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I try to go to our beutiiful local historic theaters which have been saved at great expense. However the movie selections are usually not to my personal tastes and downtown parking is a bear. They do serve as a valuable cultural hub as a multi-functional events location. I feel every city needs something like that as a minimum. It just makes a place livable.
The chains have become far too expensive in this day and age of free informational overload and instant entertainment on phones. They have priced themselves out of being a regular habit for most. I understand they have high overhead expenses but they seemed to have made that worse with all the modern gimmicks instead of just providing the latest movies or even vintage night at a decent price. The modern public has been already squeezed both economically and schedule-wise and these decisions seem to go against consumer trends. IDK.
Hollywood and the distribution monopolies further gouge them...until concessions becomes the movie theater's only income source. Add in sound systems at volume eleven, fifteen buck popcorn, mostly flashy movies with no plot, and the thought of "going to the movies" sort of fades away.
Once bitten twice shy.
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Meanwhile other things are still happening.
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