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DontTreadOnBigfoot ,
@DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world avatar

Holy moly.

I’m in a medium town with one theater and the same three tickets are about half that.

And it’s not a second run theater either. Same premiers as the big chains, just fewer screens. And no upcharge for 3D.

gon ,
@gon@lemmy.world avatar

CONVENIENCE FEES HAHAHAHA

God what a scam that shit is

jscummy ,

What you don’t find paying extra money convenient?

c0mbatbag3l ,
@c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world avatar

“Hey, we saved money by computerization, so we’re gonna pass that cost onto you!”

“Don’t you mean ‘pass the savings onto us?’”

:D “Nope!”

kevin2107 ,

Honestly they probably spend so much on devs to maintain their website that they don’t break even lmao

c0mbatbag3l ,
@c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world avatar

The amount you’d save not hiring physical ticket sales workers would absolutely dwarf any amount of possible dev salaries for one website.

kautau ,

Lol in my local cinema I have to use a computer next to the ticket taker to print my ticket I bought online and then they physically look at it to tell me which theatre I should walk to, it’s like Idiocracy’s costco

EddieTee77 ,

It’s a convenient way for them to rip you off

phx ,

Where the F*** are you paying so much. Even with Canuck-bucks that’s like double what it costs here

Infinitenonblondes ,

I saw Indiana Jones today it had 25 minutes of trailers, an admonishment to not ruin the movie, Nicole Kidman telling me how great going to the movies is, and a commercial for the projector. So a movie listed to start at 11 started at 11:28. it’s fucking ridiculous.

scoops ,

I find that pretty consistent for AMC. What ever the listed time is the film will play after 30min of trailers/promos. Its annoying but easy to plan around.

HoloPengin ,

I watched the new spiderverse. I liked the Dolby Atmos/HDR demo as I hadn’t seen them before, but they’ll need to shorten them a little bit going forward

Infinitenonblondes ,

The first Dolby movie I saw Thor Ragnarok, and they ran that same damn ad for the projector then, so that’s like 5 and half years. But I do prefer the Dolby to imax, or at least the bullshit imax they run in amc theaters.

burningquestion ,

That convenience fee is as much as a matinee in my hometown used to cost. I’m not that old.

errbodylovesaonsie ,

Was literally thinking the same thing. Afternoon matinees in the mid 2000s were like $5 in my, admittedly small, hometown. You and your friends could get dropped off at the shopping center, hit up the arcade, see a movie, and go bowling in the evening all for like $30 lol.

FlyingSquid ,
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There was a movie theater when I was a kid in the 80s and you could see movies that had already stopped being shown in the regular theaters for a while for $1. So, like, if you missed Return of the Jedi or Temple of Doom in its original run, you could catch it later on the big screen for $1.

ToNIX ,

We had that here too. Tuesday and Wednesday was $1 for a ticket, $1 for a popcorn and $1 for a drink.

lemmy_party ,

We had one of those in the 2010s here in Texas, although it might have raised to $2

dichotomized ,

Yup, second run theaters are (were?) awesome. Saw so many classic movies like Temple of Doom and Total Recall at my local one.

scoops ,

We still have that in MA. And independent theaters with unique programming.

Xeraga ,

Went to an AMC theater recently after not going to one for years. I waited through about 30 minutes of forced ads before the movie started. The “shut off your cell phone warning” was about 10-15 min early. Guess I’m prepared to show up later than the advertised times in the future and skip it, but can’t say I want to go back.

N00dle ,
@N00dle@lemmy.world avatar

That convenience fee is damn annoying. I usually just try to get the tickets in person.

Kichae ,

I, uh, heard that the theatres are doing good numbers this summer, actually. I wouldn't know, though. The last movie I went to was a Sunday matinee for a movie that every had seen already, so it was pratcually a private showing.

Lakija ,

We go to a chain called Cinemark and the tickets are far cheaper than AMC. I think for 6 people on opening night with heated D-Box seats (the kind that move and shake and vibrate) directly in the middle of the theater cost me $100. Plus I have a membership so free tickets and no fees too.

If we went with regular seats we would have gotten them at around $10 per person. Heated recliners all around.

I feel spoiled honestly.

Kungsarme ,

Same. I pay 9.99 a month for the club and that gets me a free ticket every month. I get a sizeable discount on food with that too. When a blockbuster film comes out, I have enough credits for the family, we pick our seats and everything in the app, and just go. Full reclining seats in a really nice theater. I spend $120 bucks a year and as a family of 3, we can see whatever, whenever, 4 times a year.

Lakija ,

Oh yeah! Platinum member over here! 25% concessions is great!

We see a ton of movies all the time. I buy other people tickets and send the QR and they send me the cash because I save on fees.

My membership is so worth it.

FlavoredButtHair ,
@FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world avatar

I stopped going when the $5 Tues night stopped due to the scamdemic.

Sputnik34 ,

Holy fucking shit balls

anthimatter ,
@anthimatter@lemmy.world avatar

I barely get change out of $100 for two people and food in “Austrortia” . That’s with one large popcorn, a choc-top and two large sodas. Needless to say I don’t go very often.

gfnation ,

I got into Moviepass again because of this. They changed it from the last iteration to be points based. Around me a matinee is 10/20 and a normal time is 20/30 based on day of the week. They have deals certain days too where any movie is 7 points as well. I get the 34 credit plan for $10/mo and I get to go see 1 or 2 movies a month for less than 1 movie normally

Freestylesno ,

This must be imax or 3d.

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