Moved over from Natter.
I don't have a problem with people spending that much money for coffee. That's exactly what I spend, even though I can get it for free at the office, pretty cheaply at home or for $1 at any one of a dozen carts on my way to work. I'm willing to pay a premium for the convenience and quality.
That's what I think people do with movies vs. downloading and, for that matter, iTunes/CDs vs. free downloading, which is another reason why I think RIAA is full of crap. Oh, and those union patsies that have the commercials before the movies who claim that downloading somehow eliminates their jobs-- please.
Oh, and those union patsies that have the commercials before the movies who claim that downloading somehow eliminates their jobs-- please.
Illegal downloading also gives kittens diarrhea.
This would seem to be a good time to link to Fluffers (and Zombies) Make Movies
OK, I'm all out of theories, except the rather cynical one I've been nuturing this whole time:
It's not true. The MPAA has done some creative accounting to show that revenues are down, so that they can use this statistic in their continuing war against piracy, real or imagined.
Robin's and ita's moviegoing approaches are essentially the same as mine. My attention span at home is about an hour, give or take. That's enough to watch a broadcast television show or pop in a Wonderfalls DVD, but I almost never make it all the way through a DVD rental in one sitting. Which results in late fees and any movie I rent costing the same as a movie ticket. The theater is a controlled separate environment where I'm not worrying about who might be calling, or deciding that pasta sounds good and getting sidetracked cooking for a half hour. Plus, it allows me to pretend that I'm social and like people.
they suggested renting Godzilla rather than wasting time and money on War of the Worlds.
Good Lord. I'd already decided to boycott the movie in protest of Spielberg's decision to make it modern rather than period well before the Dianetic Duo took over every entertainment news outlet on the planet, but this just eliminated any last trace of regret I might have felt at missing out.
The reaction to WotW from last night's BAFTA screening was a universal "Eh, it was all right."
I should be asleep, but that's seeming unlikely...so in my evening perambulations around the Internet, I noted this quiz on AICN:
Who would you cast as The Joker for the next Batman movie?
- Mark Hamill
- Lachy Hulme
- Crispin Glover
- Robin Williams
- Adam Sandler
- David Cronenberg
- Adrien Brody
- Andrew Koenig
- Tim Roth
- Jack Nicholson
