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I haven't been to a movie theater since 2009. What makes them so special nowadays? I've been tempted to go but it's hard to beat my setup at home.
Nothing makes them special. The picture quality is worse than my setup at home (I have a 65" HDR OLED TV.) You're sitting with like 100 people in a large room, half of whom are caughing nonstop and probably have covid. The food is disgusting and overpriced. The price of tickets are ridiculous now. The audio is WAY too loud. Like seriously, way too fucking loud. I had to cover my ears during the previews last time I went. Pretty sure the volume was legit hearing damage level. I see no good reason to go to a theater ever. They're trash.
The only benefit the theater has over my living room (5.1 setup) is the dolby atmos or whatever setup. But you can't even appreciate it because they blast the volume at ear drum shattering levels.
Not everyone has a good setup at home and people want to go out.
What makes them so special nowadays?
I guess they are much emptier these days which might make them somewhat bearable.
@Kit It's just a different experience to see the picture on a bigger screen.
But why has the quality gone up over the years, as shown in the graph?
Cushioned, motorized reclining seats with footrests. Thick armrests so that you have a little personal space from your neighbors. And, they still got the drink holders. Quite different than the cheaper plastic seats from two decades ago.
Id like to add in on this, there are more dine in theaters than there use to be. Big one in my area would be thluie Alamo Draft House. Quality isnt what it use to be, but is still better than most. They also tend to reshow alot of older movies, will never forget seeing the original Predator movie and they were handing you a kids cap gun with a pack of the round ring of ammo on your way to the seats.
And all that for only $40 a ticket! What a deal.
The luxury one my wife and I go to is in the rich part of a Californian town: 13 for matinee and 20 for most other time slots
I've never seen a movie ticket go for more than 25 anywhere but IMAX or for an incredibly special showing of something
I literally just got a ticket for Deadpool. $34.76 after taxes and fees. I'm not pulling this shit out of my ass. I love movies, but theater prices are getting insane for not a lot better of an experience from my home theater at this point.
It's getting harder and harder to justify, sadly.
Yeah I'm not sure that's the norm. My theater prices are more in life ne with the person you're replying to. I love in the Midwest.
Yeaaaah, that's really not that common. In many places the only thing that's been going up is the price (also the amount of ads before the movie)
Well, for one the volume has gone up.
I have a 65" oled tv. Pretty sure my tv has better picture quality than the movie theater. I'd much rather prefer to watch at home and not have to sit near 100 people coughing, thank you very much.
Also the quality of food at the dine-in theaters is disgusting. I ordered a chicken sandwich from my local theater earlier this year (went to see dune 2) and immediately felt nauseous and had to shit.