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Well, let's see what could possibly have caused the slump for Hollywood? Tickets prices averaging up to fifteen dollars each. Popcorn and drink for two - twenty dollars. A movie night out for a family of four with all the trimmings could end up costing up to 100 dollars. The theater sound is great albeit usually too loud, but I can sit my entire family down for a movie and snacks at home for about the price of one theater ticket. And we can watch it again and again for nothing more than the cost of electricity. The seats are more comfortable as well.

Hollywood is just like almost every other company on the planet. Out to empty the pockets of consumers everywhere. They charge too much for too little, forcing the theater owners to also charge outrageous prices as well (with the theaters big profit margin added on top of Hollywood's big profit margin,)

I rarely go to the theater any more. For that matter, I rarely watch serial television anymore. Most of the stories from both avenues tend to be repetitive and play to the most common human denominators. And those reallity shows! Whoever thought of them should be voted off the island. When I want reality, I go outside. When I want to see a movie, I go to the video store. When I want truly great entertainment, I read a book. I read a lot of books anymore.

Originally we intended to see Harry Potter in the theater. But when they decided to change its release date, We changed our minds. Harry Potter was, up to now, our special holiday treat. Now we will just wait for the release of the video along with all the rest of the slim offerings available.

Here is a hint, Hollywood. Basic ingredients to produce an average dinner for four at home costs about the price of one theater ticket (and we aren't talking steak and caviar.) In today's economy, what do you think that I am going to spend the money on. "Jackass: The Movie"? "Jackass: The Film Maker" maybe.

Some good points in the comment above. Mostly though this individual wants us to know how smart he or she is. Oh, and here's a hint, please do not begin sentences with "Here is a hint."

naw. the above comment is common sense, not smarty showboating.

its the freakin internet, you can start a sentance however you want. you started the above snetance "Oh" - your nitpicking sounds like hipocracy.

Once upon a time in La La Land, movies were written by some of the best writers in the country. Renowned figures like Dorothy Parker, Tennessee Williams, and F. Scott Fitzgerald to name a few, and many other famous authors wrote some of the most important movies ever made.

Now we get a steady stream of unoriginal sequels which were based upon material that started out as schlock at best. Recycled old television shows which, had they been any good in the first place would have been on the big screen initially, are what pass for writing today. Shallow characters, thin or non-existent story lines, stupid stunts and computer generated junk are what we are subjected to at prices which are outrageous at best. If you're a brain dead pubescent boy, you're in heaven. However, what the studios fail to recognize is that some people actually enjoy a picture with good strong characters and an actual story to follow. Revolutionary Road for example.

If Hollywood keeps up this trend, they deserve to lose what customers they still have to cable television which is turning out some of the best work anywhere.

I've been a dedicated movie fan all my life but I've about had it with paying huge ticket prices to see garbage along with people who talk loudly, troop up and down the aisles like a bunch of migrants, and refuse to turn off their damned cell phones.

As for the concessions.................forget it. Who can afford to pay $6.00 for a small popcorn and $4.00 for a small bottle of water you can buy anywhere else for $0.99. I for one bristle at being blatantly ripped off.

My big screen HD television and Netflix are looking better and better. Best of all, the popcorn is a lot cheaper.