Why Theaters Are (STILL) Dying (Furiosa) - A Dose of Buckley

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While most businesses have recovered since that-which-shall-not-be-named, movie theaters have taken a real beating over the last 3 years, never reaching pre-2020 levels. This became PAINFULLY obvious when Furiosa, the latest movie in the Mad Max series, flopped on Memorial Day weekend (the kickoff to the summer movie season). On top of this, a group of Alamo Drafthouse locations, considered "the best way to watch a movie", closed due to a lack of business. But WHY aren't people going to the movies? Buckley looks at three of the biggest reasons, including costs, marketing, and of course... wokeness!

[@Marksman3434]

The problem is that too many EXPENSIVE movies are being made. Used to be that most films coming out had less than a $50 million budgets, and didn't struggle too much to make their money back. Nowadays it seems only movies with huge VFX scenes and budgets get done, and most are also just genres that don't justify those budgets. I mean, look at IF, there is no need to make a film with so many CGI creatures that's a family-friendly comedy. The genre just doesn't fit for it.

[@aaronclift]

I agree. Hollywood used to have lots of mid-budget films (especially comedies), and you don’t see many of those coming out anymore.

[@rjz2]

I think you might be on to something. With old movies (1940's to 1960's) you can tell where the script and cast where working with a low budget that limited practical effects, but the pacing and the acting would make up for the lack of effects - they weren't afraid to have something happen off-camera.

[@OWnIshiiTrolling]

horror movies consistently make profit due to their very low budgets. I have no idea why movies with budgets of several hundred millions get greenlit.

[@ericortiz7443]

Case in point, Skinamarink was a weird indie horror film that made only 2 million, and since it had a budget of only 15 grand, that was considered a success. Meanwhile, Morbius actually went to no. 1 at the box office during its first weekend, and yet its status as a commercial failure has become a meme in and of itself.

[@TheZodiacRipper]

Movies today looks way to polished and they are also a minimum of 30 minutes to long and often its 30 minutes of filler content for some weird reason. Then we have this two and a half hour marathon of polished and washed cars in a postapocalyptic desert wasteland. I wont even bother downloading it.

[@QuantumFantasy]

Movies as a date is definitely not the way to market. Solo trips and groups are the only times I've gone to the theater in years. With the time and money invested for 2 people to see a movie, you could have a couple steak dinners from a mid-priced dine-in restaurant, a box of Orville Redenbacher, and whatever you can find on netflix.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Marketing it as a fun thing for loners to do would be a great idea. Maybe even a little room afterward where if you want, you can go chat about the movie, maybe make a friend. As a group, I've found it to be the same as a date, can't talk during it and after the discussion is usually pretty short. I also dislike groups because they're usually the biggest nuisances, strength in numbers makes them more likely to be annoying, unless someone in the group is willing to be the "Dad" and tell their friends to shut up.

[@AnimeLover4Life3395]

I go to movies alone all the time, especially since I get 3 tickets a week for one monthly price that's the cost of like one blockbuster opening weekend on the most expensive screen.

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

@@ADoseofBuckley Just posted a comment suggested something this and found you beat me to the punch lol A think (like for a lot of things) some people are downlow cinephiles (but don't have anyone within their friend group to discuss movies with). I think having specific showtimes for people going alone and having time to discuss the movie(s) before and/or after (maybe even with a chance to eat thrown in) is a great idea especially since I think (and, from my experience, this is more true for women than men, though it's still true for both) people may want to see a film, but if they can't find someone to go with they just say "I'll wait for it on streaming."

[@politefan8141]

@@AnimeLover4Life3395 I have this too and go alone 90% of the time. You have to be over 18 to be an A List member so that rules out families. While I still like going to the movies alone and am very lucky to have a theater close by, a lot of people I know can't even be bothered to drive to the theatre.

[@blacklightredlight2945]

@@ADoseofBuckley While that would be interesting, making movie theatres for introverts, the costs would be added to existing prices. Every company has inflated itself like a balloon, and you can't expect them to let air out before they collapse.

[@courtneyjohnsonhaber4591]

For real, you remember when it would take like a year for a movie to come to home video. We used some of that pandemic stimulus money to upgrade our tv and sound system. Now it's like, I literally get a theatre experience at home and I only have to wait a couple of weeks. They conditioned people to expect a quick turnover so there's no incentive to go to the movies.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

When I was a kid, the Jurassic Park VHS release date was an EVENT. I just looked it up because I thought "maybe I just had no concept of time", but no... the movie was released in theatres June of 93, it came out October of 94 on VHS. SIXTEEN MONTHS. If you thought you were going to have to wait nearly a year and a half to see the movie every one of your friends is talking about? You'd go to a theater.

[@BjornV1994]

@@ADoseofBuckley Absolutely, this is why Godzilla Minus One is such a hit on a Netflix in my country. For reasons unknown, they played it four days (maybe even less) in the theater and the wait of six months was more long enough to create a hype that moment it dropped people were immediately excited and flocked to their screens. Hell, if they had released it physically, I garantee you that a lot of people would have jumped at it. But for most films you don't have wait the mere six months. Godzilla X Kong: The Empire played in my country at the end of march and I think I saw adverts for the digital home release already in mid april or perhaps the beginning of may... If you combine good movies with fomo, you'll get butts in seats (it is one of the reasons I plan to make my visit to a local film festival an annual tradition, as many films I've seen there are still not available where I live) but if you say: wait two months and you don't have to pay overpriced popcorn, people will happily wait while they binge Netflix. The market is so full that you'll never run out of things to watch...

[@mfgrocks11]

Yep, that's why Barbie and Oppenheimer did well because they took forever to go to streaming pretty much just a couple months ago :-)

[@ADoseofBuckley]

@@mfgrocks11 Well, they also got the boost from the strange viral campaign, people who felt it would be funny to see them both back to back, or dress up for Barbie to go see Oppenheimer, and then people jump on that trend to say they did it.

[@lilac.mascara]

​@@ADoseofBuckley Also Barbie did do an insane amount of marketing. Everything had a Barbie movie collab at some point last summer, tons of influences talking about it on tik tok, etc.

[@stevenclubb7718]

The thing that gets me is how many movie trailers don't front load their name on KZbin ads. There's been a lot of flicks that looked interesting that I skipped the ad for before finding out what it was, because I value watching the video I clicked on far more than completing the two minute ad Hollywood is selling.

[@dustinsmith93]

Especially when the ad gives the whole movie away! I stopped watching trailers because of this and only read some vague reviews on reddit. Otherwise I go to movies completely blind.

[@DocSpengler]

You mention "15 minutes" for ads, but here's an update. I went to see furiosa cause my friend said she wanted to go, and we went during their early viewing for 25% off (so like 11 a ticket for the normal setup) I usually plan for 20 minutes of ads beforehand, but mannnn they put 35 minutes for this one and probably only one was a movie that actually looked decent (Joker and something else I forget).

[@ADoseofBuckley]

35 minutes is crazy. Just start the movie!

[@cameronsmith2146]

This is exactly what happened when I saw it! Showtime was 350, movie started at 423, which I know cuz I nudged my wife and pointed at my watch

[@thepayne7862]

The nice thing about seeing Fathom events movies is that they only have about 5 to 10 minutes of ads and they are only for other movies being shown by Fathom Events. Also Fathom Events will usually have a short special feature about the movie you are watching.

[@theunwelcome]

anything more than 5 minutes should be considered torture under the Geneva Convention

[@blueman1027]

@@thepayne7862 Yes! Fathom events are such a nice change compared to the usual 30 minutes of previews my AMC does, though I will admit those previews are nice when I get stuck in traffic on the way there. The only issue is that people at my theater are used to showing up 30 minutes late to skip the previews. Every time I go to a Fathom event, half of the audience shows up 30 minutes late when the movie's been running for 20 minutes already and these folks angrily mumble to each other all the way to their seats.

[@chrisreed4065]

Furiosa flopping was a combination of 3 factors. 1. They struck when the iron was ice cold this movie should have come out 7 years ago. 2. The marketing made it seem like this was going to be a marvel-esqe "Girlboss" film where Furiosa's greatest challenge would be to realize she was perfect all along. 3. Going to the movies is very expensive these days especially with the way the economy is.

[@frogglen6350]

I saw the trailer. It doesn't look as original or interesting compared to Spirited Away

[@DUxMORTEM]

Yo be honest it was a good movie but when it is released only on one streaming platform and theatres it's not going to sell well.

[@courtneyjohnsonhaber4591]

Thing is, I didn't even see any ads for it! Who sees commercials now? Also it took so long because of a lawsuit between Miller and WB over WB skimping on his profits from Fury Road.

[@wrayday7149]

You forgot one key element. Half of Mad Max: Fury Road WAS Furoisa's background.... the damn movie was about her background. Why would we need to see a prequel? They should have made a sequel where she is now in charge and has to take over gas/bullet town.

[@JohnSmith-kt3yy]

@@frogglen6350 That's your standard to compare movies to? That's sigma af bro

[@Tootis21]

Stay angry everyone

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

Easy

[@jruss609]

“I’d rather bet on the Leafs winning the Cup” 😢

[@j.peters1222]

Pain.

[@ktowniecity7269]

@@j.peters1222 *steve dangle*

[@blindpanthervlogs]

Or the Carolina Panthers winning the Super Bowl.

[@justcallmenoah5743]

Woof Buckley

[@barnumcapote8215]

Go oilers

[@jimmy75256]

What is fucked up is marketing cost could be twice the movie budget.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

That always seems really funny to me when you hear all these people go "I didn't know it was out". If you spend $100 million, $200 million on marketing, every person in North America should know that movie is out.

[@JayBigDadyCy]

This is perfect. Considering this video is the first time I've even heard of Furiosa or whatever. I did see a few ads for "If".

[@iggy3200]

Lol "shitty hats" chill with the tds

[@JohnSmith-kt3yy]

@@iggy3200 Now that's the real pandemic 😞😞

[@riffgroove]

Nobody will go see a movie if they don't know about it.

[@niki_99]

I’ll be honest me and my husband used to go to every big movie and a ton of indie ones at our local indie theater. We had a kid in 2020 and just had our second, I have been to maybe 6 movies since 2020 because there’s the whole “you need to get babysitting” thing. We’d still be there if we didn’t have to do that.

[@niki_99]

That and they stream so fast that usually I just go “nahhh I’ll wait”

[@penguinthepurple]

At my local cinema the other day there was an ad for Sky Glass, a smart TV. The nerve of them 😅

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Any port in a storm at this point... theatres will take whatever revenue they can get. But that is funny, it makes me think about radio stations that have ads for TV shows. I know it's a losing battle, but have you ever thought "maybe we should try getting people to listen to us at night instead of watching TV?" Of course, never gonna happen, but come on, TRY!

[@NJGuy1973]

​@@ADoseofBuckleyA truly smart TV would say "Don't watch this, read a book instead."

[@notbot2648]

That's objectively hilarious 😂

[@ashleybrown4754]

25 minutes of trailers and ads before Furiosa when I saw it in the theater. May as well stay at home and watch KZbin with the ad blocker off.

[@DanceDanceNorth]

Precisely! I see ads in theatres for Amazon Prime, Crave, Paramount+ and other streaming services. Why advertise services that offer unlimited movies for the price of a movie ticket or two?

[@aaronclift]

Great video, Buckley! You didn’t mention this in the video, but maybe Hollywood needs to start cutting their budgets. Not every movie needs to be made on a $150 million plus budget to be good. Even with inflation factored in, that’s still a ridiculously high amount compared to movies in the past.

[@wrayday7149]

He also didn't mention the Studio/actors/media's role in poisoning the well.... just showed the "grifters" complaining about it.

[@laurisaarinen1126]

That is very true... It's like they make every movie with a superhero film budget... I guess on the upside at least they seem to finally do something else than superhero movies. I do still miss comedies and lower-budget artistic movies, just something else than every film trying their hardest to be the next epic blockbuster.

[@KetsubanSolo]

​@@laurisaarinen1126they still make those movies! Support indie filmmakers when you can! They may not have the same production values as Hollywood, but my god they keep the dream alive.

[@SmackyTheB3AR]

So I went to see Furiosa in theatres and really enjoyed the movie, but I can see why the movie theatre industry is dying. Huge fan of Fury Road (saw it in theaters 3 times, my personal record, and have it on Blu-Ray) so no way I was missing this one. I INTENTIONALLY went on a Tuesday after Memorial Day around 2pm to avoid the weekend crowds so I would have less idiots making noise or playing on phones to deal with. There were only about 5 other people in the theatre with me, despite the movie only releasing the previous weekend (I am in a fairly large city too). Major gripes: - Ticket was about $11 after tax, which would cover most of a monthly streaming service - Popcorn bucket was $8-10 and a drink was $5-6 (all before tax). I did not get any, but it would have been nice to have a bucket of greasy popcorn and diabetes-in-a-cup for my movie. No way I am paying this obscene cost for some snacks and soda... - Movie was supposed to start at 2:10 pm. Movie ACTUALLY started at 2:35 pm. I paid 11 dollars to watch 25 minutes of ads for other movies I did not want to see. To further add insult to injury, I was there 10 minutes early, so I really got 35 minutes of ads... On the bright side, this theatre had nice seats and none of the other 5 people in the theatre with me were idiots (and being R-rated, no kids!). They also let me bring my own water bottle in, so I did not have to pay 5$ for a drink or use a questionable public water fountain. I WANT to watch this movie again, but don't want to sit through more ads. I guess I could show up 15 minutes late on purpose. In my personal opinion, what would bring myself and others back to the theatre regularly would be: - movie starts ON TIME. Show ads on-loop before the start time if you want. - cheaper tickets. (maybe 5$?) - much cheaper snacks. 5$ should be more than enough for refillable popcorn and a soda (and that is still more than it is worth). - security to throw out loud/rude/disruptive people and phone users. If you had the attention span to read through my entire post, please let me know any of your thoughts!

[@TiodaniPKM]

I don't mind a couple of trailers and the theater vignettes (for me they are part of the moviegoing experience), but yeah, here in my country the ads also get out of hand sometimes. And theaters really REALLY need the return of ushers, not to lead people to seats but just to keep an eye for people who need assistance and idiots who disrupt the experience. Regarding the prices, I think I'm privileged to live in a place where we still have street theaters with accessible prices, and the big chains have free subscription models where you can get tickets for cheap (half the normal price). but if where you live you don't have any of these, indeed, they are shooting themselves on the foot by not addressing this issue.

[@DYKWINNING]

Buy the ticket online, most theaters have reserve seats then track how long the trailers are for each theater you attend- show up at the start time (factoring time for restrooms ect) You hit the nail on the head for starting movies ON THE TIME THEY SAY IT STARTS!! Yes! Security to throw out loud/rude/disruptive people and phone users. Makes sense concessions cost so much if its true theaters make their profit from those sales.

[@aerialpunk]

Yeah, I remember being younger when the local theatres had matinee pricing, cheap Tuesdays, and whole cheap theatres that showed second-run movies at a discount (like $3.50 a ticket at a time when new movies were showing for around $10). Streaming killed the cheap theatres, and nobody does matinees or cheap Tuesdays anymore. My husband gets a work perk where he gets discounted tickets ($12, when the going rate here in Sydney is around $20/ticket) but if it weren't for that we'd almost never go to movies. It's almost guaranteed that most movies will not feel like they're worth that much to see. At least the ads here are not usually as long as what you said. They're usually around 15 mins, which is acceptable to me. I like seeing trailers for new movies anyway and I rarely look online for them. But my husband saw a late showing of Godzilla minus 1 and said there were over a half hour of ads, which is utterly ridiculous.

[@MaddieDeviant666]

Theaters are gross. The ones in my city keep getting bedbug infestations.

[@mynotificationsareoff.400]

My birthday is during Memorial Day weekend, and i wanted to go to the movies. Then i looked to see what was being offered and decided that i wasn’t leaving the house.

[@lilac.mascara]

My local theater only plays block busters or those shitty conjuring style horror movies and it grinds my gears. The closest they play to an indie movie is a huge a24 film (like everything everywhere all at once). Seriously the last movie I remotely wanted to watch was Priscilla and that came to my local theater for a week in February this year (the movie came out in December). By that point you could already pirate it and I only went to see it because my sister wanted to watch it. Sometimes I envy people in the US at least they get some smaller movie theater releases. ETA: I also love going to movie theaters. I used to go at least once a month I really prefer the theater experience of a movie I just can't find anything interesting to watch anymore.

[@DigitalNoodle]

When I got my first wide screen tv it killed my desire to go to the rheatres.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

It's definitely changed my mind a few times about going to see a movie. I have a 55" TV and a sound bar. Turn off the lights, and it's not the theatre experience but it's an absolutely adequate substitute compared to when I used to watch DVDs on my old 4:3 TV that was on top of an old Microwave cart.

[@radarksu]

Sporting events too.

[@2wolf5]

Quality of movies probobly have to do with less people attending too. Because any time cinemas are showing old movies there are a lot of people coming and watching. We watched Phantom Manace and Terminator 2 and cinema was full.

[@vicbaez]

>quality of movies >phantom menace 🤨

[@2wolf5]

It is not that bad 😄 definitely has it's moments and the soundtrack, John Williams is a genius ​@@vicbaez

[@niriop]

@@vicbaezI couldn’t believe it when I said it years back but The Phantom Menace was markedly better than The Last Jedi.

[@CHECKthisvid]

9:48 Don’t even get me started on #SawPatrol…

[@TheDinoKitteh]

That was pushed by the official Paw Patrol studio twitter btw

[@splewy]

The theater viewed, feature length film is just a very outdated entertainment format. It _used_ to be the undisputed king, back in the days of 27” TVs, VCRs, 13 TV channels and no internet, but those days are long gone. Now basically everyone has a massive 4K TV at home, with access to thousands of streaming content options. There’s little appeal to going to the theater anymore.

[@aerialpunk]

I dunno, though, the outing itself can be nice, and it's why I'd prefer a theatre. But that said, if my husband didn't get discounted movie tickets as a work perk, we'd almost never go. I can see a movie being worth paying $12 to see, but $20 (which is the regular ticket price here)? Not likely. Imo, poor marketing is a big one too. I don't even know what movies are coming out half the time anymore.

[@Vampiyaa]

0:51 This list is fucking sending me, apparently we have killed: - The concept of eating as a whole, including morning and evening meals, cooking it at home or paying someone else to do it for you - The places you go to get the food that we're not eating - Specific kinds of food, that we are also not eating - The shit you use to wipe your mouth with after not eating - Shelter - Marriage in any form, whether it's the overpriced rock that signals you're more taken than you were before, the piece of paper you sign that makes your relationship something the government can see, or all the other papers you have to sign when you end up hating each other in a few years - A bunch of expensive bullcrap - Fish??

[@TeKett]

The same reason for why AAA video games are doing poorly. The whole experience from start to finish is subpar.

[@acojo8205]

Are AAA video games doing poorly? The quality is questionable sure but the sales are certainly not doing poorly

[@LegendWolfA]

@@acojo8205 Yeah I wish AAA games were actually doing poorly. I mean high quality AAA are great but the ones made by EA... ugh

[@crazyBloodmonkey]

​@@acojo8205well I don't know if the games are doing poorly. I mean besides Alan wake 2 I guess nothing has really bombed. But a lot of games have come out unfinished more than usual. And there's been so many layoffs and studio closures it's really feeling like we're heading for second video game crash.

[@alvatrous]

meanwhile runescape still has 200k concurrent players most weekends.

[@acojo8205]

@@alvatrous Isn’t RuneScape free to play? Look at Fortnite: AAA game with a daily player count of almost 2 million.

[@reimei84]

20 years ago: there's nothing to watch Now: there's too much to watch My backlog of games, movies, shows, books, etc. feels taller than Mt. Everest. Why would I go to the theater when I've got a metric fuckton of stuff to work through?

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Competition is a big factor for sure. I don't need to spend $50 to go see a movie when I have 3000 movies I can watch right this moment. I might watch Godzilla Minus One today actually, never really had any interest in seeing it in theatres, but... it's "free" now!

[@Andy666TheBeast]

My screening of Furiosa had 35 minutes of trailers loool. 35 freakin minutes for the movie to start jfc

[@loszhor]

I heard of almost none of these movies....

[@Hegemol900]

Probbaly bechause they were all bad..... Kinda proves the point this guy is trying to debunk. Like for real, how can you see the modern movie industry not see its obsession with wokeness and bad movies?

[@VanBourner]

I mean Buckley is right. KZbinrs and Twitch streamers would gladly jump at the opportunity to use their sponsorship slot for movies over scummy games (i.e. any mobile game) and morally ambiguous sites (e.g. BetterHealth, Established Titles etc). A) because it is not a long term relationship with a brand so it does not define your channel (which for some of streamers becomes an issue when they decorate their room with a branded energy drink stuff and genuinely sell their soul to the corp), you advertise the movie in like 3-4 vids and move on, B) it would most likely pay way more since movie industry has no idea what "reasonable expense" in marketing is and C) nobody will rag on you for shilling a bad movie but if you shill (see point A) a scummy site, product or a game for couple years, you will be held liable. If you shill a movie that is woke you lose like 4 losers from your audience that you most likely did not want in your audience anyway (unless you pander to them at which point you have no shame and would still run ads for RAID: Shadow Legends), if you shill a scam site you may end up losing way more (but mostly your integrity). I am surprised that streaming sites and movie industry did not devour the option to have ads on youtube. Amazon did that when they bought twitch but that is advertisement on a platform you own, which I do not think counts.

[@pfannkuchesindgeil5348]

Listening to these stories really make you look over your shoulder more than the average person. Stay safe out there everyone.

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

I think another understated angle is also the idea that many people have (and anecdotally from my experience, moreso for women than for men) that movie-going is an experience that you cannot do alone. Like concerts and sporting events a lot of people MAY want to go see something but then they don't go if they can't find someone to go WITH. I think this also presents an opportunity for theatres because a lot of people complain of how difficult it is to meet people in organic settings in the age of the internet. I think theatres potentially setting up "movie clubs" where specific showings of movies are specifically for people going alone and maybe having a chance to socialize discuss the movie(s) before and after maybe even eat a meal (more revenue) is potentially also a unique way to get more engagement.

[@saulgoodgrrrl]

this is a great idea...buckley questioned who still cares enough to see movies in theaters and my immediate thought was "us dorks who will show up to the new yorgos lanthimos joint, that's who"

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

@@saulgoodgrrrl He actually wrote a similar idea before I posted this comment (I only saw it literally after I posted mine lol) But I agree there's a huge untapped market if you add the socializing angle.

[@aerialpunk]

That is an excellent idea actually. And good point, a lot of people are struggling to socialise these days and going to movies was always seen as something you do with friends. I think you see the flip side of that in comments here where people say they'd rather stream it at home. Between the cost, the poor advertising, and the lackluster offerings, I don't go as often as unused to, but personally I often miss the outing itself. Maybe I'm an odd duck these days but I think is nice to get out of the house and do something a bit different.

[@ryanthornton3556]

15 minutes of advertisements before the movie? I wish that were all. I showed up to a movie 15 minutes late the other day and I still had to sit through another 5-10 minutes of them

[@andrewbloom7637]

2016's "Ghostbusters: Answer the Call" (the ladies' film) simply got a bad rap, and 2021's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" (the film prior to "Frozen Empire") got lucky over the 2021-2022 holiday season. The overall mixed reviews for "Frozen Empire" likely played a role in its subpar box office performance, as positive critical reviews can generate buzz, attract more viewers and thereby increase a film's box office revenue, whereas negative reviews can dissuade audiences from watching the film. Oh, and there was also "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire", which came out a week after "Frozen Empire" and was a massive commercial success (the overall reviews, although also mixed, were better than those for "Frozen Empire"). By the way, the rule of thumb is a film needs to make 2.5x its production budget at the box office in order to break even and turn a profit, because of the marketing budget and theaters getting half of the box office revenue. If Sony hasn't gotten this message by now, then it needs to hear this. It can't rely on "Ghostbusters" forever, and neither can Dan Aykroyd (he's in his 70s now). The franchise has to come to a close, and Dan's career really needs a revitalization (as in "ditch comedy entirely for non-comedic roles in non-comedic films and TV shows").

[@ronnickels5193]

In other words Sony waited too long for a Ghostbusters sequel and relied too much on 80s nostalgia.

[@IsaiahDicken]

hey Buckley i don't know if you're going to see this but ive been watching you for around three and a half years and i want to thank you for all the entertainment over those years

[@michaelserwetnyk1607]

I feel another factor that doesn’t get mentioned a lot is the decline of home media (I.e. vhs, dvds, Blu-ray, etc.). Studios didn’t have to worry about making back all of their money during the theatrical release when the home media sales a month or two later would contribute to the total revenue

[@politefan8141]

They had an opportunity with VOD but they chose to focus on streaming instead. ITunes has done a great job of replicating the experience of physical media by including streams at the highest quality and including extras but comparatively few people even know about it.

[@HPLovecats]

i enjoyed furiosa

[@ADoseofBuckley]

I'm sure I will too. For $5.99 on the Microsoft store in 2 months, or on Netflix in 5 months.

[@HPLovecats]

@ADoseofBuckley i have a theater subscription lol. 20 bucks a month for a movie a day

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Yeah i didn't realize it was so expensive other places my local theater was 16 dollars midday for 2 tickets all together I think I spent 25 dollars and the place is nice they redid everything only a few years ago

[@jackcariello3713]

Same

[@buddstep]

Or on bflix muahahhahabba

[@randomtinypotatocried]

Even when I still worked at the movie theater in the early 2010s, the movie theater industry was dying

[@jessiematthews6339]

The problem with theaters is OTHER PEOPLE. Or worse, other people's kids! There really isn't much I want to see bad enough that I can't wait the extra couple weeks and watch at home, where I don't have to put up with kids screaming up and down the aisle, some jerk playing with his phone for the whole movie, someone asking what's going on during every single quiet moment in the movie, and all the other annoyances. Given a choice, I'd rather just stay home and order takeout.

[@erix5184]

This. Last movie I saw in the theater was the newest Matrix, and other people pretty much ruined the movie for me. I'd rather spend $20 to rent a movie at home and have complete control over the viewing experience.

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

I only saw the original mad max, and I will eventually watch the others, but I think the idea of the world of mad max actually just being the back country of australia is pretty cool. To me, the original one's charm was the world wasn't some post apocalyptic wasteland where there's just an endless desert and you can drive on forever despite no more gasoline. It was the current world, just more fucked over, and in Aussie land. That was what made the idea of mad max enjoyable for me.

[@KurusuPanda]

As someone who's first (and only) mad Max was fury road, I can't believe the original one is from the same franchise, like how did the world go to shit that fast?

[@IamtheDesperado]

​@KurusuPanda nuclear war is speculated as to happened between the events of Mad Max 1 and The Road Warrior but Miller (creator/director) doesn't really care about continuity & everything about the world being explained.

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

@IamtheDesperado I know, but that's where the series looses me

[@IamtheDesperado]

@@TurtleSauceGaming I can agree with you my guy, I love the setting of the Mad Max universe it's a character in of itself.

[@ShOscar]

I do sometimes see ads for movies on KZbin, but 95% of the time, it's for stuff I don't care about. It seems to always be about some Generic Horror Movie with all the typical tropes. Also, movie trailers have not changed in like 20 years; they're all structured the SAME WAY

[@ADoseofBuckley]

They've changed in one really terrible way: the "trailer for the trailer". They all start with a 5 second trailer telling you the trailer is about to start.

[@ShOscar]

Oh gosh, I know exactly what you're talking about... Gotta utilize those unskippable first 5 seconds wisely!

[@KHfanz]

Honestly for me, it’s that no GOOD movies have been out lately, good being ones that catch my interest. Other than the two most recent Godzillas, and the DnD movie, nothing else has really looked worth the trip. And even then, I never know what’s playing anymore.

[@kielba5a]

I feel if Mad Max had the marketing equivalent of those human sized Barbie boxes it would’ve done a hell of a lot better.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

I have a 120" screen and a 7.1 audio system in my living room. I don't go to movies much.

[@dionysos7317]

I run zero Ad-Blockers and I didnt know any of these movies, except furiosa. Which I just wasnt interested in cause A) I expected Charlize Theron to return, and B) while not terrible, I dont think Taylor-Joy is the next big thing Hollywood wants her to be. I would be more interested in going to the movie theatre if they'd show more quality and less high budget movies and more classics, especially as the original cinematic release like Star Wars.

[@alexashton6501]

Taylor-Joy eats up complex, nuanced and often period characters - she was decent in Peaky Blinders and amazing in Queen's Gambit, but something like Furiosa is not a great pick for her skills.

[@winneryeahmate]

Yet Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 did amazing Big kids movies still do well

[@myrixica4222]

There's also the fact that T.V. show writing, acting, cgi etc. is as good as the movies these days too. Like yea, they cocked up the ending, but Game of Thrones was just 10 hours of a movie per season.

[@wespapes2054]

I still love going to the movies. Sure, I don't go as much as I used to. But I enjoy seeing movies on a large screen. Dune 2 wouldn't have the same effect if I watched it on my phone paired with Subway Surfers clips. I'm for sure going to the theaters for both Inside Out 2 and Deadpool 3, and will go seek out some indie movies as well (didn't see Perfect Days in the theater, but I do have the Criterion 4K on order).

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Haha Dune on a phone would be terrible, but Dune on my TV at home was just fine enough to experience all that brown. I will go see Deadpool 3 at the theater though, yeah.

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

I’m seeing Inside Out 2 because of Pete Docter’s recent interview. Apparently the film’s performance is going to determine Pixar’s output (ie more sequels vs original ideas). If they’re staking this much on the film, then I gotta see it. I’m not even a fan of the original; I think it’s average even by Pixar’s standards, but I digress. It does piss me off since Pixar released Soul, Turning Red, AND Luca on Disney+. Yet Lightyear gets a theatrical release…

[@Gofer]

It's almost like hyper access to information and entrainment has changed how we spend our time and money. Topped off with wages not matching inflation for the past 50 years. Movies have more competition for entertainment, people don't have as much money and movies in general haven't been as interesting. Perhaps the last part is just my age. At the same time the upcoming generation has been raised with technology. They need creative writers more than ever. How greedy they are being on that front shows how little they understand. AI can't make new things. The path they are taking is short sighted.

[@a.nonymouse]

If you're as bored as I am of crap American films (haven't seen a film at the cinemas since 2019) then just stop watching American / Hollywood crap too and start watching more international films. Over 200 countries in the world, they have some AWESOME FILMS you've probably never heard of. THAT is the only way to change or improve the Western cinema / film industry. Remind them of the competition, if enough people do it then things WILL CHANGE.

[@kleptrep94]

For me I just go to the cinemas a lot of the time because I've signed up for a theater pass that allows me to watch as many movies as I want for like $20 a month. Also because I'm English and I live in England I can pay for snacks and drinks BEFORE entering the cinema thus cutting down on the cinema experience.

[@kleptrep94]

@@mmm-mmm Unless of course you were watching A Christmas Story or Home Alone in which you'd be seen as gross and Scrooge-like if you didn't bring KFC to the cinema.

[@IsomerMashups]

They're just not making any movies I want to see. Give me something that doesn't look like it was designed in a lab to be as inoffensive as possible and maybe I'll be interested. I liked Lisa Frankenstein. Gimme more of that biarre stuff.

[@jordanmcgrory2171]

I think you undersold the brain drain aspect here and oversold the cost. I do go to the cinema pretty regularly... to see screenings of older films from ten, twenty, fifty years before the streaming age and OK, it's expensive compared to when I was a teen, but what isn't? What really makes a difference in my view is the poor quality of modern releases. A lot of them have very little narratively interesting going on and are simply a kind of CGI fireworks show we're supposed to "ooo" and "ahhh" at with our brains off. I'm headed to see Full Metal Jacket in the cinema tomorrow afternoon and I can't wait. I'm way way too young to have seen it in theatres originally so it'll be good to see it with a proper sound system etc.

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

I can't even imagine spending 30 bucks on dining out... like that gets me over a week worth of food including snacks for fun. It is really strange and yet interesting how people value their money.

[@jason6569]

I am a minority here but as a 6'1, theaters have always been painful to me lol. Uncomfortable and I truly only went because someone wanted to spend some time with me. I would 1000% rent it on Google or something and watch it at home IF worst comes to worst. Secondly yeah movies are really bad now to be honest but my main point is the movie experience has always been terrible for me lol.

[@LegendWolfA]

This is for superhero movies only, but Ive started to stop watching marvel and DC because the movies are just starting to become bad. Like other commentors said they focus too much on flashy CGI and effects and less on making a good story, which is like the skeleton of a good movie. Its also because so many of them requires you to have a PhD in Superhero History, basically you can't enjoy them fully if you don't watch 20 shows and read 300 comics. Like I just wanna watch a movie man. I ain't picking up the shows. Don't got time for that.

[@Mayonnaisesucks730]

The funniest people to me are the A24 fans who claim it’s because all bigger movies suck, and that if more indie films were in the theaters things would somehow be better. Every theater within a 5 mile radius of me (and US wide) there has always been at the least 1-2 A24 movies available, 1-2 Neon movies available, and occasionally and RJE film. People are just moving on lol

[@mikespenser4013]

I go to waffle house I get two eggs, toast, hashbrowns, and bacon for $9.75. My movie ticket is $6. If you go in the afternoon, it’s cheaper. I don’t buy any sodas, popcorn or snacks.

[@RumneyRock]

And people won't complain if a movie is great. Like I'm not a Anya Taylor Joy fan for whatever reason she annoys me. But in furiosa she was great The movie was awesome. It bothers me that people like Buckley just flat out refuse that they're definitely is a direction modern Day movies do go towards. And it just so happens to be a little more on the progressive side. I believe the term woke has got overused but it's not to say that it isn't justified. Just a flat out refuse that certain things don't happen or exist is wrong. And it's putting your head in the sand just to look at a narrative one way. And it's a shame I love the movie theater especially in the summertime. After working outside all day going to see a movie in the evening time. A nice cold dark theater there's nothing like it. People are way too spoiled nowadays. It's a shame we probably won't have movie theaters in the next 5 to 10 years. And it's all because of cheap lazy assholes.

[@Omega_thehusky]

things millennials have killed XD Marriage but also divorce makes sense lmao i feel like homeowner ship isnt particularly our fault xD Im so happy youtube started recommended this again i forgot about you for awhile i cant believe your still doing this same format and everything i think i first found you like in 2011? ish damn its been awhile. glad your still around your just as good as when i found you xD

[@agDRAGONMAN001]

I don't think movie goers are bored of women protagonists. I think they are sick of "Strong" women protagonists. The hyper aggressive/ smug douche bag protagonist. Alien and terminator + sequels had strong female protagonists who were likable but kick ass.

[@azazel166]

That 15 minute trailer showing before the film starts is so true.

[@obanjespirit2895]

Just getting tired of seeing the same millionaires act on screen. Remakes and prequels (Star-wars please stop with the prequels) . I'll pass. Same with video games. Just regurgitated gameplay and titles over and over again. If you're going to continue a franchise, then it's gotta be sequels. Continue the story you lazy star wars nostalgia bums.

[@Regnbuesolv]

I note that cinemas (I am in the UK) do better in urban areas. Makes sense, as you can easily combine it with food using a voucher and maybe some pints. A bus or tram trip and you are in for the evening. But in rural areas, who can be arsed to get their car in for this dross?! Maybe just for Barbieheimer.

[@ami4511]

I am in the UK too I've noticed that those boutique/luxury cinemas and IMAX are still doing quite well. I think since people can wait a few months to watch the movie at home, the experience is more important to consumers who are mindful of the cost-value benefit.

[@tdring10681]

im in the us but the town that I grew up in has a newer theater with decent food and drinks its very very expensive but it makes going to the theater actually worth it because like buckley said most of the time i can wait for it to be on streaming and watch it on my decent enough 55inch tv

[@djrosenberg]

Siting Barbie as a reason that its nothing to do with woke culture is a bit short sighted. The EXPECTATIONS of the Barbie movie were what you have going to see that. But lead female roles in action movies are not the same thing. Most comedies as well.

[@JamesTerrebonne0194]

I wish tickets were $12 here. AMC adult ticket for a regular screening and not "premium" is around $18-20. I've paid up to $25 for a ticket. Oppenheimer with food and drink was $55 for one adult.

[@ab2aasd]

🎶🎶Gaming killed the movie star 🎶🎶

[@saulgoodgrrrl]

The only thing I'd say about people complaining about the cost of concessions is that you're doing it wrong if you're not just going to the dollar store and shoving snacks in a tote bag using it as a purse. Like yeah it may be obvious but the 17 year olds working at the theatre don't get paid enough to give a shit lol

[@nickberg8070]

Real talk a lot of movies are just mid. Not bad, mediocre. And you really don't wanna spend that much money for an ok movie.

[@TheNicoDavis]

if the theaters weren't so expensive I'd be willing to go more.

[@user-xj9vf4xb9p]

People are also just running out of ideas now. You see the same thing with music. It's sad how AI is more creative than humans now.

[@alex_flamer]

9:42 LOL "Margot Robbie feet simps." 😆😆😆 Yes I admit I got a little excited when she lifted her leg to show her feet weren't working when I saw Barbie last year.

[@mfgrocks11]

I may be the one person I know that gets benefit from going to the theater, because I'm blind, so I have to watch movies with audio description, and the movie theater provides me with a special headset to do that and not disturb anyone else's experience. If I want to watch movies with anyone else, they either have to be blind also or cited and willing to deal with the audio description lol so maybe this is just a me thing but I'm a big theater girly if we want to see it in a group, otherwise if I want to see it by myself, which is most of the time I will just watch it at home when it comes out on streaming because I don't need the big screen lol

[@Ken-no5ip]

Im a student. I have little spare money. In finland, students get little discounts from companies and stuff, like 5% bonus on groceries or -25% for purchases at miscellenious stores, etcetc. Our local movie theather monopoly does this as well. You get 30% off from movie tickets, but only mon-thu, and before 5 pm. Guess when every single showing of the new mad max is... Not in that time frame. Me and my friends cant just drop 20e on indiscretionary purchases, so your loss of 14e x 5 theather chain. Btw the showings are booked at like 15-20/200 seats, which is just ridiculous

[@Sekironprime]

"how many adblockers do you have installed" funny since I legit thought that out loud when I heard about Furiosa just a mental "I never even saw ads for this......this again"

[@rustyshackleford5166]

Don't forget people also pay for premium bc the ads have gotten so horrendous. I've never heard of Furiosa til this video. I do have ad blockers but that doesn't apply to every device. I started watching KZbin on my computer bc of sponsor block tho. It skips things like the interaction reminders, self promos, the stupid previews/ recaps creators do to reel people in and baked in sponsors of course. It really helps the premium experience.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

It costs $20 a pop or more, that is the problem, additionally films are garbage now.

[@Mytwistedvoices]

It's time to make the movie "ASS" just like it was portrayed in Idiocracy. It won 8 academy awards

[@theonemattock]

I think the main reason is laziness- we’d rather just wait for the movie to be out on a streaming service (and that wait time is getting shorter) than venture out to a cinema. Plus streaming is cheaper and more convenient when you factor in the price of food, drink and transport re cinemas. And cinemas still haven’t made an effort to get people to shut the hell up when the film is on.

[@ItsJustEliHere]

My friend works at the theater and he gets two free tickets daily for him and a friend. He said “ay Eli let’s go watch the new mad max movie” I said “no”.

[@Ragnarakk]

I dunno. i liked furiosa.. but its like.. the first theater movie ive seen in like... 2 years?

[@aomais_]

I would watch your videos in 2011-2014 as a kid/young teen, not really understanding what you were talking about but thinking your jokes were funny, now I came back as an adult and can really appreciate every video you release, some good content

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

In the summer on a very hot day. The movie theater would be a cool place to chill. Or on a very cold day. A warm movie theater could be a place to toast up.

[@GLASSB182]

Theatres surely are dying. When I saw Dune Part Two there was my group of 3 plus another 5 (possibly) people sitting. That was weird, I figured the movie had been out for about a week and the crowd had died down. However, it was the opening premier on Feb 29! The film was fuckin phenomenal regardless, but still bewildered me on why no one was there.

[@TheDeadlyBlueWolf]

Currently running three ad blockers. I feel called out.

[@ronnickels5193]

I still watch network and cable TV. I feel worse

[@Jackrabbit7]

10:23 also kids today also watch something called Skibity toilet, if you don’t know it’s about a singing head coming out of a toilet and somehow has hundreds of episodes and millions of views

[@SPc3w]

I feel that nowadays, it is easy for me to decide what movies to watch based on my experiences with the director's work or the familiarity with the IP. However, that doesn't always guarantee that I will enjoy the film, and the last thing I want to do is leave the theater disappointed. Furthermore, there are so many things in music, sports, gaming, etc. that I am excited for more than the movies that are coming out. Music can be streamed through any device. Sports happen live, so I understand the FOMO of people (to some extent). If I physically buy a game and don't like it, I can always return it and get my money back. Some of them even have free demos to try out, which is convenient.

[@ProcrastPerfection]

8:52 They can’t even advertise on tv right. I watch 6-8 hours of UFC with my in laws every week, only we watch through Disney / ABC/ESPN’s streaming app. For some reason, despite being a multi billion dollar conglomerate, I only get 5 companies ads during 1 week’s fight night. Why not advertise here??? It would be better than hearing the colonoscopy shit box song 20+ times in one night.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Well that's not 'TV' to them. They're advertising on Network TV. And I think if there were ads during the UFC, especially the ones you have to pay $80 for, people would be pretty angry (although I know there are ads, I watched the Fury vs Usyk boxing match and it had ads, I'm sure UFC has "sponsored by" reads).

[@orcas800]

Can we just stop with franchises? We don’t need anymore prequels, sequels, mid-quels, reboots, remakes, reimagines, etc. I stopped going to the movies because all of the movies were just rehashes of things I’ve already seen. All of these movies are the same. I think that is killing the cinema too.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

I think the problem is... people say that, "no more franchises!" and then a movie like The Fall Guy comes out, an "original" idea (probably not but either way it's not a franchise and it was well reviewed) and no one sees that either. So the film industry goes "Well, guess it's back to Franchises... hope you want 4 more Dunes because the 2nd one made nearly a billion!"

[@XiVoid]

Question, why is the high price of movies only something country hicks would say? "Too dang expensive"?

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Haha I don't know why that was the voice I went with there. Funny enough I hear people from rural areas going "What are you talking about, it's $6 to see a movie at my local theater!" and their theater is like... no stadium seating, smaller screen, 20 year out-of-date sound system, BUT... it's only $6!

[@BigSleepyJoeCooking]

Fuck… The movie industry is losing to kai cenat and ishowspeed… We’re fucked. Send the astroid.

[@winneryeahmate]

*Streaming But I get it

[@jakedesnake97]

To be fair about "Furiosa being a sequel for a nine year old movie with no FOMO since you know how it ends": George Miller originally wanted the two movies to come out basically at the same time (he conceived the story for Fury Road and Furiosa at the same time). Blame development hell, not poor marketing imo. Watching Furiosa and rewatching Fury Road shortly after, like I did, really enhanced the experience

[@ADoseofBuckley]

Yeah, that certainly might have helped it, if this movie had come out two years later, maybe I'd be more interested. Right now, I'll see it when it comes out digitally.

[@Hephesus]

3 Buckley, I run 3 adblockers.

[@AlligatorArms]

Yep every ad for She’s All That and Scream that I saw growing up is now an ad for SkyRizi and Ozempric. I admitted have precisely zero interest in film but I at least used to know what was showing in the theaters. I think Instead of giving $20M to one actor to appear in a film that breaks even, give $1M to Eli Lilly to put the name of an upcoming blockbuster on a park bench in a sunny meadow surrounded by puppies and flowers in a commercial that airs every 10 minutes on many channels. Then everyone will want to see it, and big pharma would gladly pass the savings onto their customers like they always do. Everyone wins!

[@lindadelorme5117]

I respectfully disagree. It was the covid closures. We were not allowed to go anywhere so we had to figure out different entertainment. Nothing new was being made anyway for a long time. All those big box office takes were before covid. Nothing fun that we used to do all the time has really recovered from the closures...restaurants, bars, movie theaters.

[@ADoseofBuckley]

It's certainly possible that people learned new behavior just from that, "Wait, I DON'T need to go to the theatre? I DON'T need to spend $50 on a steak at a restaurant, they have them at the grocery store for $15? What?!" The film industry hasn't done itself any favors by not reversing their COVID policies either, like don't put a new movie on digital 2 months after it was in theatres, or a MONTH in the case of Fall Guy, go back to 6 months to a year. Then maybe people will feel the need to go out.

[@lindadelorme5117]

@@ADoseofBuckley Agreed. if they moved to the 6-12 month home release model it would give them the ability to lower prices...something about "a penny from many is better than a pound from a few..." people would have more time to get a chance to go see the movie if it was in theaters 3-6 months instead of 3-6 weeks. We were conditioned by covid to stay home...we need to be incentivized to go back out...with people...

[@underratedcritic1983]

Furiosa had blue eyes, but in this movie, they're brown. I understand Anya is a popular young actress right now, but I'm pretty sure they could've found one who somewhat resembles Charlize.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Or just use contacts.

[@wayner396]

Furiousa is genuinely a good time. Really wished it'd do well as i'd love more mad max movies.

[@NJGuy1973]

What purpose do new movies serve in a world where pretty much every old movie is a few taps away?

[@mjs3188]

This right here. Most new Hollywood content sucks, be it movies, tv, streaming. I spend more time and money watching old stuff either on streaming or Fathom. Seeing the original Alien in theaters last month was the best movie experience I've had in years.

[@NJGuy1973]

@@mmm-mmm And who today could make trailers as memorable as the late Don LaFontaine could? He pretty much was Hollywood's best publicist. You heard his voice, it got your attention.

[@dustinsmith93]

I love the Mad Max franchise, and I wanted to see this movie in IMAX SO. BAD. But I work a lot and it was literally pulled from theatres less than a month after it's release so I missed it. Finally got to see it on MAX the weekend it released. Personally, I think it's the best of the whole saga. One of the best movies I've seen in a while, prolly ever. Watched at least 20 times since then. Anya Taylor Joy is an incredible actress. Shame the way this whole thing shook down.

[@dustinsmith93]

A matinee ticket costs around $20 at my local theatre, just to get in. Armed guards screen you for a ticket, won't even let you in to buy popcorn (movie theatre popcorn is superior, you'll never convince me otherwise). I can get a whole library of films on a streaming service for a month at that price, and i dont have to put on pants.

[@ottagol1985]

You know who's probably laughing right now? The porn industry. The industry mainstream Hollywood has treated like trash for decades finally has the last laugh when Hollywood's getting destroyed by the one place where the access to porn is inescapable: the internet! And as Trekkie Monster once said: the Internet is for porn. So remember that next time you watch Hulu or Netflix; somebody's probably whacking it instead of using those streaming services.

[@floodo1]

perfectly captured every post theater conversation ever lol

[@Gokulosestoavirus]

The rise of anime popularity is also a factor. It was harder to get tickets for the Demon Slayer movie over anything at the moment. The pandemic really opened people’s eyes on anime, and now it’s normal to watch it. If you go to Walmart now, and walk pass the dvd section. Most likely the anime they have will be sold out compared to the others. Anime is drawing numbers and pulling more people in. The fact One Piece outsold more volumes of manga than Superman and Batman combined is a testament to this.

[@TooMuchBSToo]

I'd argue that One Piece selling more than the DC stars is because it's sold in volumes of multiple chapters, vs comics being smaller chunks of stories, without a true continuity.

[@luke_cohen1]

I hate to beat this drum but it’s also known that Japan doesn’t really care about being woke (yes, I can define that word accurately if needed) so the writers there care more about the storytelling and being entertaining than anything else. We also saw this happen with the McDonald’s and Disneyland ads in Japan that have consistently went viral over the last 2-3 years on Twitter or in how most of the entertainment made in South Korea regularly outsells their American competitors because they’re not trying to push a message onto consumers. People want to be able to turn their brain off for a couple of hours and be entertained and if the American media ecosystem isn’t willing to do just that, then we will turn elsewhere.

[@MrGamemaker8]

@@luke_cohen1 Japan has fallen with being woke though. They're just always behind the curb

[@tomorrow4eva]

DC comics needs to learn what editors actually do. Might raise their quality some.

[@pdgn9063]

If I can wager a theory that Buckley talked about before, I really do believe the theaters are dying more because of selfish moviegoers than anything. I've gone to three movies this year; Furiosa, LongLegs, and a small theatre showing Blade Runner. At Furiosa, the person next to me pulled out their phone and took a call, and the person 2 rows behind me came in 5 minutes late literally shouting that they couldn't find their seat in an EMPTY THEATER. At LongLegs, two rows in front of me, there was a group of 5-6 people who would have someone get up every 5 minutes, obstructing my view of the screen and making it difficult for me to hear since they'd talk amongst themselves whenever anyone got up. At Blade Runner, the person next to me was SNORING. THEY FELL ASLEEP AT A MOVIE. The chairs weren't even that comfortable, but i forgave it cuz the small theater I went to see it at was like 70-100 years old, it's a beautiful theater and I'd possibly go back and see a movie there again. I really do enjoy the theater, and it provides a lot of cool experiences, like comfortable seats, the larger picture, surround sound (which helps me hear the quieter dialogue I struggle to pickup at home sometimes,) and other things. However, I can now watch movies in relatively high quality at the comfort of my house, in my pajama pants, with food of my choice, and I don't need to have an asshole in front of me or beside me doing ignorant shit. it matters a lot. and, as a bonus, If the movie sucks, I can turn it off after I realize how many chunks it blows and put something else on. My girlfriend works at a theater, and when Madame Web came out in January, their theater had multiple people leave in the middle of the movie to buy tickets to other movies. I don't have to pay twice if i put something on and realize it's a two-pack of ass. I don't get that luxury at the theater. If I pay to watch something and it's terrible, I have to pay AGAIN if I want to watch something tolerable, burning money. At home, All I burn is time. Saddest thing is I loved all 3 movies. Furiosa was an entertaining watch if not just for Chris Hemsworth's performance as Dementus and Anya Taylor Joy's take on the silent killer of Furiosa. LongLegs was an amazing watch that I can't recommend enough, and had an oscar-worthy performance by Nick Cage acting outside his wheelhouse and paying off majorly, and Blade Runner is a classic. However, I don't want to put up with fucking selfish cocksuckers to enjoy these movies. As you said in the video, i'll wait 2 months to avoid the grief.

[@Millibanilli]

Always happy to see that new upload notification! Love your work, man. Been a fan for years, keep it up!!

[@joeyclemenza7339]

......I'd agree with all of these talking points, but INSIDE OUT 2!!! .....OF ALL EFFING FLICKS... Just raked in $150+ million in it's opening weekend. What... the holy... FK!?!