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The moviegoer experience these days (lemmy.world)
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[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 115 points 4 months ago

This is just survivorship bias. Nobody remembers the bad movies from the 80s but there sure were a lot of them. Think of all the movies you pass by in the thrift store. They’re trash. We still get good movies today. Think of Everything Everywhere All At Once, or Oppenheimer, as examples that will define this era in film.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 46 points 4 months ago

Nobody remembers the bad movies from the 80s but there sure were a lot of them.

Bologna! There's a whole community practically dedicated to the terrible movies of the 80's over at B Movie Bonanza. :P

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

That's where I get all my movie recommendations. I've seen most of them but once in a while I find a new one and get way too excited.

I love garbage movies.

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 6 points 4 months ago

Okayyy you have a point; I'm just referring to the general public.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Focusing solely on the movie-going experience, I would love to live in a city like LA or NYC where they have a few theaters with added technological features, like 70mm IMAX and/or 4K projectors and/or rumble seats (those must have been amazing with something like Mad Max: Fury Road).

There's at least one 60FPS theater in NYC, it must be wild to watch a film like that just by itself, or even WILDER, in 3D.
But I believe there are a few theaters in Asia - probably in places like Singapore and Shanghai, but don't quote me on that - that screened Ang Lee's "Gemini Man" in the incredible-sounding combination of 120FPS in 4K and 3D, they said it was like the screen dissolved and you were watching the action happening through a huge rectangular hole in the wall.

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[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 4 months ago

No, survivorship bias is real, but this is late stage capitalism. Disney owns it all, and the occasional worthwhile film sneaks under their writing by committee bullshit

There's plenty of good movies that future generations would happily watch... But proportionally? The number of movies made a year has exploded, the number that make an impression for even a year has dwindled

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[-] Banichan@dormi.zone 4 points 4 months ago

I've seen one good movie in the last 10 years 😂

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 26 points 4 months ago

Go watch better movies then

[-] Banichan@dormi.zone 6 points 4 months ago

THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 7 points 4 months ago

I hope you find joy in your life. Maybe collecting old movies? :D

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[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Robot Dreams
Parasite
Poor Things
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Asteroid City
Last Stop in Yuma County

Just some of my favourites from recent years.

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[-] atocci@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

The Regal theater here is letting all their projectors go to shit 😡

I have a spreadsheet going of which theater numbers we need to avoid seeing a movie in because the projector is missing the color red and other such issues.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 months ago

Whoa I thought you were exaggerating, but that's pretty bad. I would just show black and white movies in that theatre

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

That would still look like shit if a colour channel is missing

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

Ah shows what I know. I thought it just wouldn't be used

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[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Last Regal I went to had to replay the after-credits scene 4 times due to the projector restarting.

[-] Omega_Man@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I have a spreadsheet

That's some dedication.

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[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That’s surprising, the regal theater by me is by far the nicest and they do a good job of keeping it that way.

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[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 17 points 4 months ago

The quality line shouldn’t be so straight! Lots of excellent new big budget sci fi this year (PotA, Mad Max, Dune, quiet place, Alien soon) and even some non sequel/prequel ones (Wild Robot, Megapolis, Slingshot). The PRICES to go and get a bucket of popcorn and a drink to share have started to approach undoable though.

[-] Kit 14 points 4 months ago

I haven't been to a movie theater since 2009. What makes them so special nowadays? I've been tempted to go but it's hard to beat my setup at home.

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

Not everyone has a good setup at home and people want to go out.

[-] petrescatraian@mstdn.ro 4 points 4 months ago

@Kit It's just a different experience to see the picture on a bigger screen.

[-] Kit 6 points 4 months ago

But why has the quality gone up over the years, as shown in the graph?

[-] spidertrolled 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Cushioned, motorized reclining seats with footrests. Thick armrests so that you have a little personal space from your neighbors. And, they still got the drink holders. Quite different than the cheaper plastic seats from two decades ago.

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

And all that for only $40 a ticket! What a deal.

[-] faercol 7 points 4 months ago

Yeaaaah, that's really not that common. In many places the only thing that's been going up is the price (also the amount of ads before the movie)

[-] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Id like to add in on this, there are more dine in theaters than there use to be. Big one in my area would be thluie Alamo Draft House. Quality isnt what it use to be, but is still better than most. They also tend to reshow alot of older movies, will never forget seeing the original Predator movie and they were handing you a kids cap gun with a pack of the round ring of ammo on your way to the seats.

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[-] Mighty@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

"Back in my day" post, if I've ever seen one.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Really? I think it’s the opposite.

Lots of good content (possibly more improvements in shows than movies) and yet the theatres are shit. Expensive, bad projector quality, sticky floors and no arm rest room (got to share that).

All while my home theatre has improved to a whole new level.

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 11 points 4 months ago

Cinemas are best for dates. They often provide a moment for a kiss to be shared. Sometimes I wouldn't even care about the movie.

[-] ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Why would you need to pay for a cinema ticket, just to hide a kiss without being seen. Is this the 1950s!?

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 7 points 4 months ago

No, that's not it. Movies with romantic moments ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Porno theatres?!

Again, are you in the 1960's?

[-] androogee@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

[-] ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Didn't he...like.. do nothing wrong?

Yet is made fun of.. for consentual sexual acts.

America is fucked up man..

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Kinda? As a kid when this happened, I really didn't understand the point of porn theaters if you couldn't yank it out. The cops just wanted to arrest a bunch of gay men and did so.

oh, I was fact checking and found this gem.

Bill Cosby defended Reubens, saying "Whatever (Reubens has) done, this is being blown all out of proportion."

I mean, yeah. I guess Cosby would know that jerking it in an adult theater isn't really all that bad compared to what else is going on.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

It's the other way around

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 months ago

Jokes on you (meme) I only go to the theatres for old movies and indies these days

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Most cities have torn down or sliced up the old movie palaces. They really were magnificent, especially when you realize that movies used to be cheap entertainment. Five cents would let you walk into a wonderland.

https://www.vulture.com/2015/01/loews-kings-theater-renovation-photos.html

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

bro I hate movie theaters these days. assigned seating is fucked up

[-] MadBigote@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

How so? I much prefer the order that brings having seats assigned.

[-] Agrivar@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

You couldn't be more wrong.

Assigned seating is the best thing that could have ever happened to movie theaters!

It rewards the people who are on the ball and buy their tickets ASAP and enables the ushers to kick out the assholes (teenagers, mostly) who try to sit whereever they want. Win-win.

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[-] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Incorrect sir, assigned seating is the best!

[-] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 months ago

I don't actually like those big recliners they have in movie theaters. They're too plush to be comfortable (if that makes sense) and the droning whine of the electric motor is annoying when someone adjusts their seat during a screening.

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