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I see two things they can change to improve. - Make going to the movies more of an event. Alamo Drafthouse understands this. Don't tolerate disturbances. Sell
by chiph 10y ago
I see two things they can change to improve.
- Make going to the movies more of an event. Alamo Drafthouse understands this. Don't tolerate disturbances. Sell food and alcohol. Don't run ads for the local mattress store before the film.
- Price B movies lower than tentpole releases. Guardians of the Galaxy I'll gladly pay $10-12 for. Some romantic comedy that will quickly be forgotten and the studio only spent $30 million on ought to be priced less.
- anigbrowl 10y agoSo your plan is to price movie tickets in accordance with their production budget? That's a great way to select for lower quality.
- TheAdamAndChe 10y agoIt seems smart to me. It can get people into the habit of going to see a movie as a minor event, instead of saving for only a couple movies a year.
- chiph 10y agoThat's only one indicator of it's potential quality. You can also judge (and price) a film by the caliber of actors in it. But sometimes that doesn't work - Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, and Christopher Walken -- should be a total winner, right? Not always... https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nine_lives_2016 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nine_lives_2016
- drdeadringer 10y ago> Don't run ads for the local mattress store before the film. I had never come across this type of ad in the movie theater until I started going to local theaters. For decades I was going only to Big Mega-Chain theaters because they were the only ones available -- and none of them ran local ads.