And even further, only those exact same two seats are ‘taken’ for every single showing.
I thought for sure the after church showings tomorrow would be at least somewhat full, but nope.
Ay lmao
That’s cause there is no target audience. His supporters already think he can do no wrong so who is this film trying to win over?
Russian money don’t clean itself
Get real, it don’t even try anymore.
I don’t know what’s worse, that an idiot wrote this, the only piece of trivia on the IMDB about the film, or that six people found it helpful.
So? How was it?
Not that I think this isn’t hilarious, but to quote Trump’s own idiotic ramblings, “Nobody knows what an app is.” His redneck supporters that don’t trust such fancy lib’ral scams as “mail” and “locked drop boxes” sure aren’t going to understand using an app to book a seat in a movie theater.
In my local theater you also have to ‘reserve’ a seat when you buy the ticket in person. Don’t ask me why.
Assigned seating has been the norm here for decades. Makes things go a little more smoothly, especially when everyone expects it.
Reasonable reason: pre-2020 theaters would be packed sometimes and it’s helpful to have assigned seats. It resolves seating disputes and gets people to go straight to their seats. When I saw Avengers End Game (or maybe Infinity War), they had to have employees spotting empty seats for everyone walking in.
Cynical theory: they’re logging seat selection trends and going to move to tiered pricing like airplane seats
So that someone ordering online doesn’t try to buy your seat. Obviously.
30 minutes before the show?
Yes? “Hey wanna catch a movie?” “Sure, looks like the new Deadpool has a showing in like twenty minutes.” “Dope. You order the tickets, I’ll drive.”
Why would they not apply the same system to all purchases? Either seats are reserved or they aren’t.
I dont know how much I believe the theater. This is tomorrow in Connecticut. 4:55 sold out but all the other times have zero to 7 people. Yeah it’s a Sunday but I would t put it past thr gop to be artificially inflating box office receipts.
Might be a thing like with Christian movies where a church buys out an entire show in one block in the expectation of their parishioners all going. It artificially inflates their box office numbers too, of course.
Because that is what churches are supposed to do - promote politicians 🙄
It’s literally illegal, but good luck getting the IRS to do anything about it.
Totally sold out. The most sold out movie ever. You remember Titan-ick? Had a naked girl in it and it didn’t sell as many tickets as this movie. People are saying this is the best movie there is. People are watching it 4 or 5 times and saying how good it is. I haven’t seen it. Maybe I’ll see it. Deenish de-sooza did the movie. She’s hot, have you seen her? Smokin hot. They wanted me to be in it. Was I I in it? Sure, maybe. Great movie. The best.
I liked Philomena Crunk’s version “Titan One-Cee.”
OMG! Nailed it dude!
My guess might be that much of the audience buys a ticket when they show up. I know that’s probably what I would do. Especially if I saw ahead of time that I can choose any seat.
I think you still have to buy a specific seat if you buy at the theater otherwise it would break the system if anyone did buy an assigned seat after you.
I just checked the 9pm showing and it’s still showing an empty theater 3 min before start.
Ha. Guess theaters really are dying. Or nobody wants to see that particular film lol.
Our town only has two theaters and only this one has assigned seats. It’s only showing this, that Reagan movie and Beetlejuice. I couldn’t find any seats that had been sold…
However my wife and I went to see Deadpool a week or two ago and the theater was as full as I’ve seen a theater since Covid.
Not sure what my point is?
But, ‘Yes!’ Also ‘No!’…
In conclusion, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
For some comparison, wife and I went to a Tuesday noonish showing of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and there were more than 8 people. So, at a time slot that would be totally understandable to have 1-2 people at a showing, there were way more than for this waste of digital space.
With this movie, Am I Racist?, and Reagan all playing at the same time, the GOP is really going full-throttle in attempting to exploit their base.
Looking at this graphic, is it still illegal to yell “fire” in a theater like that, or can we record ourselves doing so in those empty rooms for fuckyou lols? 🤷🏽♂️
They would never tread on your free speech. You say whatever you like. Consequences are for liberals.
Aw, does nanna know you’re on her computer, puppy?
Sorry did I just become an example of Poe’s Law?
That’s not showing in my blue city, but another movie “Am I Racist?” is showing (or not? Maybe they don’t hit play if the theater is empty).
It seems to be about a racist guy who takes on a disguise so nobody recognizes him as the racist guy and pretends to be a mentally ill progressive or something and interviews people
It’s been so long since I’ve been to the movies that I didn’t even realize that theatres now have assigned seats.
Many have upgraded to extra comfy recliners, some with pairs of seats you can raise the center arm rest and get cozy. With less than half the seats that they used to have, it’s far more comfortable.
Lol it’s funny to me that theaters think that’s what’ll save them. I don’t go to movies, not because the old seats, but because movies are all terrible remakes and reboots that I don’t want to see, and you have to take out a second mortgage just to be able to afford tickets and snacks. Why would I go? I’ll wait until the torrent pops up if I even want to see it at all, thanks.
I mean, not entirely. I went to see Longlegs recently, that was amazing and not a reboot rehash. When Makoto Shinkai releases an anime film my theater will have it there. I never thought I’d be able to see anime films on the big screen.
Studio Ghibli did a Ghibli Fest last year showing old movies again in theaters, I watched Spirited Away and it was great. Tickets are usually like 14 bucks, and yeah, buying snacks at a theater is for dummies, just sneak something in or have the self control to not snack at the movies.
You have some valid points, but are being very hyperbolic. Not all movies are reboots and it doesn’t cost all that much compared to other date ideas and such as long as you have some self control.
Long legs is one of the like 6 movies I’ve wanted to see since about 2010. Still gonna wait for the torrent though as I mentioned because I don’t feel like selling a kidney for some buncha crunch.
I like it even less as a date idea. I want to talk to my date not sit quietly next to them for 2 hours, and if it is something that will hinder conversation let’s at least go see some live music or a theater production or something like that. Personally I’d rather go to the nearest botanical gardens.
The last movie I saw in theaters was 9 lmao, which came out 09/09/2009. Probably going to stay that way for a good long while, too.
For about 5 years, I ignored theaters and said the same things as you. Now I’m back to going a few times a year. You don’t have to buy the popcorn - I never have it at home, so why do I need it there? You don’t take a date to a movie to talk during the movie, you go to share entertainment and have something easy to talk about from a shared experience later. There are many new movies, they just don’t get the hype compared to movies with existing universes. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to reuse existing IP, either, because it can help skip the initial exposition and put more action and development in the screen time. Obviously, there are plenty of examples of poor writing and weak attempts to keep some IP rolling.
What brings me to the theater (usually on a Tuesday with a discount) is the immersion. It helps me really get into the characters’ experiences. It’s not required because I certainly get into plenty of movies using my phone on planes (work travel), but it’s something I choose to utilize. I’ll also try to see movies where I expect dramatic cinematography. Movies like 1917, Dunkirk, and La La Land come to mind for originals while I’d include Bladerunner 2049, Dune 1+2, and Mad Max Fury/Furiosa in the reboot list. Anything Wes Anderson, too, if that’s your flavor. I’m indifferent about superhero movies because the CGI is so overwhelming that it’s indistinguishable from a video game to me, so it loses value. I understand your aversion to reboots, but I’d say one I missed and absolutely wish I had seen in theaters is Tron: Legacy because that has become one of my all-time favorite movies. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a beautiful crossroads of my visual and audio interests at the time with the score by Daft Punk. It’s as if it’s a sequel to Interstellar 5555, their album anime movie.
Pixar has some bangers, too. I realized at some point I was ignoring them because they seemed too hard to get into, when in reality I just wasn’t trying. I thought I was too old, ignoring that I obviously already knew about the deeper themes in my childhood Pixar films. They’re pretty original. Inside Out 1 was an emotional trainwreck and Coco and Soul were enjoyable as well.
I’m not trying to say you’re wrong. It’s your opinion. I’m just seeing what I used to think and want to offer some insight on where I am now. It’s easy to miss the original titles because there’s so much rehash out there. There’s always another formulaic Marvel movie and a shoddy DC film coming up. We’re flodded with content, so it’s harder to get attached to a particular movie. I saw a meme or tweet that said something like “what ever happened to having families develop entire cult followings of some mediocre film because they only owned 15 VHS films?” and it stuck with me. Marvel is flooding theaters with mediocre superheros, Netflix is flooding streaming with mediocre everything, and Disney is flooding their platform with 80s-90s rehash. I get it. I was rolling my eyes when I heard Alien: Romulus was coming because I thought “yet another Alien?” and, when complaining, I looked up the list and found there’s way less Alien movies than I thought. But the gems are still out there, even if you never visit a theater again. I keep a list of loose recommendations, torrent them, and will randomly press play on one and let it rip.
Here’s the nearest theater to me smack-dab in the middle of the reddest metroplex in the country.Ugh, Westminster, CO. Most showings in the Denver area are at least half full. But most theaters aren’t showing it at all.
Solid red area of TN! Empty with two hours to go!I’m sure you and everyone else understand, attendance isn’t proof of anything beyond box office numbers. Many theaters are empty that’s how they know to show something new.
Every theater has about 2 seats blocked off because they squeak too much and have been complained about. I’m blown away at the amount of religious content at theaters. There is tons. Some of it is basically like going to evangelical church. They’re not movies they’re sermons in theaters.
This one is made by a D’Souza, the same name behind that movie about ballot boxes being stuffed in 2020. It’s nonsense.
