Head Of Two Studios Says Movie Business Is Dead

In high school, I used to go bowling every Saturday night with a friend. We were not very good but we had fun. The bowling alley offered free bowling lessons once, which I signed up for. Actually bowled worse after the lessons!
 

In the last 15 years I know we went to two movies. Forget the first, the second was Corner Gas. We knew it wouldn’t be great, just loved the tv series.

The movie prior was Titanic. Some things are better on a huge screen. Our tv is 40”.
 
I don't think the movie business is dead, it's just taken a different turn. Everything must change...like cable companies that took a hit once streaming became very popular. Studios are releasing more straight to streaming movies, Disney being one of them. More and more people are streaming and very happy to view movies in the comforts of their own homes, especially with the popularity of huge screen TVs..
 

OneEyedDiva said:
I don't think the movie business is dead, it's just taken a different turn. Everything must change...like cable companies that took a hit once streaming became very popular. Studios are releasing more straight to streaming movies, Disney being one of them. More and more people are streaming and very happy to view movies in the comforts of their own homes, especially with the popularity of huge screen TVs..
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I agree. I think film studios will start their own streaming channels soon. Disney has already, and Paramount has a "limited" channel. I expect to see streaming channels like 21st Century, Universal, Warner Bros, etc, and a lot of them will probably have their older movies on a free channel, like Paramount has.
 
One down side of losing the movies on “the silver screen” is some movies are just made to be enjoyed on the big screen.

who can forget the chariot race in Ben Hur?

epic movies like Lord of the Rings or Master and Commander are best served up ‘larger than life ‘

The beautiful opening panoramic Austrian scenery in The Sound of Music comes to mind as well.

but like Diva said, things change.

it’s nice to have some special memories though “)
 
In my town where I grew up we had one bowling upstairs above a retail store I can't recall which one. The balls were an 8 inch and regular one and a very lightweight one. The pins were done by pin spotters (people, for those that aren't familiar with that title). The other was across from my Jr. & Sr. years high school. As far as a movie theater I think the last time I went was to see "The Exorcist" sometime in the 70's.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
One down side of losing the movies on “the silver screen” is some movies are just made to be enjoyed on the big screen.

who can forget the chariot race in Ben Hur?

epic movies like Lord of the Rings or Master and Commander are best served up ‘larger than life ‘

The beautiful opening panoramic Austrian scenery in The Sound of Music comes to mind as well.

but like Diva said, things change.

it’s nice to have some special memories though “)
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Big screen extravaganzas were really something special back then. I remember driving a date 120 miles to downtown Chicago just to see West Side Story in Todd-AO format after it first opened. Also memorable were all the Rogers and Hammerstein musicals (e.g., Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific) that looked so good on the big screen.
 
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Last movie at a theater I saw was the Disney rerelease of "Fanastia." I took the kids. The "kids" are now in their 40s so you figure out when that way. Many here mention the crazy prices of movies. What I hate is the terrible singing in the movies. Someone is driving a car and for 1 minute or more we have to listening to some 14 year girls trying to sing. It's terrible. Several bad songs in a 90 minute movie. I never watch Netflix either. Just buy DVDs from Amazon. No silly 14 year old girl screaming out a bad song in "Gunsmoke" or "Rawhide." Ok, Frankie Lane, yes, but he was famous and boy could he belt out the theme song from "Rawhide."


Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Through rain and wind and weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal was by my side.
All the things I'm missin'
Good vittles, love, and kissin'
Are waiting at the end of my ride.


source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/rawhidelyrics.html
 
CinnamonSugar said:
One down side of losing the movies on “the silver screen” is some movies are just made to be enjoyed on the big screen.

who can forget the chariot race in Ben Hur?

epic movies like Lord of the Rings or Master and Commander are best served up ‘larger than life ‘

The beautiful opening panoramic Austrian scenery in The Sound of Music comes to mind as well.

but like Diva said, things change.

it’s nice to have some special memories though “)
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I agree that it's better to view some things on the big screen but I don't know when I'll go to a theater again.
 
I don't think movies are dead,. Movie studios are dying, and so are movie theaters. In the 1930s, movie companies created the story, cast it, filmed it, and distributed it to their own chain theaters. That took lots of cash to get movies from scratch to the box office, and the studios had big deep pockets. Profits were enormous. Today, studios are sound stages for rent. No longer do they have the financial ability to take a movie from concept to box office. Today, movie productions are self financed. In the past, theaters were the only way you could see a movie. Then TV came along, and every home now had a movie screen. The 1930s wealthy studio system is gone. And technology is killing movie theaters. But movies are well, and thriving.
 
Black Widow, which from what I understand was highly anticipated, pulled in $264 million in as of it's second week. But Space Jam: A New Legacy with Lebron James came in first this weekend with $31.7 million.
 

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