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richlevy · 01-22-2006, 11:38 AM

It's a free market system. Theatres have to justify the $8-15 charge in addition to the outrageous food charges. In many cases, you are paying for the large screen and better sound system, which most people cannot afford.

I do own DVD's of movies I have seen in the theatre, cable, or free TV.

I don't think anyone misses the time when the movie business was a 'vertical monopoly', with the entire production to theatre process controlled by studios.

Personally, I think spending $60 to take my son and wife to a theatre and have a soda and popcorn each has reached the limit. Unless it's a movie that really requires the large screen and sound, it's probably not worth it.

01-22-2006, 11:38 AM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	It's a free market system. Theatres have to justify the $8-15 charge in addition to the outrageous food charges. In many cases, you are paying for the large screen and better sound system, which most people cannot afford. I do own DVD's of movies I have seen in the theatre, cable, or free TV. I don't think anyone misses the time when the movie business was a 'vertical monopoly', with the entire production to theatre process controlled by studios. Personally, I think spending $60 to take my son and wife to a theatre and have a soda and popcorn each has reached the limit. Unless it's a movie that really requires the large screen and sound, it's probably not worth it. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama