I rarely want to go to a theater to see a movie. I did see Supergirl opening day, without reading anything about it, unfortunately. Not terrible but nothing special. The most basic plot ever. Annoying little girl co-star with annoying dialogue. Mad Max-type bad guy clones like in almost every space movie last few years. Predictable fight scenes and over-the-top banging sounds in Dolby. They just don't know how to make these movies anymore. They hire some crap writer and think $100 million dollars CGI is going to make up for it. Still, intend to see the new Spider-Man coming soon. I only want to see movies in the theater if it's a visual spectacle of some kind. Dune, Wicked, etc. Dramas, romances, comedies, I don't need 50 ft screens or IMAX for, unless it's a date.
Never cared for the Jackass stuff and not a big fan of horror movies that much.
If I had to vote on it, I would vote to continue releasing physical games. I don't like being dependent on internet to play most games. Also, you can re-sell physical copies. But I don't care that much.
It had been a few years for me going back to a theater. I enjoy the popcorn and the experience and the AMC closest to me is not wildly popular. It's old but not run-down but also doesn't have the Dolby Cinema screens some movies benefit from. And the seats are old; still those fold-down ones instead of the big, comfy couches.
I do still prefer to stream at home but that is strictly a comfort and convenience reason. I can pause and get up whenever I want. But movie theater popcorn and drinks hit different.
I'm a bit annoyed at The Odyssey and the 70mm debacle. I live by a theater that offers it but it's sold out for the next month. Unless you want to sit in the first two rows and hurt your neck. I don't know the differences between all the movie tech, be it "standard, IMAX, Dolby Cinema" etc. I just know tickets cost more. But the IMAX 70mm thing sounds so pretentious for Nolan to do for his movies. I thought it was new, cutting edge tech. Nope. It's actually old as shit and requires theaters to restore and maintain old equipment meant to display IMAX 70mm content.
But the FOMO in me does want to see it in IMAX 70 for once since I've never seen a movie in it before. But I'll probably just opt for the standard showtime and enjoy it like a normal person. It'd be one thing if I were a cinephile and knew what I was watching and could appreciate it for what it was. But I'm not and just want to see what is supposed to be another great Nolan film. I still have to watch Oppenheimer, three years later.
Just saw Backrooms. It was ok. Not impressed. Felt like the world of a video game. My problem with it is the same I have with every horror movie. The characters never act the way I would in their situation. They always act incompetent in all kinds of ways. It makes me not care for them or the mystery of it all.
I think it was a movie made for Gen Z or Alpha. Liminal spaces was a term I did not know about until after the movie when my sister brought it up on the ride home. She didn't know too much about it but knew enough that it was a thing that the younger generation enjoys or is intrigued by.
What would you have done differently when in that situation? If it were me, it'd have been a ten minute movie. Spooky stuff started happening in my store? Investigate. Realize the wall in the basement was a portal? Nope the fuck out of there and sell the place. Either at a loss to a regular buyer and not disclose the portal or find some influencer or billionaire and tell them about the portal and have a bidding war. Make hundreds of millions and forget I ever knew about the place.
Or charge exorbitant fees to go in and do whatever. If you die, you die. But that monster can come out of the portal, too right? So I'd have to worry about that. It'd be so much nicer if whatever happened or existed in there, stayed in there.
