Holy crap, the theater is closing.     Been there 62 years.

Sad news. I guess streaming is killing a lot of movie theaters. I can't really remember the last time I went to a movie in a theater. The woke/PC crap studios put out now holds very little appeal for me. Anything that looks interesting at all will be available to stream at some point and I can watch it then without paying a ton of money and having to endure watching in a theater full of democrats talking on their phones and yelling at the screen during the movie.

They are pretty quick about getting to streaming these days. Thats a huge change.
BITD it took forever.

(07-26-2024, 10:35 AM)Replying to DawgWood

A lot of straight-to-streaming crap too.  Some of it is Lifetime quality.  We watched some Harry Connick thing the other night on Netflix. Decent storyline, but a huge waste of time.  The unions have really taken a lot out of the quality of production because of the high cost.  Even the movies that were once saviors at the box office, the Marvel types are looking less and less quality.  Nobody wants to spend $15-$20 just to get in the door to see a movie and listen to a couple of folks behind them run their mouths the whole time anymore.

That old dollar theater at Alps was where it was at when I was in college.  I may have gone to Beechwood once to see something.

(07-26-2024, 10:48 AM)Replying to dncdawg

A lot of straight-to-streaming crap too.  Some of it is Lifetime quality.  We watched some Harry Connick thing the other night on Netflix.  Decent storyline, but a huge waste of time.  The unions have really taken a lot out of the quality of production because of the high cost.  Even the movies that were once saviors at the box office, the Marvel types are looking less and less quality.  Nobody wants to spend $15-$20 just to get in the door to see a movie and listen to a couple of folks behind them run their mouths the whole time anymore.

That old dollar theater at Alps was where it was at when I was in college.  I may have gone to Beechwood once to see something.
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The Marvel "movies" are a waste of time and money imo.  90 minutes of CGI and vapid acting and dialogue, like watching a long version of a video game.

(07-26-2024, 10:58 AM)Replying to JC-DAWG83

A lot of straight-to-streaming crap too.  Some of it is Lifetime quality.  We watched some Harry Connick thing the other night on Netflix.  Decent storyline, but a huge waste of time.  The unions have really taken a lot out of the quality of production because of the high cost.  Even the movies that were once saviors at the box office, the Marvel types are looking less and less quality.  Nobody wants to spend $15-$20 just to get in the door to see a movie and listen to a couple of folks behind them run their mouths the whole time anymore.

That old dollar theater at Alps was where it was at when I was in college.  I may have gone to Beechwood once to see something.
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The Marvel "movies" are a waste of time and money imo.  90 minutes of CGI and vapid acting and dialogue, like watching a long version of a video game.
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Agree.  I haven't watched one since the original Iron Man, which I actually enjoyed.  I tried to watch the second, but found it all boring.

(07-26-2024, 10:35 AM)Replying to DawgWood

its hard to imagine how there are many theaters still in business at this point.  With bad movies and the home experience being so much better than it used to be, they are pretty much all relics.  About this time last year, my wife and I went to see the mission impossible movie, and there was a parking lot full of girls, women, and gay dudes seeing the Barbie movie.  I'm sure the theater did all right that day, but I have to figure that's a pretty rate occasion these days.

(07-26-2024, 10:48 AM)Replying to dncdawg

A lot of straight-to-streaming crap too.  Some of it is Lifetime quality.  We watched some Harry Connick thing the other night on Netflix.  Decent storyline, but a huge waste of time.  The unions have really taken a lot out of the quality of production because of the high cost.  Even the movies that were once saviors at the box office, the Marvel types are looking less and less quality.  Nobody wants to spend $15-$20 just to get in the door to see a movie and listen to a couple of folks behind them run their mouths the whole time anymore.

That old dollar theater at Alps was where it was at when I was in college.  I may have gone to Beechwood once to see something.
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My wife is watching that HC movie right now.  We both home with the vids.  I'm werking, though

(07-26-2024, 10:21 AM)Replying to Creed

Not as good as beech nut iyam

Went to quite a few movies there in the mid to late 70s.

But I bet haven’t been to 6 movies in the theater in the last 15 years.

With a 65” TV I’d much rather wait a few weeks and stream the few I care about seeing.