Geez, No One is Going To the Movies Anymore Either?

In bloomberg.com's "Summer Movie Attendance Falls to Lowest Level Since 1997", it is shown that the number of movie tickets sold from the first weekend of May through Labor Day is expected to drop 2.6% to 552 million. The lowest since 540 million in the summer of 1997. Obviously, 552 million of anything is STILL a lot. And because they are hitting people up for more money than ever before for a ticket, especially those 3-D kiddie movies, they are still seeing record revenue. 

Now I can't remember the last time I saw a non-kid movie in a movie theater. I think it was "Seabiscuit" (and I saw a preview for a movie called "Secretariat" that's coming out in the fall. I WILL be seeing that too. Notice a pattern here? I go to horse movies. I have issues.). But during a "Great Recession", movie attendance should be off the charts. As in high. That's what happened in the "Great Depression". People went to the movies to "get away from it all" for a few hours. This time around its even lower than the go-go nineties and 2000s? I guess Netflix and cheap DVDs have taken over and people just stay home and save dough. Maybe the movie business should lower prices to help the "little guy"? You know, practice what they preach in Hollywood? You know, communism. Um, with the record revenues, don't count on that anytime soon. $20 movie tickets anyone? If I didn't have a kid, I wouldn't be going either. Maybe we should have a "tea party" for the movie industry? Like nifty boycotts and such? Do those filthy animals in Hollywood get picked on close to the amount that people in the finance business or auto business do? I think if you got to see what these assclowns do on a daily business, we would ALL have a lot to say. And don't give me the crap about how they entertain us and provide a service. They fleece poor families because how do you tell little junior that he can't go to a movie that all his other pals go to? And they KNOW they can play that card for a long time. Let's start this protest thing now! To again quote Jerry Maguire (played by "floating" Tom Cruise) in the movie "Jerry Maguire": "Who's Coming With Me?!"

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[RPB]

While I do not agree with a lot republicans say/do these days, the smug, elitist, hypocritical nature of the liberal establishment keeps me from ever considering a democrat.

[ed]

right on, brother....hollywood should be regulated just like wall street....maybe, the feds will regulate college costs too!!!....i know keep dreamin'!!