Comments on: Movie Industry Has A Record Year In 2008, Still Not Happy http://www.seanpaune.com/2009/01/18/movie-industry-has-a-record-year-in-2008/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hollywood Has Biggest January Ever; Still Mopey - SeanPAune.com http://www.seanpaune.com/2009/01/18/movie-industry-has-a-record-year-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-36274 Hollywood Has Biggest January Ever; Still Mopey - SeanPAune.com Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:29:29 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2906#comment-36274 [...] Hollywood had a record year in 2008 financially, but attendance dropped off.  Well, according to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood, the American movie industry had their best January ever to kick off 2009… stupid pirates killing off all of their business! [...] [...] Hollywood had a record year in 2008 financially, but attendance dropped off.  Well, according to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood, the American movie industry had their best January ever to kick off 2009… stupid pirates killing off all of their business! [...]

]]> By: wxjunkie http://www.seanpaune.com/2009/01/18/movie-industry-has-a-record-year-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-36176 wxjunkie Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:31:31 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2906#comment-36176 Bigger, nicer TVs, home THEATERS, and DVD, then Blu-Ray --- there's your answer. Who wants to go to a theater, try to ignore loud children, annoying people, pay for overpriced, artery-clogging buttered popcorn just to sit through Bride Wars? The pirates constitute such a miniscule amount of the movie-watching world that the film industry has overcompensated exponentially, I'd guess, by spending millions on anti-piracy. Improve your product! Allow people to purchase movies closer to the release date! The movie industry and the newspaper industry have a lot in common, including staying well behind the times while whining about it. Bigger, nicer TVs, home THEATERS, and DVD, then Blu-Ray — there's your answer. Who wants to go to a theater, try to ignore loud children, annoying people, pay for overpriced, artery-clogging buttered popcorn just to sit through Bride Wars?

The pirates constitute such a miniscule amount of the movie-watching world that the film industry has overcompensated exponentially, I'd guess, by spending millions on anti-piracy. Improve your product! Allow people to purchase movies closer to the release date! The movie industry and the newspaper industry have a lot in common, including staying well behind the times while whining about it.

]]> By: seanpaune http://www.seanpaune.com/2009/01/18/movie-industry-has-a-record-year-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35959 seanpaune Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:35:12 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2906#comment-35959 Yeah, my father has hearing problems from his time in the Navy, and what he lost is not in the decibel range that hearing aids can help. That's his primary reason for not going to the theater, but for me, it's the cost and annoyance factors. Wait for Netflix anymore, I say. Yeah, my father has hearing problems from his time in the Navy, and what he lost is not in the decibel range that hearing aids can help. That's his primary reason for not going to the theater, but for me, it's the cost and annoyance factors. Wait for Netflix anymore, I say.

]]> By: Jolene http://www.seanpaune.com/2009/01/18/movie-industry-has-a-record-year-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35950 Jolene Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:17:42 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=2906#comment-35950 Hubby has a bad back and even if we go to a new theater with good seats, its tough to sit for feature length movies anymore. Also, he has major hearing loss from his time in the military, so makes it even tougher when he wears his hearing aids. But the big thing? Cost. I totally agree with everything you said. Why should I put out that kind of money when I can be at home, in comfort, in my PJs, and when I need to use the restroom, hit "pause"? Yes, its great to see some movies on the big screen (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc), but for the most part - we have a 42" and a 36" flat screen with HD. I'll wait for Netflix. Hubby has a bad back and even if we go to a new theater with good seats, its tough to sit for feature length movies anymore. Also, he has major hearing loss from his time in the military, so makes it even tougher when he wears his hearing aids. But the big thing? Cost. I totally agree with everything you said. Why should I put out that kind of money when I can be at home, in comfort, in my PJs, and when I need to use the restroom, hit "pause"? Yes, its great to see some movies on the big screen (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc), but for the most part – we have a 42" and a 36" flat screen with HD. I'll wait for Netflix.

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