Comment by troupo
19 days ago
> Are you implying that movie theaters are a better experience than home theaters?
I don't have an IMAX screen at home. I don't even have the smallest theater screen at home.
Oh, and that "home theater"? Good luck getting the advertised 4k on it from any streaming platform, and very few will have a handy BluRay/Torrents set up at home. Neither do I have Dolby surround at home. Or a way to make the room fully dark.
> I'd argue movie theaters dug their own graves with greed shovels.
I seriously doubt that. Covid maimed theaters, and then streaming dealt the killing blow.
Streaming killed theater because experience of streaming is just overall better then experience of going to the theater. There I said it.
I have noise control. I can pause it. If I am watching alone I can rewind a scene. I watch when I want and I dont have to go to the mall for it. And it is massively cheaper.
If more of us watch, we can talk to esch other or comment things. Or be silent and not disturbed by somebody else making noise.
Ah yes. I really enjoy watching Dune (or Openheimer, or even less bombastic movies) on my 65" TV with two rather tiny speakers [1].
Streaming killed theaters because movie advertisement basically stopped (the lesser problem), and movies are immediately released on streaming platforms (the bigger problem). Why go to a theater when it will be released on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon within a week or two?
Movies used to get several weeks (sometimes months) of theatrical runs, and then there was at least a 90 day window (often longer) before home releases on VHS/DVD/BluRay. Now theaters are fighting for at least a 45-day window.
[1] Well, a 2015-ish Sonos soundbar and two IKEA Sonos speakers.
I genuinely do not mind smaller screen and souns is good enough - with exception of bad mix where explosions are too loud and dialog too silent. But, I am less helpless with that too due to ability to adjust sound and turn on/off subtitles.
Screen size is certainly not the ticket price difference for me.
> and movies are immediately released on streaming platforms (the bigger problem). Why go to a theater when it will be released on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon within a week or two?
This is admission that streaming is better experience. If the only reason to go to theater is that you cant see the movie otherwise, then it is not the superior experience.