They say that the movie theater is
dead, that within a few years, the Cineplex will be a dinosaur; its insides
scooped out and turned into a bargain bookstore or a church. In this age of
wide-screen, hi-def TVs, Blu-Ray players, surround sound and bathroom breaks a
mere pause button away, why bother going out and fighting crowds, paying exorbitant
prices for snacks, sitting through twenty minutes of previews and having to
deal with people who don’t understand that “turn off your cell phone” means
TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE!
They
say that, and I don’t entirely disagree. It costs a lot to go to the movies.
Tickets where I live are $7.50 apiece for a matinee. So, if the wife and I go
to an early show, that’s $15. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but remember, that
same movie is going to be available for purchase in a few months for about $20,
or rent for as little as $1 (less if you’re a regular Netflix user like me).
So, you could see it now for fifteen, or wait a little bit and see it for a
buck.
Not
exactly brain surgery, is it?
And yet…
