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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 23, 2023 16:58:30 GMT -5
Few and far between
Been that way for decades for me
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 23, 2023 17:05:28 GMT -5
Nope. I’ve seen 39 films in the theaters this year (not all of them “new” though). From masterpieces like Past Lives to complete garbage like 65, I do love the cinema.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2023 17:11:16 GMT -5
Naw , but I have for awhile now just drifted to more movies coming out of independent studios or foreign films.
Major studio releases have been very few of interest to me other than the guys behind John Wick which is why Sisu just f***ing thrilled the hell outta me.
Anything by A24 and Heretic is must watch for me also.
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Post by Schizo on Jul 23, 2023 17:16:18 GMT -5
Nope, I love movies
I think I’ve seen almost every big time releases this year. Some of them were great, some of them sucked. Mario Bros and Mission Impossible were the best ones imo,
Can’t wait to see opphenheimer
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Post by Starshine on Jul 23, 2023 18:08:31 GMT -5
Nah, that’s a you thing.
I saw Barbie yesterday and it f***ing ruled.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jul 23, 2023 21:53:47 GMT -5
If by new movies you mean the stuff playing theaters yea. But there is good new stuff that plays no theaters near me.
Add in that the theater in town sucks. Has the worst customers,saw a lady throw her drink at the usher. He had asked her "Ma'am please either go out in the lobby to use your phone." Add in they dont have matinees. Not gonna pay 12 bucks for a ticket when the speakers sound like they have been hanging on the walls since 84. And the seats feel like they got filled with concrete not padding.
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Post by ayumidah on Jul 23, 2023 21:54:48 GMT -5
I don't go to every movie, but I do make it to the theater about once a month or so. Just depends on what's being released. I've been more this past year than most because I keep winning AMC gift cards through survey sites.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 23, 2023 22:39:12 GMT -5
I love movies but I’ve got a six year old and haven’t put in the effort to find a reliable babysitter so I don’t get out often
By the time new stuff is on steaming I’ve usually forgotten about it.
Did manage a date night for Guardians of the Galaxy 3. My wife’s haaaaaaates animal cruelty in movies so I got some stern looks and a “You owe me a puppy”
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Post by bibboid on Jul 24, 2023 0:37:24 GMT -5
I have no desire to go see a movie in the theater any more. I think I have been once in the last three years. You have to pre-buy your tickets. You have to pre-reserve your seats. Food is disgustingly expensive. Taking the family to the movies costs well over $100. And there is still a good chance someone will be talking loudly near you, or some kids behind you will be coughing on you, or someone will keep walking in front of you during the movie. No thanks. I’ll wait and watch it in the comfort of my own home.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 24, 2023 0:44:01 GMT -5
I do not go to movies often, though given I have a lot of young relatives, I do occasionally go, like for the Mario movie earlier this year. I do want to see Barbie, though.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 24, 2023 7:16:40 GMT -5
Nah, that’s a you thing. I saw Barbie yesterday and it f***ing ruled. Going by some of the replies in this thread, it’s a we thing.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 24, 2023 10:10:21 GMT -5
I think it’s fun. I love that it’s diverse, that there’s a “balance”, so to speak and that it just seems different. Regardless, don’t let a social media hype/meme thing, regardless if it’s manufactured or not, deter you from seeing Oppenheimer. Specially if ya like the historical aspect revolving it. You’ll have a good time. I'm sure it's fine. I'm sure Barbie is fine. I just hate any form of me "Haha, me too!! Right guys???" The tag-along, having to be apart of some manufactured "event". Go see both movies, I don't mean that, some people would like both, some people just really love any movie, I mean the clearly fake going to watch both because social media told you to. That's what I don't like. I've always hated that, too. Which also kinda sucks because then I wonder why people don't like me, and it's usually because I go out of my way to NOT be part of social "phenomena" like this. But yeah, I just can't go along with "Do this! Everyone else is doing it! It's a meme now, and you want to be in on the meme, don't you?"
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 24, 2023 10:16:49 GMT -5
I've seen Suzume and Spider-Verse in theaters this year, and intend to see Barbenheimer on Thursday, which is probably more than I usually see in a year but past those there's nothing on the horizon except Beyond the Spider-Verse I'm even slightly interested in.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Jul 24, 2023 10:17:17 GMT -5
I tend to find that there is either absolutely nothing that interests me or loads of things I want to see come at once.. Never seems to be an inbetween.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jul 24, 2023 11:15:25 GMT -5
Last new film I saw in a theater was New Mutants. Last movie we saw was when Empire strikes back got re-re-re-released in 2020 or 2021.
Besides the local theater sucking,a big factor is finding time that the theater is open and we both are free.
Can imagine working all that out with kids included.
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