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Does anyone here actually go to the movies more today than they did 10 years ago? Assuming you're not 20 of course.
Everyone I know hardly ever goes to a movie, if ever... but 10-15 or so years ago, they went all the time, just like I did.
Those same parents today aren't letting the kids go to the movies as much either, for sure not like we used to go, which was almost every weekend. Today that would be a $100 or so a month in movies just for weekends, and that's f'in crazy...
If $10 a month netflix gets you, whatever it is 2 in 10 total, or whatever.. that's like 100x more entertainment for 90% less cost - give or take.
No part of me, not even .1% of me can blame piracy for what has happened to movie theaters. The experience hasn't improved, the cost has improved, overall movie stories aren't any better than 10-20 years ago.
What has improved is the technology - but so has home technology, by leaps and bounds. Add in cost, experience, an economy that has went backwards in all aspects, you get an industry that knows they just have to charge more, to make more - rather than produce something better or improve our experience.
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