You hit it on the head. I don't go to the movies because I don't want to pay a minimum of $25 to watch something I could see at home where I wouldn't have to st

You hit it on the head. I don't go to the movies because I don't want to pay a minimum of $25 to watch something I could see at home where I wouldn't have to stand in line just to eat the concessions that get more expensive and disgusting every year, sit in a theater that would look less clean than a motel room with the lights on, and be upsold on even more overpriced specialty tickets/scolded for bringing healthier snacks in as if the cost of admission isn't enough. If these prices really must be raised so high they exceed the value of the experience it's a sign the business model is flawed. In my town there used to be 2 theaters so there was competition, but the same national chain now owns both and provides the same garbage experience. It doesn't help that, as you pointed out, most movies in theaters are sequels or so generically mass market that I'll feel the same seeing them on an airplane as on the big screen. R&M's parody of Guardians last night was dead on in this regard. The only times I've gone to a theater the past few years was to screenings of old films at the historical theater in town and to the movie tavern 30 minutes out of town, which not only makes an effort to provide a better experience than home but ALSO somehow costs less. Being able to eat wings and drink a beer in a recliner (with too much space between rows for kids to kick the back of my seat) feels closest to an attempt at a better business model.