if you ever go to the theatre again, try alamo draft house or a similar theatre. They have fixed most of your complaints....but there is still some clapping occasionally.....
I don't think their rebuilding it. rhad, there's always the risk of having to deal with those annoying people you talk about, but some of us love movies and want to see them as soon as possible instead of waiting 3 more months for a dvd. Like Faos points out, you just have to pick your spots and you can find ways to avoid them. BTW, when are they going to build a Movie Tavern that isn't halfway to Montgomery County? It looks a lot nicer than Alamo at West Oaks, but I'm not driving that far for a movie.
JoeJoe: Good point - I've been meaning to try one of those 21-and-up-only-and-we-serve-real-food-with-beer places. Oski: I used to go to late night showings after the movie had been out a while. Much better experience. Now I'm too old for that.
We go to the theater at Market Street in The Woodlands. It's way better than Tinsletown which is 500 yards down the street. It's small, plays more adult oriented movies which keeps out the idiot kids.
Awesome. I agree with every word except that I actually like watching the coming attractions. We sometimes get there early just to see them. But yeah, I pretty much detest going to the movies unless: It's a movie at the Movie Tavern or some other 21-and-up theatre It's during the day before the high school wanna-be thugs show up It's not a quiet kind of movie that relies on a lot of dialog, because some douchebag with a cellphone will enevitably make me lose my concentration
that is my biggest complaint. i can deal with the occasional baby crying, or the obnoxious teenagers, but man at the end of the movie when people clap it makes me just if it's a premiere and the cast or crew is there, i can understand it... but how often does that happen? what's the point in clapping?
They're great, rhad. Several are in Austin, where Alamo started. You sit in a good seat with a "bar" in front of you (all stadium style), a menu, a pad and pencil, and a tiny light under it so you can see what to order and write it down. You stick your order under the bar and the people working there spot it and bring you beers, food (all kinds of food!), and all kinds of other stuff! Very unobtrusive, too. The main problem is that seating is limited, so be sure to get your tickets early and get in line early enough to get good seats. No kids to wail. No teenagers, unless their parents are with them. Hilarious shorts and coming attractions. You should try it!
Man.... I love going to the movies. And I love it most when the theatre is full (as long as I get good seats). If you want absolute quiet....and full concentration...stay home. I guess many of you do! (and that's cool). Before kiddies we went to the movies at least once a week. Didn't matter what was playing. I guess I'm just not uptight enough to be bothered by the occational inconsiderate fool. And...really...there were very few of them. (of course I never went to movies in the suburbs -- so your mileage may vary).
everything is going up in price...I went to the movies for matinee at AMC a couple of weeks ago for 5 people and it was $32...I took 5 people to pearland cinema 6 ($11.25)...Ok, there is a difference in quality, but I can suck it up... But movie theaters primary source of income is the concession stand...
Just wait a little while and head over to the $1 theater on 1960. I went to see 21 yesterday. Its got old school seating but the movie only costs $1.50.
There is a little drive-in theater outside of Dallas. I absolutely love that place. For 6 bucks you get to see 2 movies (new releases, none of that 3 month old crap), and you get to stay in your own vehicle, which is much more comfortable and private.
Do the movie studios have no say in the pricing? Could some movie theatre just say "movies are $1 after opening weekend" (or free) to sell out their theaters consistently and make more much more money on concessions, since they don't have to split that revenue?
I'm envious. We used to go to drive-ins all the time in Houston, back in the day, and there were a bunch of them. The Hi Neighbor!, the Trail, the Winkler, and many more. When I was 15 and got a drivers license, I started going with friends instead of just with the family, and then with chicks. The perfect place to go with a chick and be alone. Make-out city! I really miss them. Oh, and they were cheap. Daylight savings time started to kill them off.
The studios have essentially no say in pricing. And you do see theaters cutting prices in areas to attempt to get people to come to the theaters. That's why mantinee prices exist - to drum up business when demand is lower. Not to mention that there's not one studio, there are several (with a few independent distributors mixed in, as well). Getting them to agree on movie ticket prices would likely be extremely difficult and possibly illegal (potentially running afoul of anti-trust laws). Theaters could institute artificially low prices in order to bring people through the doors, but I assume they believe the prices they set come closer to maximizing overall revenue. A $1 ticket price, though it would get people in the door, might mean less money earned by the theater overall, even when they have to give up more than half of the ticket price. Honestly, the most efficient way to maximize revenue would be to institute variable pricing (and some theater chains have supposedly been experimenting with this). There are some movies at some showtimes that are underpriced and many that are overpriced. A movie in its third week, for example, probably should be priced lower than it is on opening day. But I think the theaters would probably find it very difficult to implement and enforce such a system (what would stop people from buying a lower priced ticket and sneaking in to the higher priced movie, for example?), so I'd be surprised to see it come to pass anytime soon (if anything I think digital projection will end up allowing theaters to easily add showtimes for popular movies and decreasing showtimes for less-popular movies).
Same here. I love the movies. Where else can you get lost in another world for a few hours without the use of hallucinogens.
