Comments on: Theaters will charge premium on 2D movies in order to lower the cost of 3D movie tickets

By: Capital_7

Capital_7 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:50:00 +0000

Juxtaposed with the rise in the number of second run $5 and under theaters, I’d say that Hollywood has once again shown themselves to have their finger on the pulse of the nation.

By: Cheryl Carter

Cheryl Carter — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:14:00 +0000

I think we should do away with theaters all together. They are either too hot, too cold, too crowded or the person in front of you needs a bath. We as the public have a choice. We should boycott theaters and demand that movies be instant streamed to our homes. If we want it in 3D we can do so, if not we have a choice and we don’t have to put up with uncomfortable chairs and dirty floors.

By: Teller

Teller — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:22:00 +0000

HG reviewed in today’s BB, along with a Tom the Dancing Hunger Games comic. oof.

By: realityhater

realityhater — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Watch out theaters with this move – you may end up like past media ; newspapers , books and cd’s – OBSOLETE !
There will come a day when people will come to realize what actual advantage do we get for your $9.99 ticket and your $7.00 soda pop and $5.00 popcorn- when we could have waited 4-6 weeks and bought it on DVD at target for 16.00—- or for the more adventurous of us a bit torrent download nuff said. I used to love to go to the movies as a kid and young adult – cant watch the 3d stuff – it makes me nauseous and causes severe headaches after 20 minutes. but this plan is BS 3d will not save the industry -if they do his I am going back to reading the books – always better picture quality in my head anyway :)

By: Sir Alec Guiness Stout

Sir Alec Guiness Stout — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Based on John Carter ticket sales overall probably not.

By: Sir Alec Guiness Stout

Sir Alec Guiness Stout — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:02:00 +0000

“What’s your name?”
“Bend over”
“Ben? Nice to meet you”

I wonder what their next excuse is going to be when their ticket sales go down further?

By: Nathan Phoenix

Nathan Phoenix — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:04:00 +0000

For once, it may be true, as higher prices push more people to explore those options.

By: Keith Kisser

Keith Kisser — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:10:00 +0000

Exactly. If My wife and I want to see a movie– even at Matinee prices– it’s the same as buying it sight unseen on DVD. Luckily I live in an area with several fine second run theaters, so i can wait a few weeks and see those must-see cultural touchstone films for $3 a ticket and enjoy beer and pizza while I do it.

By: Ant

Ant — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:32:00 +0000

OK, why is the article link in Flash? Stupid.

By: EH

EH — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Next time you’re dealing with “understaffed management,” try the magic words, “handle this idiot or give me a refund.”

By: Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Whoosh!

By: ChasInNJ

ChasInNJ — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:19:00 +0000

The movie industry is feeding on itself with all the remakes, rip-offs and money grabs. Unfortunately the spambots and the mouth-breathing a$$holes have yet to figure that out.

By: Jesus Climent

Jesus Climent — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:56:00 +0000

ITYM Titanic 3D, coming to a theatre near you in April.

Why are they so stupid to give people more reasons to download, and then wonder why people do it?

“It is not me, is you.”

By: dcorbett

dcorbett — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:11:00 +0000

Certainly unfair, wrong-headed thinking typical of greedy captains of industry. They will lose my business, as I avoid the theaters in favor of streaming content. Then when they screw that up, I’ll go elsewhere or avoid movies entirely. And in the end, they will have done this to themselves and learned nothing in the process.
Nothing like a good book anyway.

By: Mari Lwyd

Mari Lwyd — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:35:00 +0000

And you’ve been going to an exceptional theater which is where?

By: EH

EH — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:47:00 +0000

Well obviously you’ve been going to a sucky theater.

By: M_Annetta

M_Annetta — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:04:00 +0000

I think you meant to say the big incentive for CONVERTING movies to 3D is the premium ticket prices. Meaning movies that were not shot with 3D in mind (yes, it makes a huge difference) changed over because the studios (they’re the ones doing the conversions, not the theatres) want to grab some more money. And conversions are generally bad because the movies themselves are not framed or edited for 3D.

By: Steve Miller

Steve Miller — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:02:00 +0000

At $21, is the hunger game being played the one that takes food out of the viewer’s budget?

By: M_Annetta

M_Annetta — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:57:00 +0000

Precisely. When 3D is no longer the main purpose of the film and it just *is* (like sound and color) it’s immersive (see “Pina”)

By: M_Annetta

M_Annetta — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:55:00 +0000

“I believe that the man who invents a means of producing a perfect stereo motion picture will have accomplished the greatest achievement since the first motion picture . . . today, the motion pictures projected on the most perfect screen are lacking in solidity and relief. If the characters could only be made to stand out as they do in stereopticon pictures, and still retain the action of motion pictures of today, I think the ultimate would be reached by the cinema.”-Harold Lloyd, 1929

By: Steve Miller

Steve Miller — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:51:00 +0000

Somehow, I read that as Hollywood doing a lot of self-touching…

By: Riley Bauer

Riley Bauer — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:18:00 +0000

well, in response to your first paragraph, I’m well aware of the necessity of taxes and government etc, and I fully support it. But you can’t tell me that you fully support every dollar the government spends. which was my point.

the argument being made in this article is that it is a bad idea for the theaters to raise 2D ticket costs to lessen the cost of 3D tickets because the author doesn’t like 3D movies. it should be very obvious that this isn’t actually a good argument. plenty of people don’t like 3D movies, but plenty of people do, and if the cost is lowered, people will support them more.

the purpose of my comment was to point out the triviality of the argument presented in the article.

By: That_Anonymous_Coward

That_Anonymous_Coward — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:17:00 +0000

So bright ideas gone wrong…
1 – 3d We’ll make it all 3D even if we have to spend an extra $100 milli0n to make it look 3D, because its cool… what do you mean people are puking watching this?

2 – ZOMG they might make perfect digital copies from the projectors, quick make a system that can shut down the system if you don’t input the right 28 digit code!… Why does this movie look so dark mommy? Because they are to scared to switch the bulb back to the 2D one, if they mess up the loose money for the day by having to shut down the theater.

3 – Lets film it in IMax 3D! But there aren’t enough real IMax screens, we’ll just add new definitions of what IMax is!

4 – People aren’t paying top dollar for our 3D movies, maybe if we make what they want to watch cost more we can recoup the price.

5 – Why won’t people come in to the theater anymore? We send out minimum wage earning high school kids in with a whole 3 minutes to flip the theater and make it nice, we don’t hassle people with screaming babies and cell phones, we only had to use the jaws of life 3 times this week to pry a kid off of the floor, we’ve set the volume to just above sonic boom for the fight scenes and turn it down during the stupid talking parts, the restrooms are just as nice as outhouses, and we are charging triple on our snacks? WHAT DO THESE INGRATES WANT?!

The “experience” of going out to the movies has lost its luster. More people have better screens at home and would rather avoid all of the “features” offered by most theaters. The ones that are doing well? The specialists. Drinks to your seat, high end food with big comfy chairs, special nights for parents to bring screamers, no cell phone policies that actually throw people out. The idea of treating them like coach passengers is what is hurting your industry, how soon until one of the RyanAir’s it and offers clean bathrooms for a fee?

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:01:00 +0000

Odorama I think it’s called.
And no thanks, the only film in Odorama that I know of is John Waters’ “Polyester”, and hmm… it’s a John Waters film, so expect the super-nasty.

By: CastanhasDoPara

CastanhasDoPara — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:37:00 +0000

Not quite. In theory government taxes the people to pay for necessities which private or corporate (chartered cooperatives, joint-stock ventures) citizens will not or cannot endeavour to achieve on their own. Do you really think the freeways, dams, or mass transit could be built by private means and generate a profit in terms that capitalism would approve of? The short answer is no, none of these things would have been possible under strict libertarian capitalism.

The irony here is that this is it looks like redistribution (gah, teh socialisms) but this is pretty much the exact opposite of the spirit of redistribution. Instead of accommodating different preferences in a non-essential commodity which is produced by private interests for private purposes and charging accordingly they are being greedy little twits and seeking to bilk people through a deceptive pricing ploy. It won’t work and they will be worse off for the effort.

By: camerara

camerara — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:12:00 +0000

I just checked and Hoyts over here in Melbourne is charging $21 Australian for a ticket to see Hunger games. $21!!! To put this in perspective I thing the Aust. dollar is slightly stronger than the us dollar at the moment.
According to this article the price will go even higher… Really??? I think I can survive without going to the movies.

By: catgrin

catgrin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:06:00 +0000

I saw John Carter twice, and both times saw it in 2D. Once I went with a friend who has no depth perception, and the other time I went with my aunt who gets migraines from 3D screenings!

By: jere7my

jere7my — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:34:00 +0000

“…as an industry, I think we’ll see a blend begin to emerge in 2012, where patrons will have a single price for both 2D and 3D films.”

Is he announcing or predicting? Looks like the latter to me.

By: Mari Lwyd

Mari Lwyd — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:21:00 +0000

I concur.

By: Albert Hartman

Albert Hartman — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:49:00 +0000

3D is Hollywood’s problem, not it’s customers. This is typical behavior from a monopolist that will find all goodwill gone when times get tough, and they will.