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Richard--W · 03-11-2006, 05:41 PM

Let me add my voice to the choir.

Reduce ticket prices.

Stop advertising pre-shows.
Stop advertising and commercials entirely.

Initiate NO TALKING policy with signs posted everywhere and a verbal reminder when you buy the ticket and another verbal reminder when the usher tears the ticket.

Initiate a NO CELL PHONES policy and enforce it, also include a cell phone scrambler in the building so that it doesn't work anyhow.

Get rid of the flat matte screens and re-install silver screens which give a brighter, more luminous picture. Silver screens only cost a few dollars more.

Designate a repatory auditorium in the multi-plexes so that restorations and old films can be routinely re-released. Designating one auditorium for old films, art films, foreign films, restorations and re-releases should be promoted so that the movie-going public makes a habit out of attending. Watching old flms on the big screen will also have the healthy effect of exposing how stupid new films are in comparison.

Another thing that would vastly improve the movie-going experience: fire all the studio executives and replace them with knowledgeable film buffs from Home Theater Forum. That would result in better movies being made and screened.

03-11-2006, 05:41 PM	#3 of 10
Richard--W Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Local Time: 12:46 AM Local Date: 11-19-2008 Posts: 898	Let me add my voice to the choir. Reduce ticket prices. Stop advertising pre-shows. Stop advertising and commercials entirely. Initiate NO TALKING policy with signs posted everywhere and a verbal reminder when you buy the ticket and another verbal reminder when the usher tears the ticket. Initiate a NO CELL PHONES policy and enforce it, also include a cell phone scrambler in the building so that it doesn't work anyhow. Get rid of the flat matte screens and re-install silver screens which give a brighter, more luminous picture. Silver screens only cost a few dollars more. Designate a repatory auditorium in the multi-plexes so that restorations and old films can be routinely re-released. Designating one auditorium for old films, art films, foreign films, restorations and re-releases should be promoted so that the movie-going public makes a habit out of attending. Watching old flms on the big screen will also have the healthy effect of exposing how stupid new films are in comparison. Another thing that would vastly improve the movie-going experience: fire all the studio executives and replace them with knowledgeable film buffs from Home Theater Forum. That would result in better movies being made and screened. http://www.3dfilmpf.org/ "... little by little the look of the country changes because of the people we admire." dialog in HUD (1963)