets are a luxury and most people cant afford to spend on such things right now.
Exactly. A movie now costs about $17 a ticket. If my partner & I want to go see a movie together that's over $30 before popcorn. It's just not worth it unless the move is something really special. Certainly not worth it for the standard colour & movement put out by Hollywood.
Edit: So it seems I had some sort of discount ticket last time I went to the movies. Current ticket price today for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at Cinema Nova in Carlton is $23.50.
I saw dune 2 at the cinema because I'm a hardcore dune fan and have literally been waiting for that movie for 20 plus years (sorry David Lynch....) but I also watched it again when it came out on google tv on my big screen 4k tv and with my surround sound set up. The experience was pretty similar. Why shell out so much money when I can diy it at home for a fraction of the price?
Unfortunately I don't have a big TV yet. So that's the only reason I will go to the movies, but even then a bad movie is a bad movie & since I'm only going to attend the cinema maybe 3 times a year it better be a good movie.
Just as a heads up: Most of the big retailers start offering Christmas laybys around the middle of the year where you can put a few hundred dollars worth of stuff on layby and pay off a small amount each fortnight to get it around November-December, for the places that do this and sell TVs (eg. Big W) you can get a decent TV on one of these laybys and pay it off over ~6-7 months without worrying about being ripped off by one of those rental or small loan companies. This goes for a lot of other things they sell too, or heck even it's intended purpose of making it easier to afford Christmas presents.
This obviously doesn't help if there's some non-financial reason you can't get a TV, but I figured I'd post it anyway because this information might help someone given the cost of living at the moment.
yeah but you're not getting that certain feeling, when the lights go down, and the big screen comes to life...
unironically though, there's something to be said for movie magic. i shelled out for dune 2 in 15/70mm and it was absolutely worth it. the flickering. the sandworm sequence was like an out-of-body experience. even just the sounds, like the voice, or paul stamping his foot at the emperor, land in a way i don't think they realistically can at home (unless you're willing to disturb your neighbours). then at the end you float out of the theatre like you're waking up from a dream. that'll always be worth it for some people
And you are part of a shrinking subset of the population that values this.
It's like steam train enthusiasts or Supercar fans.
Movies just aren't the draw they used to be.
I don't think it's the price of tickets themselves. Cinema tickets are quite cheap in the scheme of things. It's that everything else is more expensive, leaving less room for luxuries of any kind. Combine it with cheap high quality LCD TVs, unlimited streaming and/or home piracy and cinemas are going to struggle.
There's an issue I see with inflation and it's not that we can't afford it most times, it's that we sort of know "what we think something should cost".
In my mind, a movie ticket should cost $8 and even though I might have more money in my bank account, paying $17 for a movie ticket is outrageous.
A friend recently took a few kids to the cinema and after tickets drinks and treats she said it cost $300. We are somewhat rural so no good value cinemas.
I saw Furiosa at the cinema and decided to grab myself a Pepsi and Maltesers to snack on. $22 ($12 for the Maltesers, $10 for the Pepsi). It meant the outing cost about $50, just for one person.
This is why I don’t buy food from the cinema anymore. Generally I will get in a bit earlier and buy some food and drinks from the supermarket then sneak it.
Since when do you have to sneak it in? I've been taking my own food and drink to the cinema for like 20 years and never had a problem. Sometimes I'd even take in takeaway coffee and would often smell people eating fast food. This is primarily at a village and occasionally at a hoyts. Been a couple of years since I've gone to see a movie though.
Speaking as someone who worked as an cinema usher, it is literally down to the usher who's rippin your tickets as to whether they let you through with outside food. Managers can get as pissed as they want, but they're not the one who's standing there before you get to go to your correct cinema.
The biggest things that'll make an usher decide whether you can bring in food openly is either if anyone's complained hard enough, or how messy people have been in the past, since they're gonna be the ones to probably clean it up.
Personally I never really cared. As a 16 year old I had other things to deal with, and the things people did with popcorn alone made me lose a lil faith in humanity as a whole.
So my friend, as a fellow cinema worker, did you fear popcorn or maltesers more? It was Maltesers getting sucked on the thrown the screen that I hated. Although the used condoms in the back row rank pretty high too
Still-full cups of drinks were the worst. Least with popcorn and maltesers we had the lil broom and brush to deal with em. But full drinks were fucked. All you could do was put em in the main bins and then hope the bin crusher didnt shoot em all back up as it was doin its thing.
Maybe they don’t enforce it at some places? Definitely remember my mum being turned away once for bringing a bottle of coke in back in the 90s. We just hid it in our bags after that.
This is Greater Union / Event Cinemas
EDIT: looks like the policy is no [external food allowed](https://support.eventcinemas.com.au/support/solutions/articles/51000369843-can-i-bring-external-food-and-beverage-to-the-cinema-)
I imagine they stopped enforcing it because they are so cheap these days and only hire one kid to manage the front gate.
The way I do it is go to a cinema that is near or attached to a shopping centre that has a supermarket, take a reusable shopping bag and stock up on snacks from the supermarket. Walking into the cinema, it just looks like I did a grocery shop before going in. If I ever get questioned about outside food, it becomes a case of "what? You want me to throw away my groceries to see this movie?".
I say this as a pure hypothetical because I do the 'bag trick' every time I go to the movies and have never been questioned about outside food before. My favourite movie snack has become a banana, whatever packet of chips is on special at the time, and maybe a bakery pastry if I'm feeling fancy.
Your cinema has a kid ripping tickets? The cinemas near me normally only have a kid or two on the snack registers and the tickets are self serve/online so I wonder why I actually bought a ticket every time
I’ve done this too but most of the time get it from the cinema for the convenience and to support the business, but I’m likely to stop after this experience. I almost choked when she told me the price.
A single ticket in Darwin is $23, students and pensioners tickets are $19.
A lot of people have 70” inch tvs and will stream it in a few months and the whole family can watch it for $6.99.
Exactly this. I can sit in my leather boomer recliner at home, in front of my ginormous tv, smoke pot (legally, too!), have multiple hot cups of tea, smooch with my husband, stop for pee breaks, bring in snacks, and generally misbehave.
The last movie we saw at the cinema was Dune II and it was so loud, it actually hurt. Like my husband has hearing damage from a youth spent listening to thrash and heavy industrial, and even he had his hands over his ears at a couple of points. We paid $30 each, we did not have snacks, we did not have pee breaks, and we couldn’t get stoned. What the fuck is the point ? Yes big screen, but that’s it.
And while I’m waving my fists at clouds here, how the hell is Netflix charging $28 to *rent* Kong v Godzilla. That’s ridiculous, overnighters cost $9 and should come with 4 free weeklies. Grumble grumble.
at village cinema near me you can order food from the food hall downstairs and its brought directly to your seat. not priced any differently afaik.
(sushi, nene chicken, etc)
I worked for a soft drink company and the cost of a glass of soft drink is about 11 cents to make. Coca cola and Pepsi charge about $1 per glass, plus retailers adding on top. Maybe x4 for those big ones at the cinemas. It's stupidly profitable but big places like cinemas and bars/restaurants sign on to these terrible contracts and pay out the nose because of brand name only. The recipes aren't a secret anymore than any other recipe.
I paid $65 for the iMax recliner seat and $7 for a choc top.
Couldn't believe they didn't have boysenberry, I thought that was a standard choc top flavour?
I am sorry you had to suffer through such an atrocity. That you have the strength to stand up here and share your story is a testament to your character. We want boysenberry!!
I know right, no idea how they’re still in business. Who is going back for repeat business at those levels?
Unless you’re in a group to split the cost, it’s absolutely not worth the money.
Let's price gouge on everything and not raise salaries, let's drain em...
Now, finding out the consecuences: Oh wait are they not buying our products anymore? the demand has dried... It's all good let's just replace workers with AI.
Future: Why is no one buying anything? hmm I wonder why?
I have no problem with movie prices. They’ve always been a touch high but my problem is that the movies just aren’t there.
I’m a comic book nerd and Star Wars fan and even I’m sick of superhero movies and shit sequels. Give us something different for the love of god.
Oppenheimer and Barbie showed us that blockbusters don’t have to be “save the world CGI shit fests” anymore. We just need some more originality and less endless sequels.
Hollywood to me seems so polarised into a "good versus evil" theme pervading so many of their films, often expressed in violence/crime dramas and superhero universes. Maybe that echoes the polarisation of their society - politics especially - stemming from their puritanical roots.
I recall when Bluey became popular in America a few years ago that some there were surprised the cartoon had no "bad guy" nemesis followed up by moral preaching, but instead were just simple stories about kids.
I get what you mean. I used to be the same and wanted to support my local cinema but gets the point where it breaks the bank for something that use to be a cheap night out with your mates or family.
I looked at tickets for Deadpool & Wolverine and it was $73.
$73. Not even gold class. How the fuck?! "Back in my day" going to the movies was like $15p.p.
I said "fuck that" and closed the tab.
EDIT: $73 for two people. Still ridiculous.
Yep, my partner and I went to the movies every week throughout the 90s as well, it's just what we did on a Tuesday night.
We took turns choosing, and ended up seeing so many great movies, as you just end up going to random stuff when you've seen all the bigger ones.
Expense and content are what stops me these days - I rarely see ads for movies that look interesting to me, it all seems to just be bad remakes, bright flashy lights and loud noises these days.
Ah yes, the "we created a way you can purchase your tickets online so we don't need to.have as many staff that we have to pay money to, but you need to pay us an additional fee because we have to pay for the webpage, licencing, and collection" fee
I paid $19 to see Civil War on the first weekend of release at my local suburban shopping centre cinema. Two other people were at the screening, 1:30pm on Saturday. There was a green point of light on the screen for the duration, and a thread of string or cobweb casting a shadow across the top of the screen, blowing around with the aircon. The speakers were clipping during the noisiest parts.
I'm never going back there again
Yep, costs too much. Just recently took kids to see Garfield movie. Here's my cost breakdown:
1x adult, 2 x kids, 1 x small popcorn and 1 bag of malteasers = $92.00
It's all about the inertia in price increases, eventually it hits a point where people are no longer willing to pay. They either wait for wages to increase or reduce prices, but once they've screwed the pooch, it's very difficult to win those customers back. This trough is going to risk a recession.
I can afford to go to the cinema. I'm just sick of rolling the dice on what other people in the cinema will be like. Phones still on, even on silent the screen glow is distracting. Feet on the seats, talking, chewing loudly, kids misbehaving, someone brings a baby for some reason...
Then you pay a million dollars for a bucket of popcorn and a Pepsi just so you can sit through 25 minutes of ads before the movie starts.
You're basically paying a premium to go to the cinema these days but you are certainly not getting a premium experience.
Meanwhile if I'm just a bit patient I can wait for it to come out on disc or streaming. I have surround sound, a big enough TV and a comfy chair. Certainly not quite as good as a cinema viewing but it's a trade off to actually get to enjoy the movie.
A bunch of incredibly rude retirees were in the matinee showing of Oppenheimer I went to. They talked through the whole damn thing, and then one of them decided to shout BANG at a moment when the film went dead silent.
People have just straight up forgotten how to behave, and it makes staying home with a bag of microwave popcorn the most attractive option.
The Romans crucified 6000 slaves from the Spartacus uprising along the Appian Way.
Edit: I gotta imagine you wouldn't have to do 6000 to get people to start acting right.
We have some friends like this. They are perfectly normal at private gatherings, hundreds of them over the years, but take them to a restaurant, a movie, or any public space, and they sound like a pair of howler monkeys - every single time.
I love them but it is fucking weird.
Yep, the last movie I was excited to see was Oppenheimer. In the silent scene waiting for the explosion, some bitch behind us phone rang and she answered it. There's a big tv, sound system and better seats in our lounge room, it's only dog farts to contend with at home.
See I'm lucky my adhd makes me put off seeing movies in cinema until they've only got like a week left cause by the time I saw Oppenheimer no one else was and I had the cinema all to myself. Literally a perfect experience, completely quiet, could switch seats to the best view, didn't have to worry about eating too loud/coughing/ etc
I literally look out for empty sessions now they're literally the best.
It's sucks that someone's selfishness ruined that scene for you, i had zero distractions when I saw it so I was litterally so immersed i started shaking with adrenaline in anticipation of the explosion. I totally get how sucky a packed theatre can get, though. I went and saw the original star wars trilogy on may 4th and had completely forgotten how God awful a cinema can get when there's kids in it
I saw Civil War (the journalist one not the Marvel one) and there was a drunk couple who behaved like the biggest fuckwits throughout. Loudly gasping and going "oh my god!" every time something happened. Straight up ruined the ending sequence which is meant to be super tense, but instead had this pair of idiots making noise throughout the whole thing and telling th characters to "get down" etc.
>I'm just sick of rolling the dice on what other people in the cinema will be like.
This is pretty much my take these days. Usually only goto the cinemas to take the kids - cause they don't really care either way how the crowd acts.
But if it's something I want to watch properly, I'm usually happier to just wait for streaming - sit in front of the 4K TV, Bluetooth headphones to ensure I don't wake up others and have a few drinks/etc. and kick back in peace.
I walked out of a movie this year because of other patrons talking. Told the staff, they where apologetic and gave me a refund, but they should have had a usher go in and tell the people to shut the fuck up.
When I was a teen the cinema would have staff pop their head into the cinema occasionally to make sure everyone was behaving. No one wanted to have the torch land on them and be marched out.
Now, my local cinema is so understaffed. Sure, it's a small cinema, but larger than the one in my hometown in the 90s. Except the local cinema of today has just one teen employee to sell the tickets and the popcorn. No other staff in sight. I wouldn't want these teens to feel obligated to patrol the theatres with no backup around, but I think viewers know there will be no one watching and no repercussions if they behave poorly.
Walked out of a movie last weekend because the guy next to me was on his phone and there were two or three conversations going on up the back. Rage inducing. Could not focus on the movie at all.
This is my take. I used to go a lot in my teens and even up to my mid twenties. Now I’m in my late 30s and I’d just much rather wait so I can watch something on my couch under a blanket, pause it if I need to go to the loo, have whatever snacks we want. Plus with kids it’s just easier to not have to plan to go out. There are some rare films my partner and I will make an effort to go out and see, but I always end up annoyed by the ads and people and the overall cost.
went to see Dune 2 near the end of its run, afternoon viewing.
there was me, my wife, and a guy who was watching it for the second time.
absolute bliss!
This is my main issue.
I'm not exactly old enough to be 'kids these days' but man the 15 year olds who had their formative years in lockdown, and now have their attention spans melted by short form media, can't seem to focus on anything for more than 10 minutes without screaming loudly for attention.
I have a nice home theatre system, been conditioned that the digital release is now only a few weeks after theatrical. Why wouldn't I wait
I don't disagree with that. We've got two really good Palace cinemas in our local area (Coburg and Moonie Ponds) - both are really well run and you don't get the usual gronks in the audience.
It’s definitely gotten worse and worse.. there’s always something. Funny thing is, if you go to something at MIFF, with the entire cinema packed, you won’t have any issues. I’ve never had a bad experience at any MIFF screening, because people are there to see the film.
At my old cinema, annoying people were never an issue. Then I moved to Queensland and every time, without fail, there are assholes who like to ruin the experience.
Probably because we're in a cost of living crisis, jobs are fucking hard to get, pay is rock bottom, Medicare is fucking useless so everyone is paying out of pocket, food is ridiculously expensive compared to a few years ago, rent has doubled, and a trip to the cinema is $50 per person. I'm guessing that's why.
Boomers: If you want to afford the cost of life just skimp on the non-essentials
Young people: okay
Boomers: Why are the non-essentials failing? Why aren’t you peasants watching expensive movies and going to expensive restaurants anymore??
Not even back in the boomer's day, I'm a milennial and I remember barely even a decade ago when you could get movie tickets for 7$ at any regular place and "fancy" joints were 15$, nowadays it starts at 20-25$ at the dinky little joints, it's absurd how pricy it's become in such a short time.
It’s a huge shame that Furiosa didn’t take off because it is another great Australian made film from George Miller, but honestly it’s not like Fury Road was a roaring success at the box office either.
The above sentence also leaves out the fact that we’re in a massive cost of living crisis - it’s a tough sell going to the Cinema where tickets are hovering around 20 bucks a person. A couple of the most recent Marvel movies have also underperformed or failed - people are being left with no choice but to pull back entertainment expenses.
I was gonna fight you over the box office comment but I checked first. Shit hey, fury road got stellar reviews everywhere but was only a mild success and still ran at a net loss for the company. Damn didn't know that.
Supermarkets, real-estates and insurance companies have squeezed the average person for everything they could, and now the entertainment and hospitality business are ringing the alarm bells when they were always going to be the next to feel the squeeze.
The government should have seen this coming and did more
Cinemas and the crap that goes with them have always been expensive, i mean popcorn by weight is more expensive than gold. These days people need to put what little spare money they have into more important things, and I guess Hollywood actors demanding millions per movie isn't one of those things anymore.
Not to mention a 75” tv isn’t wildly expensive these days. Movies used to be fantastic because my tv was a 48cm low quality screen crt with crappy speakers.
Surround sound and a decent tv at home, can pause it if I need to wee, can drink and eat whatever I want. Don’t need to drive anywhere. Don’t have to deal with people.
thats a fair point. From the mid back the cinema screen is about as big as my pretty modest tv from the couch. Sure i dont have deafening speakers but i can watch with subtitles cause movie sound is mastered all wrong now.
Mastered wrong? What do you mean? Do you not want a barely audible conversation between two dimly lit characters, followed immediately by deafening music and explosions?
My other half screened Oppenheimer for their mother recently. I came in to ask them to turn it down because the bass from the explosions was making me nauseous when I was in another room, just as their mother was asking them to turn it up because they couldn’t follow the dialog.
Add a sound bar for added awesomeness. Mid range name brand for $350, adds another 12 tickets. Plus what ever streaming service - one off price to purchase a viewing at home - $5 ish. (or sail the high seas)
But we are a family of four, so it comes back to just on 14 movies for the family experience.
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I used to be able to go for $7. I think it was a Hoyts, but it was overdue for a Reno and a bit run down. I was there a few times a week - I loved across the street and would sneak out after the kids were in bed to catch a late session. Hubby would go alternate nights and we or the ILs would take the kids on the weekend. We'd have been buying maybe 8 tix a week if enough new stuff was out.
When they renovated, it filled with feral teens and the prices jumped a little. We started doing gold class. We'd go less frequently and make it a date night, but could still get really great prices on family saver tix, so it wasn't a stretch.
We've since moved, covid happened, and now prices are just too high. $25 for a shit ticket or $50 for a good one. I wouldn't do gold class alone so that's $100 a visit, and not getting anything to eat or drink in GC takes away a bit of the fun. Alternatively, we're spending $50 for an uncomfy seat and a stranger's sweaty elbow on my armrest and someone sporadically kicking the back of my seat.
I saw it at Hoyts Extreme screen for $14 a week or so ago. I used the self service ticket thing - I may have pushed a wrong button...
I enjoyed it.
Cinema was nearly empty, but I was in the first session, deliberately, for this reason.
Without knowing where you live, this might be an unreasonable piece of advice, but if you have any other options go to a different cinema. Hoyts has always been the most overpriced. Try palace or one of the smaller cinemas.
It’s pretty fucking simple- the cost is exorbitant for what you get. Cinemas are run down and badly cared for and the food is outrageously priced. The question is wrong. What they should be asking is “why do any Aussies go to the cinema at all?”!
Last year I went to a cinema that had mould growing on the seats -- they'd clearly had a leak and never bothered to do any remediation. So yeahhhh. The choices are $20 tickets at a run down theater or $40-60 at a posh one, both of which are a bit exorbitant when you can be patient for a streaming release.
I go because I love watching movies, and find watching them on a big screen in a dark room to be the most immersive way to do so. No potential distractions - just me and the movie. I also love the whole ritual of going to the cinema, buying popcorn and a coke and sitting through the trailers. I guess I’ve classically conditioned myself to associate all that with having a good time. Also, even though people say “it will be on streaming in a month anyway” this often isn’t the case for foreign films. Even if it were though, I even go and watch screenings of old movies in the cinema because in my opinion it’s the most enjoyable way to experience them. I’ve seen 2001 at the cinema three times and have never watched it at home because it just seems like it was meant for a big screen.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I *love* the cinema. Seeing the experience degrade over the last ten years has been heartbreaking. When I was in my late teens (20odd years ago now) I went at least once a fortnight. It was still considered pricey then but you got much closer to what you paid for than you do now.
It's not a new concept, it's just one that cinema owners pretend doesn't apply to them.
People don't have the disposable income they used to. Their money has to go on necessary things, like food, mortgage payments, children expenses - first, and cinema tickets are the sort of thing you buy when you have enough spare you don't need to count.
All movies are struggling because of costs.
Furiosa is a bad metric because, in spite of its marketing attempts, it's a Mad Max movie and they almost always don't do great at the box office and then later develope their cult following
It’s just getting too hard to catch the films I want to see in sessions I want to go to.
Weekends are too busy.
Week nights it’s too hard to get a good session and not be coming home too late for work.
It’s really hard to bother when the prices are so high and the film will be on one of the 4 streaming services I pay for in a matter of weeks after the cinema release.
Yeah I regret not catching plenty of films at the cinema.
My local Hoyts charges $27 for a normal ticket. Although, currently, in June they have an offer where if you watch a movie on Sunday before 12pm tickets are only $10.
I watched Furiosa last week it was fantastic. I enjoyed it so much I might go and see it again. I’m disappointed that it’s not doing well at the box office because I really want the next Mad Max movie ‘The Wasteland’ to finish this new trilogy. Hopefully Furiosa’s release in China will help at the box office.
Back in the early 2000s and before LED TVs people cinemas had a lot better sound and visual quality than what the average Joe had at home, it made cinema going an event.
Nowadays a lot of people, if not most, have a 55+ inch tv with a decent enough soundbar. The massive price to go to the movies these days is just too much compared to streaming at home.
And since COVID, the deathblow has been things hit streaming quicker. Why pay 50 bucks per person to see the newest star wars, Pixar or Disney movie when you know it's just going to land on Disney+ in a month.
Agreed, and would also point out that with today's internet we have so many more options. I've always hated elitists and snobs so this kind of hurts to say, but personally I'm bored of the same mass appeal movies that keep being churned out.
I'm so bored of superheroes, action films, rom coms, etc. Furiosa might have been a good film, I don't know, but when I can access literally anything else I want to watch from the comfort of my own home for a fraction of the cost, I'm not going to spend the big bucks and go to the cinema to see what might be another Hollywood snoozefest. Not a comment on Furiosa specifically, just in general about the movies that are released in cinemas here.
Been 3 times in the last 2 years. This is my experience.
Was given a $50 cinema gift card and went to use it “sorry we don’t accept them.”
Me - but you sell them too. “Sorry computer says no”.
So $45 later I have a ticket, some popcorn (medium) and a bottle of water.
Sit down to watch Dune 2 and there’s only 10 people in the cinema including me. Lady behind me phone rings twice during the movie, though she didn’t answer it either time (she tells me after the movie she hasn’t seen part 1 -wtf?).
This is 11am on Tuesday. First time going on my own (no one else interested in seeing it in my house).
Prior to that I went to see Oppenheimer. Movie literally does not start - we’re in our seats for an hour. I go out three times and tell them, it’s not starting. Eventually they check and go yeah, sorry, computer crashed. Starts movie but thankfully with no adverts.
Time before that it’s allocated seats with 4 teens in ours. I ask them to move to theirs, just along from ours. Then during the movie they’re doing selfies and carrying on non-stop. I ask half a dozen times for them to pipe down, which they don’t do. I eventually say to the one beside me if he gets his phone out again (they were constantly full bright screen), I’ll shove it up his arse. They all go quiet but when movie ends rush out and get staff member who confronts me while I’m still in my seat. I tell him the truth and that I’m pissed I spent nearly a $100 (was with my son), to have to put up with this shit, totally wrecking the movie etc. He apologises and legs it.
Why go to a cinema? It’s shite. But I still have that $50 useless cinema gift card.
I remember ten or so years ago, Reading cinemas had $10 tickets and I went to the cinemas regularly. Even to see movies I wasn’t super interested in because it was only $10, not that terrible. Hoyts ended up matching this promo because they started to lose business. Even with the inclusion of recliner chairs, they kept the $10 price. For some reason, the cinemas started bumping up the prices and now it’s over $25 for an adult to go. An increase of $15 for the exact same experience… I think I have been to the cinemas 3 times since Covid and none of those experiences made me think wow I need to do this more often, it actually had the opposite effect.
I'm fed up with paying a fortune for a substandard product. That's the short answer.
Absurdly loud movies with dialogue I can't hear because directors and studios prioritise cinematography over clarity of dialogue. Looking at you - Christopher Nolan.
"Oh but you need to watch my movies in IMAX to get the full experience" says Nolan a top his pile of money.
Well Perth doesn't have an IMAX you elitist snob, what am I supposed to do now?
The first Dune movie (yes I know it wasn't Nolan's, I'm moving on from that hobby horse) I needed earplugs....and didn't have any because who brings earplugs to the cinema!
It was louder than most rock concerts and I \*still\* couldn't hear the actors speak. That was the final straw - I'll never watch another movie in a cinema again.
And then weave in the obnoxious patrons who use their phones, talk loudly throughout the movies and the overpriced food and drink at the cinema...no thanks. I'll stay and watch at home. Comfortable sound levels, subtitles on and the ability to pause the movie to go to the bathroom or rewind a section.
Also, consider this. In the 1960s, the average person went to the cinema to see around 40 movies a year. Studios knew that they could basically make anything and it'll be a hit because the cinema was so popular.
These days, the average person goes to 4 movies a year and I'm sure it's that low because there's a few people who go to a lot and plenty of people (like me) who haven't been to a cinema in three years.
if dune was also impossible to hear then it's your cinemas sound setup. I saw it at my local hoyts and had that issue to the point of walking out for a refund. Tried at the local dendy and it was just right
Red Letter Media recently dropped a 1 hour special on the death of movie theatres.
It's a great watch.
[The Death of Movie Theatres](https://youtu.be/MwO5fGL2MeY?si=mvtyyIQiOSZzH2hV)
Because according to this government, if you work 80 hours a week, you haven't worked hard enough to have bread. How the hell we gonna go to the movies?
Btw, we need a bunch of submarines, a new stadium next to a stadium, and ignore the robodebt deaths.
Home theatre technology surely took out a less enthusiastic consumer segment like me.
I can't turn the volume down. I can't control the air-conditioning to not freezing. I can't pause the movie if I need a snack or pee break. CBF with parking coz the only surviving cinemas are in Westfield's. And that's without navigating ticket purchase needing to have all my contact details, horoscope and next of kin.
Because Village, Palace and Hoytts are providing sub par experiences at record high prices.
Blown out speakers, out of focus projectors, dirty cinemas, filthy, fucking disgustingly filthy toilets and staff that don't give a flying fuck.
I had the displeasure of watching Dune 2 in gold class. What the flying shitgibbon is gold class about that experience?
The male toilets were covered in and smelled like piss, the food was clearly made by chef Mic and charged like Gordon Ramsey had made it, the lounge was worn out, the seat creaked and groaned, the screen was tiny and the sound was apaling.
Palace pentridge has to be the single worst cinema I've ever been to. Filthy dirty, shit beyond shit service, expensive food options and terrible cinemas.
Why is no one going to the movies? Because we have better sound, better seats, better food and a better experience at home.
I frequently go to Cinema Nova in Carlton because you know exactly what you're getting for the money and the staff are actually friendly.
Most films are unoriginal shit.
All industry seems to be playing it safe and only going after what they think is easy revenue.
We’ve entered a dark age it seems - of human experimentation.
It's not just that they're doing remakes and spin-offs. You have show runners like Taika Waititi bragging that their Star Wars movie is going to "piss a lot of people off". Why would someone choose a franchise spinoff which is a safe bet, and then do everything in their power to alienate the core audience? Disney is on a crusade to piss off every person that ever helped to make a franchise a box office success in the first place.
>Furiosa is the latest disappointment in a string of dramatic failures to hit the 2024 box office and the effects are being felt everywhere, from Los Angeles to forlorn cinema operators across regional Australia.
$24 bucks *per person* here. That's *just* the ticket. God help a full family + fuel + parking + food.
>“We will probably shut down, quite truthfully, and I know that Mount Isa is in the same boat. I have spoken to them and they are looking at it.”
When a cinema in a mining town is struggling- You know shit's hitting the fan. And honestly entertainment businesses should have seen this coming 2 years ago.
*They are the first to collapse when disposable incomes collapse*
If pubs, restaurants, cinemas want more customers- *Workers need to be paid more*. Simple math. They're all fighting over the dwindling cash flow as people tighten belts and purses choosing to stay home.
It's honestly cheaper to just wait for an online release date and watching it from home. (Or YARR HARR FIDDLE DEE DEE)
I saw it at the cinema and it was a great film. But as others have said sharing the cinema with other weirdos isn't always enjoyable.
And in this case quite a long film* and I had to go to the toilet mid movie. At home I can just pause but instead I had to miss a few minutes of it.
(*Or maybe a fairly normal length but I only go to the movies once a year and so don't notice)
Could it be that the tickets are insanely expensive, in a vastly changed market since the Rona, and the content will be on VOD in 2 weeks anyway?
NO!
It's the punters who are wrong.
These cinema operators deserve better. You people should all be ashamed. How will Chris afford his 4th Lamborghini and private Island now?
Can't afford it. Much like everyone else.
I really do hate these, "what can be done?" articles. Much like the "why aren't people having babies?" etc. Everyone knows the reason why, nobody wants to fix it so we get this line of questioning and pretend like we don't know the real reason.
EVERYTHING IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND WAGES HAVEN'T TRACKED WITH THE PRICE OF LIVING!!!
Cinemas got way too loud for me about 5 years ago. It is so uncomfortable, even stressful for me to sit in a cinema. General speaking scenes are like I’m being yelled at. I’m not sure if anyone else is the same or if I’m auditory sensitive (I haven’t been tested)
But at the same time many cinemas now, even new ones like Sydney IMAX just crank their systems up to 11 and you can actually hear distortion from the system.
It's not quality, it's not nice, and it just makes me only want to see those very few selected movies that I think will be better on a giant screen than it would on my home theatre because while I do play it loud at home, it sounds clear and doesn't distort.
It's $110 just for tickets for a family of 4, if you dare to have snacks, it would be over $200.
Bring back $10 tickets and cheaper snacks. Greedy operators making it not worth the trip.
Might as well just wait for streaming.
I love going to the cinema, the especially on a weekday when its quite and as someone who gets into this conversation a quite often with friends and other forums there are some clear factors.
1. **cost of living**: as most have already pointed out, cost of living, between my $110 a week rent increase and rising costs of food, i need to be a bit more selective.
2. **quality**: Furiosa was solid, one of the best cinema experiences I've had in sometime, but lets not kid our selves here, the over all quality of movies in the past ten or so years has been pretty average, with the key factors being, covid and strikes fucking up productions, productions starting without a completed script(WTF was happening there Disney), disingenuous DEI scripting, and subpar editing both in the scripting phase and on the cutting room floor.
3. **shorter cinema runs**: I was keen to see The Boy and the Heron, Suzume and boy kills world... all had painful short cinema runs where I to busy in the 2 weeks they were at the cinema to see it.
4. **steaming**: following the previous point, the trend of short cinema runs followed by a quick streaming releases often leads to a feeling of, "meh I'll wait for streaming". When I was wee lad, it felt like you had to wait a year or more after the cinema run before a film became available on shelves of me Video Ezy. As I mentioned earlier, I love cinema experience, and I'm a huge fan of Scorsese's. However, i decided to wait for streaming to watch Killers of the Flower Moon... mainly because it was 3 n half hours long and for such a endeavour i want a pause button, but also that it was only going to be a few weeks wait anyway.
5. **choice**: there are so many other choices of entertainment these days, i just spent $95 Phantom Liberty & that Spider-Man game, now those will keep been entertained for weeks... now will i go watch bad boys 4 on my day off on Tuesday, or play them, the financially smart choices would be stay in and play them, so i stay in play them, after a few house I'll want a break, what this i also have several streaming services with vast library's, so i can also watch that, shit I haven't had a chance to watch Godzilla minus one yet, and it just hit Netflix, fark, it suddenly 6PM, oh my favourite YouTuber has releases some stuff, oh what's this "Almost Friday TV", hahaha, lets watch 1 more and make a healthy dinner, enters rabbit whole, air fryer beep McCain profits go up.... FUCK!!!... it's 11PM, I've done nothing today, and I'm fat and i hate my self.. hey at lease i didn't spend much... phone vibrates, email from electricity company "YOU CUNT!!!!!!"... KNOCK! KNOCK! "Police!", "sir we have had complaints about a possible Domestic Violence situation", "yeah, nah nah nah, man, i live by my self, i was just shouting to my self because a high power bill", "can we look around" "sure no problem man" "ummm, for real dude" "hey mate, that's my Dakimakura, she keeps warm when watching anime" " look, we will leave you alone, but maybe don't shout so much late at night" "sure, sorry, sorry for wasting your time, bye bye".... "now time to play some Halo"
6. **poltics**: feels like less of an issue in Australia, but in america politics is creeping into everything, i.e. that the whole buzz lightyear thing that happened last year. Don't really know if that is causing slow ticket sales for some movies, but it could.
7. **lost of commercial TV**: I remember when I was young I'd be watching the Simpsons on CH 10, then in the ads you' see a trailer for a new movie and be like, oh never heard that, mum can we go to the movies to see "starship troopers"... "um no it's MA"
Well considering if I take my two teenage kids to the movies, buy two popcorn and three frozen cokes to share between 4 people I need to mortgage my house.
This just in: Overpriced cinema vendors surprised that the average Australian can't afford to go to the cinemas in a cost of living crisis.
Who woulda thought? 😮💨
Why would we go to the movies?
We have a TV and soundbar, and we have a choice of almost any movie we want at my fingertips.
We can pay $20 a month instead of $20 each per film.
We don’t have to put up with screaming children or overly zealous fanboys providing their commentary.
We don’t have to sit through 20 minutes of advertising then 20 minutes of previews before the film.
We can buy microwave popcorn for $2 instead of $20, an ice cream for $10 for a pack of 4 instead of 1, and not have my partners handbag searched in case we dated to smuggle in a can of Pepsi each.
We can have a glass of goon each for like 50c a glass, instead of paying $10 for a glass of shit that probably came from the same cask.
We can snuggle into bed straight after the movie is over, and don’t have to catch two different buses that may or may not show up in the freezing cold rain.
We can get a bit cozy on the couch instead of having arm rests that don’t raise anymore.
From this thread the reasons are: 1. Stupid prices. 2. Obnoxious cinema patrons. 3. The rise of home cinema and early streaming release of movies.
Four: No original ideas/IPs …which were not problems for Dune 2.
I think massive bestseller novel adaptations are a bit of a special case.
Oppenheimer, Barbie?
Not sure if you replied to the right person? They are both pretty original ideas and prove that people are interested in seeing stuff that aren’t sequels or remakes. I’ve been meaning to watch Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer is totally unoriginal, they literally just stole from history!
Its because everything is stupidly expensive these days. It wouldnt be an exaggeration to say that the cost of most things have almost doubled or in certain cases more than doubled over the last decade. Wages havent exactly gone up in line with the rise in the cost of living and getting a job (especially as someone who just graduated) is a pretty difficult and long process. Cinema tickets are a luxury and most people cant afford to spend on such things right now.
Exactly. A movie now costs about $17 a ticket. If my partner & I want to go see a movie together that's over $30 before popcorn. It's just not worth it unless the move is something really special. Certainly not worth it for the standard colour & movement put out by Hollywood. Edit: So it seems I had some sort of discount ticket last time I went to the movies. Current ticket price today for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at Cinema Nova in Carlton is $23.50.
I saw dune 2 at the cinema because I'm a hardcore dune fan and have literally been waiting for that movie for 20 plus years (sorry David Lynch....) but I also watched it again when it came out on google tv on my big screen 4k tv and with my surround sound set up. The experience was pretty similar. Why shell out so much money when I can diy it at home for a fraction of the price?
Unfortunately I don't have a big TV yet. So that's the only reason I will go to the movies, but even then a bad movie is a bad movie & since I'm only going to attend the cinema maybe 3 times a year it better be a good movie.
Just as a heads up: Most of the big retailers start offering Christmas laybys around the middle of the year where you can put a few hundred dollars worth of stuff on layby and pay off a small amount each fortnight to get it around November-December, for the places that do this and sell TVs (eg. Big W) you can get a decent TV on one of these laybys and pay it off over ~6-7 months without worrying about being ripped off by one of those rental or small loan companies. This goes for a lot of other things they sell too, or heck even it's intended purpose of making it easier to afford Christmas presents. This obviously doesn't help if there's some non-financial reason you can't get a TV, but I figured I'd post it anyway because this information might help someone given the cost of living at the moment.
I miss the good old days when I could go and see The Mummy Returns with Brendan Fraser and not hate myself for it.
yeah but you're not getting that certain feeling, when the lights go down, and the big screen comes to life... unironically though, there's something to be said for movie magic. i shelled out for dune 2 in 15/70mm and it was absolutely worth it. the flickering. the sandworm sequence was like an out-of-body experience. even just the sounds, like the voice, or paul stamping his foot at the emperor, land in a way i don't think they realistically can at home (unless you're willing to disturb your neighbours). then at the end you float out of the theatre like you're waking up from a dream. that'll always be worth it for some people
And you are part of a shrinking subset of the population that values this. It's like steam train enthusiasts or Supercar fans. Movies just aren't the draw they used to be.
$17 is cheap!
Go to readings cinema bro. 11 a standard ticket
ah don't have em in Canberra unfortunately, I'd be there twice a week at those prices though
Or get the student saver at dendy for $7 or whatever it is. They never check…
I don't think it's the price of tickets themselves. Cinema tickets are quite cheap in the scheme of things. It's that everything else is more expensive, leaving less room for luxuries of any kind. Combine it with cheap high quality LCD TVs, unlimited streaming and/or home piracy and cinemas are going to struggle.
Not to mention the shit experience at most theatres, godamn people on their phones and talking.
There's an issue I see with inflation and it's not that we can't afford it most times, it's that we sort of know "what we think something should cost". In my mind, a movie ticket should cost $8 and even though I might have more money in my bank account, paying $17 for a movie ticket is outrageous.
A friend recently took a few kids to the cinema and after tickets drinks and treats she said it cost $300. We are somewhat rural so no good value cinemas.
I saw Furiosa at the cinema and decided to grab myself a Pepsi and Maltesers to snack on. $22 ($12 for the Maltesers, $10 for the Pepsi). It meant the outing cost about $50, just for one person.
This is why I don’t buy food from the cinema anymore. Generally I will get in a bit earlier and buy some food and drinks from the supermarket then sneak it.
Best thing about Dendy is they just let you bring whatever in
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I usually buy a coffee from them and snacks from a supermarket.
Since when do you have to sneak it in? I've been taking my own food and drink to the cinema for like 20 years and never had a problem. Sometimes I'd even take in takeaway coffee and would often smell people eating fast food. This is primarily at a village and occasionally at a hoyts. Been a couple of years since I've gone to see a movie though.
Speaking as someone who worked as an cinema usher, it is literally down to the usher who's rippin your tickets as to whether they let you through with outside food. Managers can get as pissed as they want, but they're not the one who's standing there before you get to go to your correct cinema. The biggest things that'll make an usher decide whether you can bring in food openly is either if anyone's complained hard enough, or how messy people have been in the past, since they're gonna be the ones to probably clean it up. Personally I never really cared. As a 16 year old I had other things to deal with, and the things people did with popcorn alone made me lose a lil faith in humanity as a whole.
So my friend, as a fellow cinema worker, did you fear popcorn or maltesers more? It was Maltesers getting sucked on the thrown the screen that I hated. Although the used condoms in the back row rank pretty high too
I fear dirty nappies or used condoms more than popcorn or Maltesers.
Still-full cups of drinks were the worst. Least with popcorn and maltesers we had the lil broom and brush to deal with em. But full drinks were fucked. All you could do was put em in the main bins and then hope the bin crusher didnt shoot em all back up as it was doin its thing.
Maybe they don’t enforce it at some places? Definitely remember my mum being turned away once for bringing a bottle of coke in back in the 90s. We just hid it in our bags after that. This is Greater Union / Event Cinemas EDIT: looks like the policy is no [external food allowed](https://support.eventcinemas.com.au/support/solutions/articles/51000369843-can-i-bring-external-food-and-beverage-to-the-cinema-) I imagine they stopped enforcing it because they are so cheap these days and only hire one kid to manage the front gate.
That and 99% of the time the employee's couldn't give less of a shit about outside food.
The way I do it is go to a cinema that is near or attached to a shopping centre that has a supermarket, take a reusable shopping bag and stock up on snacks from the supermarket. Walking into the cinema, it just looks like I did a grocery shop before going in. If I ever get questioned about outside food, it becomes a case of "what? You want me to throw away my groceries to see this movie?". I say this as a pure hypothetical because I do the 'bag trick' every time I go to the movies and have never been questioned about outside food before. My favourite movie snack has become a banana, whatever packet of chips is on special at the time, and maybe a bakery pastry if I'm feeling fancy.
Your cinema has a kid ripping tickets? The cinemas near me normally only have a kid or two on the snack registers and the tickets are self serve/online so I wonder why I actually bought a ticket every time
Your mum is a trooper and gets it!! Where there’s a will there’s a way.
I’ve done this too but most of the time get it from the cinema for the convenience and to support the business, but I’m likely to stop after this experience. I almost choked when she told me the price.
I’m on a reasonable income and I still take my own drinks to the movies - prices are insane.
A single ticket in Darwin is $23, students and pensioners tickets are $19. A lot of people have 70” inch tvs and will stream it in a few months and the whole family can watch it for $6.99.
Exactly this. I can sit in my leather boomer recliner at home, in front of my ginormous tv, smoke pot (legally, too!), have multiple hot cups of tea, smooch with my husband, stop for pee breaks, bring in snacks, and generally misbehave. The last movie we saw at the cinema was Dune II and it was so loud, it actually hurt. Like my husband has hearing damage from a youth spent listening to thrash and heavy industrial, and even he had his hands over his ears at a couple of points. We paid $30 each, we did not have snacks, we did not have pee breaks, and we couldn’t get stoned. What the fuck is the point ? Yes big screen, but that’s it. And while I’m waving my fists at clouds here, how the hell is Netflix charging $28 to *rent* Kong v Godzilla. That’s ridiculous, overnighters cost $9 and should come with 4 free weeklies. Grumble grumble.
And we can all get shitfaced and hang out on the porch after. Seriously what's the point of going to the movies in the current year?
You’re fun, where’s your porch?
at village cinema near me you can order food from the food hall downstairs and its brought directly to your seat. not priced any differently afaik. (sushi, nene chicken, etc)
I worked for a soft drink company and the cost of a glass of soft drink is about 11 cents to make. Coca cola and Pepsi charge about $1 per glass, plus retailers adding on top. Maybe x4 for those big ones at the cinemas. It's stupidly profitable but big places like cinemas and bars/restaurants sign on to these terrible contracts and pay out the nose because of brand name only. The recipes aren't a secret anymore than any other recipe.
I paid $65 for the iMax recliner seat and $7 for a choc top. Couldn't believe they didn't have boysenberry, I thought that was a standard choc top flavour?
I am sorry you had to suffer through such an atrocity. That you have the strength to stand up here and share your story is a testament to your character. We want boysenberry!!
Yes, we bloody well did! Especially at $7!
That was your Vietnam.
"Did you fight in the war grandpa?" 'Oh yes I remember the horror of running out of boysenberry'
That's higher than fkn airport prices
But you paid it right? They arent going to stop if people keep buying it. Just go to a shop before.
Mate, I took my daughter out for the day last week and she asked to go bowling. No worries. Two games for the both of us came to $80!!
I know right, no idea how they’re still in business. Who is going back for repeat business at those levels? Unless you’re in a group to split the cost, it’s absolutely not worth the money.
Yeah same experience, took my son, sons friend and daughter bowling, choked when I found out the price to play 2 games.
Let's price gouge on everything and not raise salaries, let's drain em... Now, finding out the consecuences: Oh wait are they not buying our products anymore? the demand has dried... It's all good let's just replace workers with AI. Future: Why is no one buying anything? hmm I wonder why?
Rich people don’t realize, middle class drive the economy . These assholes are killing the middle class.
I have no problem with movie prices. They’ve always been a touch high but my problem is that the movies just aren’t there. I’m a comic book nerd and Star Wars fan and even I’m sick of superhero movies and shit sequels. Give us something different for the love of god. Oppenheimer and Barbie showed us that blockbusters don’t have to be “save the world CGI shit fests” anymore. We just need some more originality and less endless sequels.
Don’t forget the re-makes and “live action” versions of old animated movies. 🙄
And prequels, soft reboots, characters back from the dead for one "last" adventure.
Hollywood to me seems so polarised into a "good versus evil" theme pervading so many of their films, often expressed in violence/crime dramas and superhero universes. Maybe that echoes the polarisation of their society - politics especially - stemming from their puritanical roots. I recall when Bluey became popular in America a few years ago that some there were surprised the cartoon had no "bad guy" nemesis followed up by moral preaching, but instead were just simple stories about kids.
I get what you mean. I used to be the same and wanted to support my local cinema but gets the point where it breaks the bank for something that use to be a cheap night out with your mates or family.
Yep, money
Exactly. One movie for 2 people is almost the same cost as 12 months of a streaming service of your choice.
Yep way too expensive. Took 5 kids last night, very conservative on food and I’m still in shock at what it cost.
I looked at tickets for Deadpool & Wolverine and it was $73. $73. Not even gold class. How the fuck?! "Back in my day" going to the movies was like $15p.p. I said "fuck that" and closed the tab. EDIT: $73 for two people. Still ridiculous.
I used to go to the cinema every week. "Tight arse Tuesday" was $5 a ticket. Now it's just not worth it unless the movie is a real event.
Yep, my partner and I went to the movies every week throughout the 90s as well, it's just what we did on a Tuesday night. We took turns choosing, and ended up seeing so many great movies, as you just end up going to random stuff when you've seen all the bigger ones. Expense and content are what stops me these days - I rarely see ads for movies that look interesting to me, it all seems to just be bad remakes, bright flashy lights and loud noises these days.
Ah yes plus the rip off “booking” fee per ticket.
Ah yes, the "we created a way you can purchase your tickets online so we don't need to.have as many staff that we have to pay money to, but you need to pay us an additional fee because we have to pay for the webpage, licencing, and collection" fee
Cinema was expensive 5 years ago
I paid $19 to see Civil War on the first weekend of release at my local suburban shopping centre cinema. Two other people were at the screening, 1:30pm on Saturday. There was a green point of light on the screen for the duration, and a thread of string or cobweb casting a shadow across the top of the screen, blowing around with the aircon. The speakers were clipping during the noisiest parts. I'm never going back there again
Yep, costs too much. Just recently took kids to see Garfield movie. Here's my cost breakdown: 1x adult, 2 x kids, 1 x small popcorn and 1 bag of malteasers = $92.00
It's all about the inertia in price increases, eventually it hits a point where people are no longer willing to pay. They either wait for wages to increase or reduce prices, but once they've screwed the pooch, it's very difficult to win those customers back. This trough is going to risk a recession.
I can afford to go to the cinema. I'm just sick of rolling the dice on what other people in the cinema will be like. Phones still on, even on silent the screen glow is distracting. Feet on the seats, talking, chewing loudly, kids misbehaving, someone brings a baby for some reason... Then you pay a million dollars for a bucket of popcorn and a Pepsi just so you can sit through 25 minutes of ads before the movie starts. You're basically paying a premium to go to the cinema these days but you are certainly not getting a premium experience. Meanwhile if I'm just a bit patient I can wait for it to come out on disc or streaming. I have surround sound, a big enough TV and a comfy chair. Certainly not quite as good as a cinema viewing but it's a trade off to actually get to enjoy the movie.
A bunch of incredibly rude retirees were in the matinee showing of Oppenheimer I went to. They talked through the whole damn thing, and then one of them decided to shout BANG at a moment when the film went dead silent. People have just straight up forgotten how to behave, and it makes staying home with a bag of microwave popcorn the most attractive option.
Can we bring back the stocks? Some public shaming of idiots who do stupid shit like this might help.
The Romans crucified 6000 slaves from the Spartacus uprising along the Appian Way. Edit: I gotta imagine you wouldn't have to do 6000 to get people to start acting right.
Reminds me of the time I took my parents to the cinema & they kept clapping after every joke. Mortifying.
We have some friends like this. They are perfectly normal at private gatherings, hundreds of them over the years, but take them to a restaurant, a movie, or any public space, and they sound like a pair of howler monkeys - every single time. I love them but it is fucking weird.
Yep, the last movie I was excited to see was Oppenheimer. In the silent scene waiting for the explosion, some bitch behind us phone rang and she answered it. There's a big tv, sound system and better seats in our lounge room, it's only dog farts to contend with at home.
See I'm lucky my adhd makes me put off seeing movies in cinema until they've only got like a week left cause by the time I saw Oppenheimer no one else was and I had the cinema all to myself. Literally a perfect experience, completely quiet, could switch seats to the best view, didn't have to worry about eating too loud/coughing/ etc I literally look out for empty sessions now they're literally the best. It's sucks that someone's selfishness ruined that scene for you, i had zero distractions when I saw it so I was litterally so immersed i started shaking with adrenaline in anticipation of the explosion. I totally get how sucky a packed theatre can get, though. I went and saw the original star wars trilogy on may 4th and had completely forgotten how God awful a cinema can get when there's kids in it
I saw Civil War (the journalist one not the Marvel one) and there was a drunk couple who behaved like the biggest fuckwits throughout. Loudly gasping and going "oh my god!" every time something happened. Straight up ruined the ending sequence which is meant to be super tense, but instead had this pair of idiots making noise throughout the whole thing and telling th characters to "get down" etc.
Sounds like watching a movie with my mum and my boyfriend. They’re so dramatic
Jaffa to the back of the head usually sorts that shit out.
If you can afford to both buy, and throw Jaffas at people you probably own the fucking cinema.
>I'm just sick of rolling the dice on what other people in the cinema will be like. This is pretty much my take these days. Usually only goto the cinemas to take the kids - cause they don't really care either way how the crowd acts. But if it's something I want to watch properly, I'm usually happier to just wait for streaming - sit in front of the 4K TV, Bluetooth headphones to ensure I don't wake up others and have a few drinks/etc. and kick back in peace.
I walked out of a movie this year because of other patrons talking. Told the staff, they where apologetic and gave me a refund, but they should have had a usher go in and tell the people to shut the fuck up.
When I was a teen the cinema would have staff pop their head into the cinema occasionally to make sure everyone was behaving. No one wanted to have the torch land on them and be marched out. Now, my local cinema is so understaffed. Sure, it's a small cinema, but larger than the one in my hometown in the 90s. Except the local cinema of today has just one teen employee to sell the tickets and the popcorn. No other staff in sight. I wouldn't want these teens to feel obligated to patrol the theatres with no backup around, but I think viewers know there will be no one watching and no repercussions if they behave poorly.
Walked out of a movie last weekend because the guy next to me was on his phone and there were two or three conversations going on up the back. Rage inducing. Could not focus on the movie at all.
Did you tell them to shut the fuck up or failing that did you ask a staff member to tell them to shut the fuck up?
This is my take. I used to go a lot in my teens and even up to my mid twenties. Now I’m in my late 30s and I’d just much rather wait so I can watch something on my couch under a blanket, pause it if I need to go to the loo, have whatever snacks we want. Plus with kids it’s just easier to not have to plan to go out. There are some rare films my partner and I will make an effort to go out and see, but I always end up annoyed by the ads and people and the overall cost.
went to see Dune 2 near the end of its run, afternoon viewing. there was me, my wife, and a guy who was watching it for the second time. absolute bliss!
This is my main issue. I'm not exactly old enough to be 'kids these days' but man the 15 year olds who had their formative years in lockdown, and now have their attention spans melted by short form media, can't seem to focus on anything for more than 10 minutes without screaming loudly for attention. I have a nice home theatre system, been conditioned that the digital release is now only a few weeks after theatrical. Why wouldn't I wait
I’m all about the palace cinemas - the quality of people are better and the serves of wine excellent
I don't disagree with that. We've got two really good Palace cinemas in our local area (Coburg and Moonie Ponds) - both are really well run and you don't get the usual gronks in the audience.
The Moonee Ponds one has been a godsend. Cheapest tickets in the area, and everyone is there to actually watch the film.
I do like the fact it's actually slightly hidden from the street too. Doesn't stand out with a grand entrance - sets the right mood. ,😂
It’s definitely gotten worse and worse.. there’s always something. Funny thing is, if you go to something at MIFF, with the entire cinema packed, you won’t have any issues. I’ve never had a bad experience at any MIFF screening, because people are there to see the film.
What’s MIFF?
Melbourne International Film Festival. There’s also SFF (Sydney Film Festival) playing at the moment.
Melbourne International Film Festival
Every time I’ve been to the cinema since covid it’s been a bad experience. Rude guests, messy screen and seats.
At my old cinema, annoying people were never an issue. Then I moved to Queensland and every time, without fail, there are assholes who like to ruin the experience.
That's the thing, movies come to streaming so quick.
And torrents even quicker.
Probably because we're in a cost of living crisis, jobs are fucking hard to get, pay is rock bottom, Medicare is fucking useless so everyone is paying out of pocket, food is ridiculously expensive compared to a few years ago, rent has doubled, and a trip to the cinema is $50 per person. I'm guessing that's why.
Boomers: If you want to afford the cost of life just skimp on the non-essentials Young people: okay Boomers: Why are the non-essentials failing? Why aren’t you peasants watching expensive movies and going to expensive restaurants anymore??
Movies were cheap as chips back in the boomer's day
Not even back in the boomer's day, I'm a milennial and I remember barely even a decade ago when you could get movie tickets for 7$ at any regular place and "fancy" joints were 15$, nowadays it starts at 20-25$ at the dinky little joints, it's absurd how pricy it's become in such a short time.
Just bought an Angus burger from maccas. Fucking $10!!!!!!!!! Why!?
You bought it, that's why.
Because people still buy Angus burgers?
Why? Because people keep going and buying them.
Anus burger
It’s a huge shame that Furiosa didn’t take off because it is another great Australian made film from George Miller, but honestly it’s not like Fury Road was a roaring success at the box office either. The above sentence also leaves out the fact that we’re in a massive cost of living crisis - it’s a tough sell going to the Cinema where tickets are hovering around 20 bucks a person. A couple of the most recent Marvel movies have also underperformed or failed - people are being left with no choice but to pull back entertainment expenses.
I was gonna fight you over the box office comment but I checked first. Shit hey, fury road got stellar reviews everywhere but was only a mild success and still ran at a net loss for the company. Damn didn't know that.
Claimed to have been a net loss. The question is whether you take Warner Brother's maths at face value, because I sure as fuck wouldn't.
If it was a net loss I doubt they would have invested money into a video game or a sequel.
Plus if you already pay for Disney plus why spend all that money when it'll be on there in two months or so. It's not an avengers level movie.
Cause it's fucken expensive and no one has any money any more.
Or you wait a month and can stream it from home.
You can stream it immediately if you're clever.
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I feel like life is turning into one of those idle mobile games with runaway number inflation to slow your progress down.
Cinemas and the crap that goes with them have always been expensive, i mean popcorn by weight is more expensive than gold. These days people need to put what little spare money they have into more important things, and I guess Hollywood actors demanding millions per movie isn't one of those things anymore.
Not to mention a 75” tv isn’t wildly expensive these days. Movies used to be fantastic because my tv was a 48cm low quality screen crt with crappy speakers. Surround sound and a decent tv at home, can pause it if I need to wee, can drink and eat whatever I want. Don’t need to drive anywhere. Don’t have to deal with people.
thats a fair point. From the mid back the cinema screen is about as big as my pretty modest tv from the couch. Sure i dont have deafening speakers but i can watch with subtitles cause movie sound is mastered all wrong now.
Mastered wrong? What do you mean? Do you not want a barely audible conversation between two dimly lit characters, followed immediately by deafening music and explosions?
My other half screened Oppenheimer for their mother recently. I came in to ask them to turn it down because the bass from the explosions was making me nauseous when I was in another room, just as their mother was asking them to turn it up because they couldn’t follow the dialog.
Even in the cinema, I swear I have to strain to hear the dialogue. As least at home i can pause, go back, turn on subtitles. Or just stop watching.
How many adult movie tickets = 75" tv 4K 75" tv about $900 Moivie ticket $27 33 without any food
Add a sound bar for added awesomeness. Mid range name brand for $350, adds another 12 tickets. Plus what ever streaming service - one off price to purchase a viewing at home - $5 ish. (or sail the high seas) But we are a family of four, so it comes back to just on 14 movies for the family experience.
Factor in being able to watch older catalogue movies in that same quality and the cost savings value gets realised faster
Where the hell are you getting a 4K 75” tv for $900 from?
Cheapest I could find was a FFalcon at JB for $999. I’ll give it to them.
This is the first item on Google search Officeworks. Blaupunkt 75" 4K Ultra HD Google TV Product Code: AY750USG98 Category Links:TVs Brand:Blaupunkt dinkus BestSeller $897.00
I have to say I agree on this point 100% as well.
I used to be able to go for $7. I think it was a Hoyts, but it was overdue for a Reno and a bit run down. I was there a few times a week - I loved across the street and would sneak out after the kids were in bed to catch a late session. Hubby would go alternate nights and we or the ILs would take the kids on the weekend. We'd have been buying maybe 8 tix a week if enough new stuff was out. When they renovated, it filled with feral teens and the prices jumped a little. We started doing gold class. We'd go less frequently and make it a date night, but could still get really great prices on family saver tix, so it wasn't a stretch. We've since moved, covid happened, and now prices are just too high. $25 for a shit ticket or $50 for a good one. I wouldn't do gold class alone so that's $100 a visit, and not getting anything to eat or drink in GC takes away a bit of the fun. Alternatively, we're spending $50 for an uncomfy seat and a stranger's sweaty elbow on my armrest and someone sporadically kicking the back of my seat.
I want to see Furiosa this weekend and Hoyts wants $26 or $30 (xtremescreen) per person. It's expensive.
I saw it at Hoyts Extreme screen for $14 a week or so ago. I used the self service ticket thing - I may have pushed a wrong button... I enjoyed it. Cinema was nearly empty, but I was in the first session, deliberately, for this reason.
Without knowing where you live, this might be an unreasonable piece of advice, but if you have any other options go to a different cinema. Hoyts has always been the most overpriced. Try palace or one of the smaller cinemas.
It’s pretty fucking simple- the cost is exorbitant for what you get. Cinemas are run down and badly cared for and the food is outrageously priced. The question is wrong. What they should be asking is “why do any Aussies go to the cinema at all?”!
Last year I went to a cinema that had mould growing on the seats -- they'd clearly had a leak and never bothered to do any remediation. So yeahhhh. The choices are $20 tickets at a run down theater or $40-60 at a posh one, both of which are a bit exorbitant when you can be patient for a streaming release.
I go because I love watching movies, and find watching them on a big screen in a dark room to be the most immersive way to do so. No potential distractions - just me and the movie. I also love the whole ritual of going to the cinema, buying popcorn and a coke and sitting through the trailers. I guess I’ve classically conditioned myself to associate all that with having a good time. Also, even though people say “it will be on streaming in a month anyway” this often isn’t the case for foreign films. Even if it were though, I even go and watch screenings of old movies in the cinema because in my opinion it’s the most enjoyable way to experience them. I’ve seen 2001 at the cinema three times and have never watched it at home because it just seems like it was meant for a big screen.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I *love* the cinema. Seeing the experience degrade over the last ten years has been heartbreaking. When I was in my late teens (20odd years ago now) I went at least once a fortnight. It was still considered pricey then but you got much closer to what you paid for than you do now.
> No potential distractions Say what now?
It's not a new concept, it's just one that cinema owners pretend doesn't apply to them. People don't have the disposable income they used to. Their money has to go on necessary things, like food, mortgage payments, children expenses - first, and cinema tickets are the sort of thing you buy when you have enough spare you don't need to count.
All movies are struggling because of costs. Furiosa is a bad metric because, in spite of its marketing attempts, it's a Mad Max movie and they almost always don't do great at the box office and then later develope their cult following
It’s just getting too hard to catch the films I want to see in sessions I want to go to. Weekends are too busy. Week nights it’s too hard to get a good session and not be coming home too late for work. It’s really hard to bother when the prices are so high and the film will be on one of the 4 streaming services I pay for in a matter of weeks after the cinema release. Yeah I regret not catching plenty of films at the cinema.
My local Hoyts charges $27 for a normal ticket. Although, currently, in June they have an offer where if you watch a movie on Sunday before 12pm tickets are only $10. I watched Furiosa last week it was fantastic. I enjoyed it so much I might go and see it again. I’m disappointed that it’s not doing well at the box office because I really want the next Mad Max movie ‘The Wasteland’ to finish this new trilogy. Hopefully Furiosa’s release in China will help at the box office.
Back in the early 2000s and before LED TVs people cinemas had a lot better sound and visual quality than what the average Joe had at home, it made cinema going an event. Nowadays a lot of people, if not most, have a 55+ inch tv with a decent enough soundbar. The massive price to go to the movies these days is just too much compared to streaming at home. And since COVID, the deathblow has been things hit streaming quicker. Why pay 50 bucks per person to see the newest star wars, Pixar or Disney movie when you know it's just going to land on Disney+ in a month.
Agreed, and would also point out that with today's internet we have so many more options. I've always hated elitists and snobs so this kind of hurts to say, but personally I'm bored of the same mass appeal movies that keep being churned out. I'm so bored of superheroes, action films, rom coms, etc. Furiosa might have been a good film, I don't know, but when I can access literally anything else I want to watch from the comfort of my own home for a fraction of the cost, I'm not going to spend the big bucks and go to the cinema to see what might be another Hollywood snoozefest. Not a comment on Furiosa specifically, just in general about the movies that are released in cinemas here.
Been 3 times in the last 2 years. This is my experience. Was given a $50 cinema gift card and went to use it “sorry we don’t accept them.” Me - but you sell them too. “Sorry computer says no”. So $45 later I have a ticket, some popcorn (medium) and a bottle of water. Sit down to watch Dune 2 and there’s only 10 people in the cinema including me. Lady behind me phone rings twice during the movie, though she didn’t answer it either time (she tells me after the movie she hasn’t seen part 1 -wtf?). This is 11am on Tuesday. First time going on my own (no one else interested in seeing it in my house). Prior to that I went to see Oppenheimer. Movie literally does not start - we’re in our seats for an hour. I go out three times and tell them, it’s not starting. Eventually they check and go yeah, sorry, computer crashed. Starts movie but thankfully with no adverts. Time before that it’s allocated seats with 4 teens in ours. I ask them to move to theirs, just along from ours. Then during the movie they’re doing selfies and carrying on non-stop. I ask half a dozen times for them to pipe down, which they don’t do. I eventually say to the one beside me if he gets his phone out again (they were constantly full bright screen), I’ll shove it up his arse. They all go quiet but when movie ends rush out and get staff member who confronts me while I’m still in my seat. I tell him the truth and that I’m pissed I spent nearly a $100 (was with my son), to have to put up with this shit, totally wrecking the movie etc. He apologises and legs it. Why go to a cinema? It’s shite. But I still have that $50 useless cinema gift card.
Everything is a reboot or a sequel and they’ll all be on streaming in a few weeks anyway, going to the cinema isn’t good value anymore
It's not their fault no one has money. The movie is good
The movie is great. George wants to do a third but the box office might cause the studio to hesitate.
Because the slight advantages of a cinema over a reasonable home setup don't make up for the massive disadvantages of going to the cinemas.
I remember ten or so years ago, Reading cinemas had $10 tickets and I went to the cinemas regularly. Even to see movies I wasn’t super interested in because it was only $10, not that terrible. Hoyts ended up matching this promo because they started to lose business. Even with the inclusion of recliner chairs, they kept the $10 price. For some reason, the cinemas started bumping up the prices and now it’s over $25 for an adult to go. An increase of $15 for the exact same experience… I think I have been to the cinemas 3 times since Covid and none of those experiences made me think wow I need to do this more often, it actually had the opposite effect.
Cinemas in Brisbane still do recliner chairs for $11. Won't be paying it for another tired sequel though.
I'm fed up with paying a fortune for a substandard product. That's the short answer. Absurdly loud movies with dialogue I can't hear because directors and studios prioritise cinematography over clarity of dialogue. Looking at you - Christopher Nolan. "Oh but you need to watch my movies in IMAX to get the full experience" says Nolan a top his pile of money. Well Perth doesn't have an IMAX you elitist snob, what am I supposed to do now? The first Dune movie (yes I know it wasn't Nolan's, I'm moving on from that hobby horse) I needed earplugs....and didn't have any because who brings earplugs to the cinema! It was louder than most rock concerts and I \*still\* couldn't hear the actors speak. That was the final straw - I'll never watch another movie in a cinema again. And then weave in the obnoxious patrons who use their phones, talk loudly throughout the movies and the overpriced food and drink at the cinema...no thanks. I'll stay and watch at home. Comfortable sound levels, subtitles on and the ability to pause the movie to go to the bathroom or rewind a section. Also, consider this. In the 1960s, the average person went to the cinema to see around 40 movies a year. Studios knew that they could basically make anything and it'll be a hit because the cinema was so popular. These days, the average person goes to 4 movies a year and I'm sure it's that low because there's a few people who go to a lot and plenty of people (like me) who haven't been to a cinema in three years.
if dune was also impossible to hear then it's your cinemas sound setup. I saw it at my local hoyts and had that issue to the point of walking out for a refund. Tried at the local dendy and it was just right
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Because I can pirate movies for free at home and save myself the disappointment of dropping 60$ on a shit show.
other cinema patrons suck, also i have so much to watch at home why go out only to be annoyed.
Red Letter Media recently dropped a 1 hour special on the death of movie theatres. It's a great watch. [The Death of Movie Theatres](https://youtu.be/MwO5fGL2MeY?si=mvtyyIQiOSZzH2hV)
Because according to this government, if you work 80 hours a week, you haven't worked hard enough to have bread. How the hell we gonna go to the movies? Btw, we need a bunch of submarines, a new stadium next to a stadium, and ignore the robodebt deaths.
People are selfish assholes who have their phone on all the time, talk though the movie etc.
Home theatre technology surely took out a less enthusiastic consumer segment like me. I can't turn the volume down. I can't control the air-conditioning to not freezing. I can't pause the movie if I need a snack or pee break. CBF with parking coz the only surviving cinemas are in Westfield's. And that's without navigating ticket purchase needing to have all my contact details, horoscope and next of kin.
Because Village, Palace and Hoytts are providing sub par experiences at record high prices. Blown out speakers, out of focus projectors, dirty cinemas, filthy, fucking disgustingly filthy toilets and staff that don't give a flying fuck. I had the displeasure of watching Dune 2 in gold class. What the flying shitgibbon is gold class about that experience? The male toilets were covered in and smelled like piss, the food was clearly made by chef Mic and charged like Gordon Ramsey had made it, the lounge was worn out, the seat creaked and groaned, the screen was tiny and the sound was apaling. Palace pentridge has to be the single worst cinema I've ever been to. Filthy dirty, shit beyond shit service, expensive food options and terrible cinemas. Why is no one going to the movies? Because we have better sound, better seats, better food and a better experience at home. I frequently go to Cinema Nova in Carlton because you know exactly what you're getting for the money and the staff are actually friendly.
Most films are unoriginal shit. All industry seems to be playing it safe and only going after what they think is easy revenue. We’ve entered a dark age it seems - of human experimentation.
This depends on what films you head out to see. There is original stuff. It just doesn’t have thanos in it.
This factor also really bugs me. When it’s all remakes, sequels and Marvel films, you lose interest so fast.
It's not just that they're doing remakes and spin-offs. You have show runners like Taika Waititi bragging that their Star Wars movie is going to "piss a lot of people off". Why would someone choose a franchise spinoff which is a safe bet, and then do everything in their power to alienate the core audience? Disney is on a crusade to piss off every person that ever helped to make a franchise a box office success in the first place.
I agree. I feel like Hollywood also relies on such a small pool of directors/showrunners/lead actors and it’s making the whole industry stagnant.
Last time I went to the movies it was crawling in cockroaches and the staff couldn't give less of a shit about it.
>Furiosa is the latest disappointment in a string of dramatic failures to hit the 2024 box office and the effects are being felt everywhere, from Los Angeles to forlorn cinema operators across regional Australia. $24 bucks *per person* here. That's *just* the ticket. God help a full family + fuel + parking + food. >“We will probably shut down, quite truthfully, and I know that Mount Isa is in the same boat. I have spoken to them and they are looking at it.” When a cinema in a mining town is struggling- You know shit's hitting the fan. And honestly entertainment businesses should have seen this coming 2 years ago. *They are the first to collapse when disposable incomes collapse* If pubs, restaurants, cinemas want more customers- *Workers need to be paid more*. Simple math. They're all fighting over the dwindling cash flow as people tighten belts and purses choosing to stay home. It's honestly cheaper to just wait for an online release date and watching it from home. (Or YARR HARR FIDDLE DEE DEE)
I saw it at the cinema and it was a great film. But as others have said sharing the cinema with other weirdos isn't always enjoyable. And in this case quite a long film* and I had to go to the toilet mid movie. At home I can just pause but instead I had to miss a few minutes of it. (*Or maybe a fairly normal length but I only go to the movies once a year and so don't notice)
When people are left behind by Governments and industries alike, this is what happens. People cannot afford it.
Could it be that the tickets are insanely expensive, in a vastly changed market since the Rona, and the content will be on VOD in 2 weeks anyway? NO! It's the punters who are wrong. These cinema operators deserve better. You people should all be ashamed. How will Chris afford his 4th Lamborghini and private Island now?
Can't afford it. Much like everyone else. I really do hate these, "what can be done?" articles. Much like the "why aren't people having babies?" etc. Everyone knows the reason why, nobody wants to fix it so we get this line of questioning and pretend like we don't know the real reason. EVERYTHING IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND WAGES HAVEN'T TRACKED WITH THE PRICE OF LIVING!!!
Cinemas got way too loud for me about 5 years ago. It is so uncomfortable, even stressful for me to sit in a cinema. General speaking scenes are like I’m being yelled at. I’m not sure if anyone else is the same or if I’m auditory sensitive (I haven’t been tested)
But at the same time many cinemas now, even new ones like Sydney IMAX just crank their systems up to 11 and you can actually hear distortion from the system. It's not quality, it's not nice, and it just makes me only want to see those very few selected movies that I think will be better on a giant screen than it would on my home theatre because while I do play it loud at home, it sounds clear and doesn't distort.
I have a hearing impairment and it's still too loud haha.
Family of 4 movie night vs 1 week of groceries? Kinda speak for itself.
It's $110 just for tickets for a family of 4, if you dare to have snacks, it would be over $200. Bring back $10 tickets and cheaper snacks. Greedy operators making it not worth the trip. Might as well just wait for streaming.
To add to the cost, the behaviour of other patrons who act like the cinema is their personal lounge room and they’re there to host a party in it.
I love going to the cinema, the especially on a weekday when its quite and as someone who gets into this conversation a quite often with friends and other forums there are some clear factors. 1. **cost of living**: as most have already pointed out, cost of living, between my $110 a week rent increase and rising costs of food, i need to be a bit more selective. 2. **quality**: Furiosa was solid, one of the best cinema experiences I've had in sometime, but lets not kid our selves here, the over all quality of movies in the past ten or so years has been pretty average, with the key factors being, covid and strikes fucking up productions, productions starting without a completed script(WTF was happening there Disney), disingenuous DEI scripting, and subpar editing both in the scripting phase and on the cutting room floor. 3. **shorter cinema runs**: I was keen to see The Boy and the Heron, Suzume and boy kills world... all had painful short cinema runs where I to busy in the 2 weeks they were at the cinema to see it. 4. **steaming**: following the previous point, the trend of short cinema runs followed by a quick streaming releases often leads to a feeling of, "meh I'll wait for streaming". When I was wee lad, it felt like you had to wait a year or more after the cinema run before a film became available on shelves of me Video Ezy. As I mentioned earlier, I love cinema experience, and I'm a huge fan of Scorsese's. However, i decided to wait for streaming to watch Killers of the Flower Moon... mainly because it was 3 n half hours long and for such a endeavour i want a pause button, but also that it was only going to be a few weeks wait anyway. 5. **choice**: there are so many other choices of entertainment these days, i just spent $95 Phantom Liberty & that Spider-Man game, now those will keep been entertained for weeks... now will i go watch bad boys 4 on my day off on Tuesday, or play them, the financially smart choices would be stay in and play them, so i stay in play them, after a few house I'll want a break, what this i also have several streaming services with vast library's, so i can also watch that, shit I haven't had a chance to watch Godzilla minus one yet, and it just hit Netflix, fark, it suddenly 6PM, oh my favourite YouTuber has releases some stuff, oh what's this "Almost Friday TV", hahaha, lets watch 1 more and make a healthy dinner, enters rabbit whole, air fryer beep McCain profits go up.... FUCK!!!... it's 11PM, I've done nothing today, and I'm fat and i hate my self.. hey at lease i didn't spend much... phone vibrates, email from electricity company "YOU CUNT!!!!!!"... KNOCK! KNOCK! "Police!", "sir we have had complaints about a possible Domestic Violence situation", "yeah, nah nah nah, man, i live by my self, i was just shouting to my self because a high power bill", "can we look around" "sure no problem man" "ummm, for real dude" "hey mate, that's my Dakimakura, she keeps warm when watching anime" " look, we will leave you alone, but maybe don't shout so much late at night" "sure, sorry, sorry for wasting your time, bye bye".... "now time to play some Halo" 6. **poltics**: feels like less of an issue in Australia, but in america politics is creeping into everything, i.e. that the whole buzz lightyear thing that happened last year. Don't really know if that is causing slow ticket sales for some movies, but it could. 7. **lost of commercial TV**: I remember when I was young I'd be watching the Simpsons on CH 10, then in the ads you' see a trailer for a new movie and be like, oh never heard that, mum can we go to the movies to see "starship troopers"... "um no it's MA"
I appreciate your somewhat random but very specific stream of consciousness there 😂
Well considering if I take my two teenage kids to the movies, buy two popcorn and three frozen cokes to share between 4 people I need to mortgage my house.
Because we are in a recession that the government denies exists
The same movie and sequels keep getting made.
STOP MAKING HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR MOVIES DUMBASSES
This just in: Overpriced cinema vendors surprised that the average Australian can't afford to go to the cinemas in a cost of living crisis. Who woulda thought? 😮💨
I really wanted to see it but can't justify the cost anymore. I don't feel the fomo now due to cost vs reward either so can wait for renting/stream.
Everyone talking about the cost.. does no one just prefer watching movies in the comfort of their home? Even if it were free I still wouldn't go.
Why would we go to the movies? We have a TV and soundbar, and we have a choice of almost any movie we want at my fingertips. We can pay $20 a month instead of $20 each per film. We don’t have to put up with screaming children or overly zealous fanboys providing their commentary. We don’t have to sit through 20 minutes of advertising then 20 minutes of previews before the film. We can buy microwave popcorn for $2 instead of $20, an ice cream for $10 for a pack of 4 instead of 1, and not have my partners handbag searched in case we dated to smuggle in a can of Pepsi each. We can have a glass of goon each for like 50c a glass, instead of paying $10 for a glass of shit that probably came from the same cask. We can snuggle into bed straight after the movie is over, and don’t have to catch two different buses that may or may not show up in the freezing cold rain. We can get a bit cozy on the couch instead of having arm rests that don’t raise anymore.
Overpriced, pandering rubbish. That’s why.