In the 1990's I loved going to the theater. There was something magical about the whole experience of sitting in a dark room and being just blown away by the images on the screen. I specifically remember seeing Twister and falling in love with tornadoes and Dodge Rams. As I got older the experience hasn't changed, but the people and prices have. The economy is and has been in the gutter for a while. What use to cost maybe $20 to $30 dollars is now starting to be as expense as a trip to Six Flags. The 3D gimmick has now become a staple with Hollywood blockbusters and in doing so has skyrocketed ticket prices. This is why the smaller screen is becoming for popular.
No this doesn't mean that theaters will be going the away like the drive in, but Hollywood has taken notice. Big stars are starting to make movies for Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. If I told you five years ago that Brad Pitt would be making a movie for purely on line watching it would have sounded like a joke. Now it is a reality because of how popular streaming movies and videos has become. If Red Box killed Blockbuster, Netflix is killing Red Box because of the inconvenience of taking a movie back. Now for $7.99 a month I can have all the entertainment I want and not worry about late fees. Watching YouTube is just as entertaining as watching a television show, I don't even turn on the the tv in my room anymore.
Hollywood is pumping out fewer and fewer movies for the theaters because they are losing money from poor box office results. Summer movies usually tend to bring in money, but during the down season people aren't going that much any more to the megaplexes. VOD (video on demand) use to be a feature for sporting events and specialty programming is now part of our culture. It's crazy how fast technology has consumed our lives.
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