Tricia Fischer
English 1010
Professor Busi
9/9/11
CHOOSING TO WATCH A MOVIE AT HOME OR IN THEATRES.
Watching a film on TV is better than watching in theaters this how I’m going to prove my comparisons. It's annoying when you hear from friends what happens in the movie and it ruins the whole thing. It just isn't the same! It depends on, how good your surround system is and how big your TV is, and economic hardships today. It does not mean that the enjoyment of watching movies needs to be sacrificed. There is something to be said for big screen viewing; however, the home provides a comfortable, intimate, and common place for families to enjoy classic or newly released movies. Choosing to watch a movie at home is comfortable,
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Let alone deal with the infamous bright light when they would open there cell phone to see who was text them. Most of all, I won’t have to keep looking back at the innocent looking teenager that keeps kicking my chair, even though I have turned around several times to try to directly let him or her know it was bothering me.
Being comfortable is another big factor for me in determining whether watching a movie at home or at a movie theater? At the theater, comfort ability is not an option. All chairs in the theater are made in a certain way only allowing you to sit in a position in which the chair is made. Comfort ability at home is another story. When watching a movie at home, you have the choice of sitting on the floor, couch, and soft chairs or lay down.
When one goes to watch a movie at the theater, they have to plan which theater to go too, the cost of the movie, and visiting the concession stand, which is over-rated and over-priced, but I do love some theater pop-corn. Assume a family of two (one adult) (one child)
• Cost of Child Ticket: $10.00
• Cost of Adult Ticket: $.10.00
Totaling around-22.00
• Cost of Concessions for two people= $10.00
• It’s cheaper to wait for the video to come out on video and watch it at home, then you can also eat popcorn at home cheaper. I took my son to see the Lion King 3D they charged me $22.00 I still watched it. My son didn’t want to sit too watch so they gave me my money back. Waste of time that’s why
Next, the food is more cheaper. According to the Scope Magazine, it’s hard to justify prices that are three or four times higher than anywhere else. Buying snacks from the movie theaters is more expensive that just bringing your own especially if there’s a bag of candy for $5 at the movie theater when you can
Regal Entertainment Group and Cinemark both, unlike AMC offer, discounted tickets for students and military, and even seniors. However, AMC does have the very popular $5 Ticket Tuesday we all know and love. Even with the different and amenities and price differences, AMC is still the place to be. AMC is a little pricier but so worth it in the sense that you’re getting what you pay for.
Another reason people bring their own food to theaters is because of healthy food choices. For example, “A large AMC popcorn, without butter, contains 1,030 calories and 41 grams of fat,” writes Dan Myers of “The Daily Meal.” Since most people order butter with their popcorn, that extends the calorie count. In addition to popcorn, they also order candy
Although cinema is now a priority, some feel as if cinema is no longer the cinema when it was first established. Movies no longer have that special feeling like viewers once had. Today, films are not only shared within a theater, if one pleases they could always have the same experience elsewhere. Moreover, with technology expanding, it takes away the importance cinema once had. “The
There are times when someone would like to go watch a movie but, price tickets can be a bit too expensive. At a local movie theater like AMC or Edwards Cinemax a movie ticket for one movie ranges from a minimum of fourteen dollars to twenty-two dollars depending on the time you go and the seats you choose. While at
Food at a movie theater is way too expensive. According to Justin O’neil, he says “Why pay five dollars for M&M’s, when you can get them for several dollars cheaper at the corner store?” When I went to AMC, a large popcorn was eight dollars. I wondered why it was so much more money then it is at the grocery store. “Movie theater popcorn has been called one of America’s biggest rip-offs, with a retail of nine times what it costs
I know concessions was a big selling point to one of the marketing directors who were interviewed for this study, but your goal is to get a family out for the experience. There is hope that they really enjoy the game and return for future games and by fan gear. In the survey, it could have been easily brought up that if you were allowed to bring certain food items such as sandwiches and snacks, would you attend a game. You could use that data to compare against other data compiled based on your questioning and consider the outside snack
Concession sales and ticket sales are the two biggest sources of revenue for a movie theater but the exhibitors has limited control over both revenues and profits because those two are important aspects. Attendance allows for profitable sales of concessions and advertisements, but there are significant caps on the volume of concession sales per person, and selling price seem to have reached a maximum. Both continue to increase in cost to the consumers and may have reached a price point that is starting to drive consumers away from going to see a movie.
For example, students, both college and high school, with a valid ID can get $12 tickets to performances fifteen minutes before the show. As a show of appreciation for their hard work, active-duty U.S. military, their family members, veterans, and first responders can also get discounted tickets. When tickets are available, Addison residents can also get them for a reduced price an hour before each performance.
Here are a reason why more and more people are sneaking in food is because of the outrageous prices. For a large bucket of popcorn is $8.50. Most of the items are $5 to $8 dollars for things that you can go to wal mart and buy for $1 to $2 dollars ,so why would you want to so much more just because it's a theater.
There is nothing wrong with bringing your own food into the movie theater because their are cheaper prices for food available at other establishments, some people have allergies which limits them when it comes to the foods available at the movies, and some people choose to not eat the movie theater food due to the incredible unhealthiness of the food. Saving money is very important and spending money on movie theater food when you can get it cheaper somewhere else is incredibly naive. Allergies are something that cannot be stopped and when people with these allergies go to the movies they do not deserve to be limited to the foods they can eat there. Some people may prefer to nosh on healthier foods during a movie so that they may continue to eat a healthy diet even during a movie. There is nothing truly wrong with sneaking food into the movie
Would you want your favorite theater to shut down because you brought your ultimate favorite sandwich to watch the movie that you’ve been waiting a 2 weeks for, cause I wouldn’t. Should you sneak in food into the movie theaters. You shouldn’t bring your food/ outside. Some might think it’s rude, you’ll feel guilty and won’t be able to watch the movie, and the ticket price could increase and the theater could shut down.
No matter where one decide to watch a movie, whether at home or at the cinema, hopefully one is still doing something fun and relaxing. When deciding, think about the advantages and disadvantages of each before you make your choice. The decision is to be made by the one about to watch the movie. When the decision is about to be made, there is no need for hesitation and hope the decision made will be the best one made.
Some theaters give people and option to go movie hopping where one can see as many movies
Theatres are place for date nights, or hanging out with friend to enjoy a movie. Staying at home cuddled up with a blanket, a bowl of popcorn, and picking up the newest movie on the way home from family video is another way to enjoy a movie. Most people prefer to watch them at home than online because of new services like Netflix or Hulu. However, watching movies in a theatre compared to watching a movie at home is only a choice you can decide.