Sneaking snacks into the theater is objectively wrong if you are a movie fan

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Grimreaper@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

If you claim to be a fan of film and filmmaking and like going to the movie theatre and like the movie-going experience, then sneaking snacks into the theatre is wrong because if you are a real movie fan, then you should support the movie theatre you go to. It doesn’t matter if it’s AMC, Regal, or Cinemark; you have a moral obligation to support these movie chains if you claim to be a movie fan. Not only are you supporting the theatre, but you are also supporting the directors and the people who worked on the movie you are watching.

I go to the movies multiple times a week, and I always get snacks at my AMC.

If you claim to be a movie fan, then you should support the theatres in every way you can; if you don’t, then you aren’t a movie fan.

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BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Put your shower thought in unpopular opinion.

Capitalism sucks and you shouldn’t be force to pay ridiculously inflated prices for snacks because the parasites owning the movie industry want a bigger paycheck.

The people making the movies, writers, actors, makeup artists, they all already got paid to do their job. Box office sales is just the money the corporate gets to rake in.

Most small local theatres are shut down and replaced by chains already. So that doesn’t help either.

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- Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Basically this, and this also leads to the only exception to the “not-buying-snacks” rule that I have:
  In our town there is a small independent cinema (besides the big chain one), that has a little pub/cafe attached.
  I make a point in coming early or meeting way before the film start and order a drink at the bar or so. Just feels right (and also is fun somehow).
  
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

but you are also supporting the directors and the people who worked on the movie you are watching.

Ehhh, this seems like a stretch.

I’m pretty sure the cast and crew get 0% of popcorn sales on their movie.

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- nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  I’m pretty sure the cast and crew get 0% of popcorn sales on their movie.
  
  Former movie crew, can confirm, I never got my movie theater popcorn check.
  
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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If your criterion is that the theater isn’t making as much as they otherwise would, then failing to donation your entire paycheck to the theater is also “objectively wrong”.

I generally don’t eat in the theater anyway, but when I do I buy from the theater’s concessions… as a courtesy, not because I think it exemplifies some kind of objective morality.

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PillowTalk420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They dont make much on tickets, true. But they sure as fuck don’t lose so much money that a 12oz can of Coke should cost $10+. They’re prices go beyond simply getting back into the black. It’s straight up greed.

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- NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Have you seen their books?
  
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  - PillowTalk420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yes. They’re absolutely cooked, chat.
    
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ArfArfWoof@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Hey, uh, out of curiosity, what do you think of movie piracy? Should someone who never pays be able to call themselves a fan, or are those people not “real” fans?

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- Grimreaper@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  what do you think of movie piracy? It’s theft.
  
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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Depending on which part of the world you are in the cinema doesn’t even pay rent.

They are used as loss leaders of shopping centres.

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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
To add a different kin of unpopular opinion:
I hate the whole popcorn munching in cinemas, so I applaud everyone who sneaks in their own stuff, as that won’t be popcorn.

Besides that, cinema halls are practically never full, so the cinema earns practically 100% of my entry price without loosing anything (as the seat I sit on doesn’t care if it is occupied or empty).

I never buy snacks, but I also don’t sneak anything in.
I don’t understand the whole obsession with eating tons of stuff while watching a film in public. I think that is a really strange urge that many seem to have.

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- starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  At our cinema it will still be popcorn. The wee coffee shop right next to the cinema entrance does a roaring trade in popcorn.
  
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Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If I’m going anywhere, I’m bringing food. No one is losing out. I’m not buying your overpriced crap just because it’s there.

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ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
👎

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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I just don’t go to the cinema at all.

Liking movies and liking cinemas is two different things, and I honestly don’t care whether cinemas exist or not, because I hate that the movie industry tries to force me to go to some crappy cinema with stupid 3D and stupid movie dubbs and with people who stink of smoke and either chat and munch throughout the movie or who are disturbed by my chatting and munching.

All of that doesn’t exist when I watch movies at home on my home cinema setup.

So no, you don’t need to want to be ripped off by some cinema just to get a crappy, sub-par experience to “be a movie fan”.

Sounds to me as if you aren’t a movie fan, but a cinema fan.

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Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Well, at least you have a new thing to think about in the shower.

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