I have to side with Disney
According to tonight’s Drudge newsflash, Disney chairman Robert Iger is threatening simultaneous DVD and theatrical releases. Movie theaters are, to put it mildly, complaining that this is a death threat against them.
It isn’t. It’s only a death threat to an industry which fails to change with the times, gives us crappy theaters to watch movies in, fails to light the film brightly enough in a misguided effort to save light bulbs, doesn’t control the crowds of chatty cell phone toting teenagers, overcharges for snack foods, and shows a half hour of commercials before every movie.
The movie theater experience is ALREADY dead, and the movie theater owners are the ones responsible, NOT Disney. Disney is only threatening to put the nail in the coffin. Perhaps it’s time for the movie theater owners to consider changing some things to make going to the movies a pleasant experience again, and one that’s actually worth the $10 (at a minimum) a person.
August 19th, 2005 at 6:58 am
The theater owners do have a point, though, with their argument that the studios have been putting out some really crappy fare over the last few years.
August 19th, 2005 at 8:01 pm
Soon the whole entertainment infastructure will implode upon us all and we’ll be forced back to community theater and pulp periodicals.
August 19th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
Studios have always pumped out as much crap as quality. The theater owners weren’t complaining when THE FLINTSTONES was raking it in.
I’m with Augie here. I used to love just about everything about going to the movies, but now I look for excuses not to go. And I’m a professional movie critic.