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Are Cinemas_Theaters still Alive in your Area?
mengfei:
I guess if it's a Blockbuster Movie, then it's worth going to the Movies 8)
anyone remember "Blockbuster" I heard there is still one standing....but for how long :-//
coppice:
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--- Quote from: mengfei on July 19, 2023, 01:21:44 am ---Given that you have your HT setup in your home, are you still willing to go the Movies? ::)
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Nope.
I don't want to watch that many of the new movies. Simply not interested in them. The few I do want to watch - like John Wick 4 and Dune, I simply wait for the DVD. :-//
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DVD?! You know it isn't 1998, right? We have HDR 4k Blu ray now with object based audio that works with as many speakers as you can fit in the room (13 in my case, plus subs).
I still very occasionally go to the cinema, but mostly to hang out with friends or take the kids to a movie they just can't wait for. Most cinemas in my city have comfy power-reclining leather seats with oceans of room, and they serve alcohol if you prefer that over fizzy sugar water.
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I don't know if you have ever met them, but there are these people who walk among us who say "no" as soon and you suggest having 5.1 speakers in the house, and scream "no" when you suggest even greater numbers. This makes stereo to 5.1 a sweet spot for most of us..... well, that or divorce.
coppice:
Its hard to get the timing right for things like cinemas, when the planning to opening pipeline is so long. Our local Vue was closed for quite a while before COVID for a complete (although possibly unnecessary - it seemed fine before) refurbishment. It opened just as COVID hit, and the car park hasn't looked full since. In another part of town someone else built an IMAX screen around the same time. Same problem. The sparsity of good recent movies hasn't helped.
coppice:
--- Quote from: rdl on July 21, 2023, 06:30:45 am ---I still watch movies. Maverick was fantastic.
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There's the key problem in a nutshell. Ask people to name a good recent movie, and most people are going to give you that title. An outlier doesn't keep an industry afloat.
firewalker:
COVID had an impact. A large cinema complex didn;t open again after COVID. Small neighborhood cinemas are just fine though. TBH I really enjoy small summer cinemas (open).
Alexander.
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