Latest responses to “Going To The Movie Theater To Watch A Movie Is Starting To Get Too Expensive” Copyright 2012, MoneyBlueBook.com 413290 2010-07-03T02:55:10-07:00 Tena McGee Nice write up. Projectors are something that the whole family can enjoy. I happen to have an Epson MovieMate in the den for the family to watch movies. It is nices with a screen but it also works on the wall. 413280 2009-11-30T15:55:12-08:00 Jaime People like you are the reasons the film industry is struggling. The ticket prices are reasonable, to buy a DVD is $30. If you go to a movie you get the full audience experience, plus films are made to be played at that size and quality, you will never get the same feeling from your living room. As for the snacks, those are what is ridiculous, so bring your own snacks, I'm assuming most of you carry bags and have pockets? 413250 2009-09-26T08:05:13-07:00 Jacquelynn Oritz I'm going to see one at an IMAX tomorrow. 413240 2009-05-07T22:48:02-07:00 tracy says I dont understand why with todays technology the movie companies dont offer an instant view for a price id even pay MORE for the convenience of sitting in my own home on my couch and with out a group of teenagers checking their cell phones or yelling or fighting or making obscene remarks with my kids sitting there...i am a movie buff I LOVE TO WATCH MOVIES but i dont like the hassel or the cost or the crowds and since home theaters dont cost alot and surround sound systems are under $200.00 so worth the investment if i had an option i would not go back to the theaters...... 413270 2009-03-23T00:05:45-07:00 Another Jeremy I will never see another movie in a theater again, unless it's some kind of family obligation thing where I'm forced to. I'd basically crossed all the theaters in Vancouver off my list -- it doesn't take too long to realize, "Hey, I'm pretty sure this scene was supposed to take place in the daytime. And I'm pretty sure that Coca Cola label was supposed to be bright red, not dark purple...." Today I went to see Watchmen on the local Imax screen. Same problem for a $3 premium. Screw 'em. 413260 2009-02-14T17:20:29-08:00 Betty We are a family of 5. Whenever we want to go to the movies, we try to spend as little as possible of course. We also bought our tickets at costco, which anyway adds up to $28 dls. since my toddler doesn't pay yet. I buy also at costco the mnm's at 7.00 for the whole 2lbs bag and make little Ziploc bags. and at the end we still have a lot of chocolate left. In the theater we buy the jumbo soda and jumbo popcorn for 12.00dls which you can refill as many times as you want to, (and if you ask for boxes to split the popcorn they can give you some) so before entering the theater we divide the popcorn and then fill it up again. Also if the time is permissive, and there's no too much people, we time the movies (since we go to children movies only for now) so that when the movie is over we get out take a bathroom break and go in to see another movie, since they only check your tickets at the entrance. so if the day is cool we get to spend $28 for tickets $12.00 for popcorn and sodas so that's a total of 40 dls for a family of 5 to watch two movies in the same day. Of course still expensive is in it?? But the kids love it. so we go once in a while since we have really great daughters. My husband says that we could just wait for the dvd and own it forever for much less price. But at home we only have one 27" regular tv. so yes, we like to save our money to pay for a house,....sometimes you do the best with your money. 413230 2009-01-02T00:17:31-08:00 Pete I hadn't been to the movies in a long time. I stopped going three years ago when I had my first kid. Anyhow, we had grandma staying for the holidays so I figured I'd take the wife out to watch a movie. I left feeling rip off, I thought to myself, "I just paid 40 bucks for a movie, soda, & popcorn." I could of rented a DvD for $1 and gotten the snacks from the grocery store a heck of a lot cheaper. I don't even have the best setup. Just a 32 inch LCD 1080p and a DvD player with upscale progressive scan to make the DvDs look better. It still looks much better then the crappy projector at the movie theater. I retire from movie theaters. 413210 2008-08-28T08:58:02-07:00 oldtimer I have a theatre I go to since I was 10 years old and i'm now 55 .it' run by mom and pop and the kids .3.00 a showing the snacks are cheap and the picture quality and sound is just supreme.everything is fine they don't put up with rude people. 413220 2008-06-25T16:19:08-07:00 sue Interesting comparison with the video games. I remember going to a local pizza shop with a friend to play a video game. Our other friend was not coming because she already had Atari. Soon we both had Atari also. Most of the small theaters have gone by the waistside due to not being able to compete with the larger movie theaters. I think that the movie theaters will remain. I have noticed that none of the movies last in the theaters very long. If you want to see a movie on the large screen you sometimes need to go in the first few weeks or it will already be gone. I agree that the ticket prices are outrageous. 413200 2008-05-03T17:24:45-07:00 mike oh god!! i cant say anything without it being moderated.. wow! what ever happend to just free speech(and i dont mean the law)?? all i can say is i cant wait till another 40 yrs has passed...... i should be dead and loving by then.....