Comments on: The movie magic is gone

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Personally I see the current dilemma of Hollywood the same way as I saw the dilemma that professional sports faced. Attendance was in decline because the experience was no longer worth the price of admission. The solution was to cut ridiculous salaries in order to allow for cheaper ticket prices which turned into higher attendance. This is what I think the movie industry will need to accomplish if they wish to survive. Cut their executive salaries all the way down to the big name actors bloated salaries to lower costs. With the lowered cost they could lower ticket prices and increase revenue.

By: Andrew110

Andrew110 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I think they are pushing movies out wayyyyyyyy too much. Pretty soon they’re gonna run out of plots. Think about it 99% of the movies that come out have to deal with cops or drugs or murder or all 3 in one way or another. In the other % lies some great movies. Movies just seem REPETITIVE.

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Let’s not forget the fact that first run movies are NOW being DOWNLOADED by people with P2P clients like Bit Torrent and things like Newsgroups….I think the reason for poor attendance is not that movies are not being watched…they are just not being watched…IN THEATERS! Big Difference.