Would you pay $30 to watch a first-run movie in your home ahead of video release? - Page 2

I just don't eat at the movie theater. Somehow I manage to survive two hours without a snack (although when the popcorn smell gets overpowering it can be tough!).

 

Adam, you only have a couple of kids, right?  The theater by us has a pretty nice day care center off the lobby where you can drop off your kid while you catch a movie. IIRC it's around $10 a head. Maybe there's something similar in your area.  Beats $30+ for a babysitter! :)

 

 

You have stronger will power than I have!  There are two theaters by us.  A 16 plex and a 7 plex and neither have child care.  That would be a great idea if they did.

 

My cheap side always wins out but the big one for me is those little soft pretzel bites with the nacho cheese. Man, I love those things.

I have gained two more converts to the dark side in the poll results [insert evil laugh]

 

 

The last movie I saw was Star Trek @ the Philly Imax. That cost me almost $100.00, as there are no theatres near me in Delaware.I took a bus to Philly & then a cab.

Ouch.  I feel your pain, though - these days if I want to see a midnight opening for something in NYC, I have to take a late commuter train back that's near-ish to my actually line, but not close, so there's an extra $30 cab ride involved with getting home.  But I think that particular kind of moviegoing experience is worth the premium, especially when there's a great crowd.

Now that most of the movie theaters in my area, including 2nd run ($2) houses, have converted to digital projection, I find I can have a much better movie-going experience outside the home now. Of course, I still find it much cheaper to stay in and rent a movie on Blu-ray from Netflix or Movie-Q.

 

That's pretty impressive!  Most of the big cineplexes here only have a few theaters with digital projection, forget about the 2nd runs.
 

 

I think this would be a good deal 4 families or couples but not too many individuals.I also think should this gain traction u will start to see the DVD window increase once again.The whole reason 4 d shrinkage in recent years was to capitalize on B.O. AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.But this waters down the need 4 that.

 

This business model is lost on me too and is further evidence of how out of touch the entertainment industry is with their customer base.  I might wish to purchase the mega-hit on BD when it eventually is released, however, I certainly will put it on my Netflix queue and wait the extra couple of months and watch it for a fraction of the cost.

I'm fortunate enough to have a 58" plasma and while there are certain films that only the big screen of a movie theater will do justice, I frankly don't care to go to the movie theater any more.  I don't have any of these great quality theaters in my neck of the woods anyway.  I probably go a few times a year max to the movies because it is much more enjoyable at home.

While I empathize with the theater owners and the loss they would sustain if films became available via other media during the original runs, this would probably net the studios much more money and I predict we will eventually see this.  If they were offering opening night release on VUDU for $30, then I'm in.  

This is like any other technologic advancement and the new paradigm forces out the old to make way for the new.  Every step of the way the studios have bemoaned the new technology as their death knell, going back at least as far as VHS and every new technology has netted them more profits than before.  I don't know why they don't see that will be the case here as well.

 

No.  I can understand how some might... But that's too much for me.  I always wait for discounts on most of what I buy.  With Big Lots, Black Fridays and so forth...how many can I get for $30?  A lot! 

The 3 big chains (Regal, AMC, and Cinemark) hope to have the digital conversions completed nationwide by the end of 2012.

 

 

 

I am not sure what the benefit would be to pay $30 to watch a first run ahead of the video release, unless you have a bomb HT setup and you simply want to impress your friends!

While it won't be said, it's a fantastic deal for people with a child with disabilities.  In fact, $30? That's really nothing.   That's 2 3D tickets.   The more I think about this, the more I think I'd do it in a heartbeat.

 

 

NO.

Possibly, but I'd probably be more likely to pay $30 if I could watch the film at home during it's theatrical run.

If this were simultaneous with the theatrical release, I'd actually pay much more.

Amongst my friends, there's always a lot of excitement for a new movie right around the time of the release. We could easily get a group of people together on opening night. To be able to do that with 8 people in the comfort and quiet of my home, skipping the whole wait-in-line routine and enjoying real food and alcohol to boot it's easily worth $100 or even more. Even if it's just a single viewing, no repeats, etc. As long as the quality is good.

However, two months after the release? At that point, the folks who want to see it most have all done so, and to everyone else the movie is yesterday's news. I don't even think we could scrape together a double-date situation under those circumstances. I can't figure who this would be targeted to.