The truth is they just don’t make movies I want to go and see anymore. Everything is a big tent sequel, and all the smaller movies get no advertising and by the time word of mouth hits they are already out of theaters and on streaming. What got me into the theater was the foreign films, the second run stuff, and the b horror movies. None of that goes to cinema anymore, most is straight to streaming. if it’s in cinema it might be there one week and then it’s gone.
I feel like it’s 3 weeks between a movies premiere and streaming accessibility. 3 more weeks and you can watch it for free on a streaming service with no bullshit ads or trailers before it. I just paid 10 bucks for disney+ and watched all three marvel movies from this year, and frankly they were all pretty bad. very glad I didn’t shell out $50 to see them in theatres. I already canceled the subscription.
What is the cinema offering me that I can’t get at home? It used to be a great picture, a quiet dark environment, and people with other people who were there for the movie… none of that applies in my few attendances of the past few years. The 20 dollar ticket price doesn’t help either.
Honestly, the best experience I have with film these days is going to my local library and borrowing DVDs. They have a broad selection of 1000s of titles and it’s super fun to just browse the shelves and pick up some random movie that looks interesting and bring it home, watch it, and return it. No cost, no alogarithms, no bullshit.
but when I tell people I do this IRL they think I am mentally ill or something.
I have a 300$ projector at home and the image is better than at the local cinema. People don’t go to the cinemas anymore, so they don’t have money to keep up their technology and fall behind. It makes me sad, because my local cinema is from the 1950s and it could be an amazing place with a really unique architecture, but the technology to really enjoy the movies isn’t there.
Heck, they show 3D movies in half framerate, but you still have to pay the full additional charge. I can get better quality with 140$ VR glasses at home. :(
The attention span from social media like TikTok has ruined people, too. It’s annoying when a movie takes its time and people start getting their phones and smartwatches lit up to distract themselves.
I put in my copy of The Hogfather a few years back and took it straight back out. I should probably check if there’s a better quality release available although I can’t imagine they did the effects for anything above 1080p.
I used to be an avid cinema go-er.
The truth is they just don’t make movies I want to go and see anymore. Everything is a big tent sequel, and all the smaller movies get no advertising and by the time word of mouth hits they are already out of theaters and on streaming. What got me into the theater was the foreign films, the second run stuff, and the b horror movies. None of that goes to cinema anymore, most is straight to streaming. if it’s in cinema it might be there one week and then it’s gone.
I feel like it’s 3 weeks between a movies premiere and streaming accessibility. 3 more weeks and you can watch it for free on a streaming service with no bullshit ads or trailers before it. I just paid 10 bucks for disney+ and watched all three marvel movies from this year, and frankly they were all pretty bad. very glad I didn’t shell out $50 to see them in theatres. I already canceled the subscription.
What is the cinema offering me that I can’t get at home? It used to be a great picture, a quiet dark environment, and people with other people who were there for the movie… none of that applies in my few attendances of the past few years. The 20 dollar ticket price doesn’t help either.
Honestly, the best experience I have with film these days is going to my local library and borrowing DVDs. They have a broad selection of 1000s of titles and it’s super fun to just browse the shelves and pick up some random movie that looks interesting and bring it home, watch it, and return it. No cost, no alogarithms, no bullshit.
but when I tell people I do this IRL they think I am mentally ill or something.
I have a 300$ projector at home and the image is better than at the local cinema. People don’t go to the cinemas anymore, so they don’t have money to keep up their technology and fall behind. It makes me sad, because my local cinema is from the 1950s and it could be an amazing place with a really unique architecture, but the technology to really enjoy the movies isn’t there.
Heck, they show 3D movies in half framerate, but you still have to pay the full additional charge. I can get better quality with 140$ VR glasses at home. :(
The attention span from social media like TikTok has ruined people, too. It’s annoying when a movie takes its time and people start getting their phones and smartwatches lit up to distract themselves.
To be fair, DVDs look terrible on what’s a normal sized screen these days 😉
my ps5 upscales very well
To what screen size?
Maybe some libraries offer blurays although I have no device to play them, and they tend to be infested with DRM.
Yeah, I refuse to watch the DVDs I own anymore. I will download a higher quality version instead.
I put in my copy of The Hogfather a few years back and took it straight back out. I should probably check if there’s a better quality release available although I can’t imagine they did the effects for anything above 1080p.