I’ve started patronizing small art cinemas mainly because they’re free from contemporary Hollywood slop, show movies that don’t have a paint-by-numbers plot and have a symbolic ticket price because they’re mostly state funded.
There exist people who will go through the effort of leaving their home, traveling to a movie theatre, paying for a ticket, and sitting for 2-3 hours for a movie they claim "nobody wants to see"
Submitted 1 day ago by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Rooty@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Quexotic@infosec.pub 11 hours ago
Don’t forget the "paying $80-$100 to cover the cost of the whole family for this event.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
I go to the theater every Sunday morning to the earliest showings of that day.
The theater chain in my town has a monthly subscription. $20/month and I can see 4 movies a week.
I don’t always love the theater itself, but the experience of seeing movies in theaters is very different than watching at home and I love that feeling.
I’m actively choosing to go to a new location in a dark room without distractions, to turn off my phone, to not speak, and to give the movie my full and complete attention. There’s something to that, which is hard for me to explain, but it changes my relationship to the movie.
Sometimes people are shitty, talking or texting, but I find that it doesn’t actually happen much. Perhaps I has something to do seeing early movies, rather than prime time. I don’t know.
Unless something happens to drastically alter my ability to enjoy the experience, I don’t foresee that I will ever stop going.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
That’s good. I think you’re misunderstanding my post. The point is about people who whine about new movies, saying “nobody wants this” but then go out of their way to see it. It would be one thing if they were watching it at home and putting less effort in, but they will go to the theatre and put all that effort and money in for a movie they claim shouldn’t be made because nobody wants it
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
I initially did but I saw you comment on another post clarifying. I opted to leave my comment up because the movie going experience is important to me and I wanted to share it with others. :)
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 16 hours ago
People do the same, and spend a lot more, to watch sporting events that turn out to be crappy.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Most of the time, you don’t know you didn’t want to see a movie until after you saw it and found out it fucking sucks.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 day ago
If only there was a place people could discuss the goodness of a movie and look at how other people found their experience, before buying a ticket oneself.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
If only everyone shared exactly the same opinions on everything cuz you still run into the same problem when people say it’s good, but then you don’t agree after seeing it yourself.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yes but I’m talking about people who were complaining at the first trailer “nobody wants this” and still go to the effort of seeing it. Typically happens with remakes and sequels.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
I think there are some people that don’t like things and they don’t want anyone to like things either.
Yeah there are a lot of a super hero slop movies built on an assembly line, but to someone out there, a favorite character or story they liked as a kid is real for 2 hours. Maybe they got teased for loving Shazam, and now they are grown and can just leave their problems behind and watch a dumb Shazam movie.
I always think every movie that gets made is sort of a miracle. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people work on a piece of art and they have to compromise or it doesn’t happen. That’s so rare in our world.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
OLOLOLOLOL
Yeah
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I never used to like going to the cinema but then all I used to go and see were ‘blockbusters’
Then I got a job working in an art deco cinema that showed art house type films and that made me enjoy the whole experience more
Being able to have a pint whilst watching and the free tickets certainly helped
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s me. I watch a lot of movies and see arthouse stuff the public doesn’t care about and I something is a big enough train wreck occasionally I’ll see what’s going on (shout out to CATS). Though I have Regal Unlimited so I don’t “pay” for a ticket
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Having a theater subscription has definitely made going to movies far more enjoyable tbh and one of the only subscription type services I have anymore. It’s way easier for me to just pick a random afternoon, drag a friend along and take more chances on a movie when, as you said, I’m not “paying” for that ticket.
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Exactly. Especially considering it’s rare that there’s a month where there are fewer than 2 movies I actively want to see in theaters. So I’m already saving money with it, all those other movies are just bonuses
Plus you get surprised. I thought Clown in a Cornfield was going to suck and I would have never seen Life of Chuck normally but I ended up really enjoying both of them
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
Not gonna deny that these people exist. But also want to say that I know none of them. Usually they would check trailer and/or go to something that they think will be a good watch. Never heard a single person say “Trailer is shit and gives out whole plot. Movie will suck!” and still give it a try at the cinema.
LoonyLenny@lemdro.id 1 day ago
Do you mean the ppl going to see “The extended editions of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy (that) will return to theaters for a special 25th anniversary celebration from January 16-18 and January 23-25, 2026.”?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I only mean them if they complain that nobody wants it but they choose to see it
grill@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
Yeah, that’s me. Over the last 10 years, I’ve watched 51 movies in theaters. Only a few of them were movies I actually wanted to see.
I’m trying to stop doing this, but it’s hard because my friend group has terrible taste in movies, and they get upset if I don’t come along.
This Thursday we’re going to see Avatar 3, and I have no interest in it. It’s also a very long movie and starts late at night. The next day I need to wake up early for a pretty important workday. I need to start standing up for myself more…
Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Grow a spine, mate! The best thing I’ve done for myself was learning my own boundaries and how to enforce them.
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I enjoy seeing movies at the theater. Fuck me I guess?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I see movies at the theater all the time. I think you misunderstand my complaint. I’m complaining about people who go out of their way to see movies they claim nobody wants to see. If you made the trip to see it, you wanted to see it
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I just saw Hamnet and there was only 4 people in the theater. I enjoyed the movie.
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Oh ok. I guess I haven’t encountered anyone saying that no one wants to see certain movies. Thanks for the context!
python@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I went to the midnight release of Avengers Endgame and one guy showed up in full Iron Man Cosplay. Seeing him walk out of that theater at the end of the movie was the highlight of my entire year.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My jealousy knows no bounds!! My best “audience reaction/participation” film was No Way Home - but that was just a lot of “ooohs” and “aahs!” as each multiverse character was introduced.
RBWells@lemmy.world 1 day ago
We like it, now that you can buy seats and the theaters are smaller and steeper (no bad seats). Too expensive to do all the time but great for the Spectacular Movies with all the effects. Too loud usually, the sound is great and clear but too loud.
I don’t know anybody who says they are going to see something nobody wants to see, maybe those movies don’t make it down here.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
A lot of the big popular movies, like superhero movies, immediately get people whining “nobody wants this”
RBWells@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I don’t hear that but do know plenty of people who think it’s sclock and ought not be made. I’m easy to entertain I guess - if something is beautifully filmed and there is action, explosions, space battles or monsters, that is the stuff I like to see at the theater.
Dramas, other stories, and horror, also musicals I prefer on a smaller screen at home.
My mom told me once “you have the same taste in movies as a teenage boy” and I guess she was right, but she didn’t like science fiction or comics, only serious real world stories. I live in this world. When I go to the movies I want to see another world.
shalafi@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
We have one little theater in town, 6 or 8 screens? Got to see Blade Runner 2049 with my ex-wife, just us. Saw IT by myself and only 3 other people in the house.
I’d kill for a cinema where you can order real food and drink beer on the cheap. There’s one in the “big” town, too lazy to go that far.
mundane@piefed.world 1 day ago
I don’t understand going to the movie theater at all. Except for the sound, every other aspect of the experience is worse than my own living room.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t go anymore, but really as someone who wants to get out of the house more, I can 100% see it being as a good enough reason to get out of the house.
Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
What got me back into theatres was going out and being around people without actually, you know, being around people “post”-COVID. That and I wanted to support my local indie theatre, 'cause it’s cool and stood a huge risk of going out of business during the pandemic.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I loved going to watch movies at the cinema. Then they decided to raise tickets prices absurdly. And set popcorn and drinks prices even higher and, against the law, decided to ban consumption of outside food (you have to argue every time with them). So right now, a full price ticket with popcorns and a small drink goes for more than a decent diner at a restaurant.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Laughts are on them.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Laughts?
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do you reckon they might have been trying to spell another word? Gosh, but what word could it possibly be?? If only we could have ANY clues at all!!!
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
I go to theaters all the time.
Under 25s ask me how are there theaters left anymore? They didnt know people went to movies (didnt that die in like, the 90s?)
Sad. I find it enjoyable to enjoy movies with others. I have been lucky that the very few other movie goers have always been respectful. I could see how assholes ruin it.