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Favorite recurring character? (Select 4)

  • Jack / AIDSMobdy

    Votes: 257 24.0%

  • Josh / the Wizard

    Votes: 77 7.2%

  • Colin (Canadian #1)

    Votes: 460 42.9%

  • Jim (Canadian #2)

    Votes: 230 21.4%

  • Tim

    Votes: 386 36.0%

  • Len Kabasinski

    Votes: 208 19.4%

  • Freddie Williams

    Votes: 274 25.5%

  • Patton Oswalt

    Votes: 27 2.5%

  • Macaulay Culkin

    Votes: 541 50.4%

  • Max Landis

    Votes: 64 6.0%
  • Total voters
    1,073
After watching their Jay and Mike talk about video, I watched the movie. I disagreed with their Cobweb recommendation, but Dinner in America was superb. Funny, awkward, heartfelt, weird and wholesome. Good performances and solid cinematography. Shame that those kind of movies are so rare these days.
 
marvlouslie said:
Last thing I went to see in the theater was either Pirates 3, or Tokyo Drift. All I know is that it was around 2007. Haven't been back since.
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For me it was probably The Hangover 3, pretty cordial actually for a theater full of people drunk already or sneaking alcohol, probably some people smoking pot during the movie as well.
 
marvlouslie said:
Last thing I went to see in the theater was either Pirates 3, or Tokyo Drift. All I know is that it was around 2007. Haven't been back since.
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Going to movie theaters is really depending on what day you go. If you go when it's busy, you're going to have a bad time.* If you go when it's not, like on Tuesday afternoon, it's a mostly fine experience that avoids the problem other people generate.

*And in my experience, women always want to go to places when crowds are at their biggest on an subconscious level. You might want to go during the afternoon for matinee prices, but she wants to go at 8 or 9 and make you pay full price, which is more expensive than ever these days.
 
marvlouslie said:
Last thing I went to see in the theater was either Pirates 3, or Tokyo Drift. All I know is that it was around 2007. Haven't been back since.
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But wasn't Tokyo Drift released in 2006?

For me, I rarely go to theatres. I only go watch in theatres based on what I'm interested in, but everything else I watch torrent
 
i guess since we are doing the "last time i was in theaters"
for me it was Joker. which itself was the first time in a long time ive been to the theaters. i think before joker the last time was force awakens. (and that wasnt by choice) before joker the last movie i saw by choice in theaters was probably avengers.
 
The main reason I go to the theater at this point is probably because I have a free ticket service at my local place. I can't remember the last time I treated watching a movie at a theater like a real event.
 
Last movie I saw in theaters was John Woo's Silent Night during a family trip. I find any excuse that I can to go to the Alamo Drafthouse. Before that, it was Kong vs. Godzilla in a theater were some nerds next to me kept talking throughout the entire film as if they were recording a fucking podcast.
Neo-Nazi Rich Evans said:
i guess since we are doing the "last time i was in theaters"
for me it was Joker. which itself was the first time in a long time ive been to the theaters. i think before joker the last time was force awakens. (and that wasnt by choice) before joker the last movie i saw by choice in theaters was probably avengers.
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I remember seeing that in 70mm at a local theater hasn't upgraded their seats since opening in 1929. The cushions are uncomfortable and there were warning signs and a mandatory check for bags before we saw the film. They also made a girl wash off her Joker face paint before getting in to see the film.
 
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Neo-Nazi Rich Evans said:
i guess since we are doing the "last time i was in theaters"
for me it was Joker. which itself was the first time in a long time ive been to the theaters. i think before joker the last time was force awakens. (and that wasnt by choice) before joker the last movie i saw by choice in theaters was probably avengers.
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I went and saw the Barbie movie hoping for heartfelt, campy schlock. Imagine my disappointment.

Like it or not, movie theaters are on their way out. Netflix sees them as a direct competitor and has recently doubled down on their stance of never putting their original productions into cinemas (if they were wise they'd buy out a failing franchise or establish their own chain of theaters).

There's ways to revitalize the industry, most franchises are hellbent against innovation. During covid I seriously expected to see a resurgence for drive-in theaters. I saw a bunch of community organized ones pop up in my area, until the organizers got issued C&Ds for broadcasting copyrighted material without a license.

Of course there are exceptions, some bring back classic genre films for a limited run of late night showings, which is a guaranteed money maker. Others that have alcohol licenses are also doing well. Being a big building playing the latest mainstream hollywood slop just doesn't cut it anymore.
 
Pale Empress said:
Like it or not, movie theaters are on their way out. Netflix sees them as a direct competitor and has recently doubled down on their stance of never putting their original productions into cinemas (if they were wise they'd buy out a failing franchise or establish their own chain of theaters).
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i dont think it would be smart of netflix to spend the money on a theater chain when it would probably just end up dead anyhow. as you said, theaters are on the way out. if they really want their movies in a theater, would be better in my opinion to just work a deal with a theater chain to premier some of their bigger budget originals before streaming them.

Pale Empress said:
There's ways to revitalize the industry, most franchises are hellbent against innovation. During covid I seriously expected to see a resurgence for drive-in theaters. I saw a bunch of community organized ones pop up in my area, until the organizers got issued C&Ds for broadcasting copyrighted material without a license.
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i dont see drive ins being popular enough to be profitable post covid. but i can see community run drive ins having an appeal to them. a possible funding source would be for netflix or whomever to have a community license where a group such as a church or youth club could organzie a covid drive in and have permissions to play the movie. i think this would work with classic films especially if they had a very low cost to get the permit.

Pale Empress said:
Of course there are exceptions, some bring back classic genre films for a limited run of late night showings, which is a guaranteed money maker. Others that have alcohol licenses are also doing well. Being a big building playing the latest mainstream hollywood slop just doesn't cut it anymore.
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i cant imagine being a modern theater and not having overpriced alcohol and pizza on tap. any theater not having this bare minimum has already shot itself in the foot. and as you said, simply having a Hollywood movie playing is by itself not a draw to theaters anymore. when you got the option to just stream movies right onto a HD tv at home the prospect of going to a dingy theater just doesnt have any luster.
 
I go to the theater maybe once or twice a year on average, and only for foreign films like Godzilla Minus One.
Hollywood trash gets torrented at best, ignored at worst.
 
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