http://m.ign.com/videos/2014/10/11/the-death-of-movie-theaters-up-at-noon

http://www.stack.com/2014/10/10/adam-sandler-netflix/

So Adam Sandler has signed a lucrative deal with Netflix to do 4 exclusive movies, each rumored to be $80 million dollars each. Also,the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is coming to Netflix while it's still in theaters.

Is this the future trend? Are movies theaters slowly dying? How many more will sign on with streaming services? Imagine just being able to boot up Netflix on opening day of your favorite movie and watch it straight from home with a click of a button. No absurd move ticket/concession prices, no traffic, no lines.

Well, if they are, I think you would have hit on it in your last line. High ticket prices, outrageous prices for popcorn and drinks (makes a day at the ballpark look like a walk in the park) . No traffic at home to fight and no lines at home to get your overpriced food.

Also, with big screen, high def televisions that be easily be hooked up to your computer, movie theaters look even less and less attractive than they were in years past.

My take on them is much the same as I had with drive in theaters of old. While they served their purpose for many years, maybe, just maybe, they have outlived their usefulness...kind of like the old video rental stores outlived their usefulness.

Last time I was in a movie theater was when Saving Private Ryan was still the latest release from Hollywood.

Back in the fifties many people predicted that television would make movies theaters obsolete. That didn't happen. I do not think it will happen now either. I think people will always want the communal experience of watching a movie in the same room with other human beings.

Our local town theater needed to update its projectors to digital, and needed $75,000 to do it. They put up a kickstarter and the community rallied around them. The theater is still open with $3 movie tickets for all showings. Popcorn is still pricey, but they do need to somehow make enough money to keep the doors open.

So, they are not dying everywhere.

Ok, so one of these things is an IGN article and the other is Adam Sandler.

I don't think that indicates anything. And even if new technology shows up people will always want the old movie theater experience.

I mean, people still buy CDs, heck people still buy VInyl records, despite iTunes and other programs existing.

The movie theaters should be happy, they don't have to deal with Adam Sandler for a while!

Ew, I don't know why.

My local college purchased and updated the historic local theater, added a second screen and chairs which don't make butts bleed. Tickets are more expensive, I think $7 for a night screening and $5 for a matinee, but popcorn is cheap and incredibly good. I don't go often but it's nice it's still in business.

Maybe the days of chain theaters are numbered, but I think these little local theaters will live on. Partly for the cultural and historical aspects, partly because they don't charge an arm and a leg for something which is almost free online.

Sticky floors, dirty seats, high prices to get in the door, high prices to stuff your belly full of crap that ain't good for you, rude people sitting behind yo talking throughout the entire flick.

You're right, I have no idea why anyone would willingly subject themselves to this experience when they can just as easily (and much cheaper + at their own leisure) watch it at home.

Crazy people.

If eveyrbody was like me, I swear half these industries wouldn't exist. I have seen no reason to go out and buy CDs, and I much prefer to watch a film at home with a few other people than go and watch it with 100 people, eating food that is either overpriced or smuggled in like contraband, in a draughty darkened room with a million adverts and probably some tall guy in front and a child behind that keeps kicking the chair.

Yeah, it probably helped that our theatre was having its 100th anniversary that year. Something like that is a staple of local culture.

The theatres around me seem to be doing just fine, their tickets are that bad like $7-10 for a non 3-D showing. The food is outragously expensive though.

However, Netfilx producing its own shows and movies is not indicative of movie theaters failing, it is indicative of a new generation of viewers that are strongly opposed to advertisemants, who want to watch their movies/shows as many episodes at a time at their leisure. I read an article in the paper about a year ago touching on a few statistics that indicate that the current generation of young advlts majorally don't subscribe to cable/satilite TV and even as much as 25% polled don't even own a television.

Yeah, they just built a big new theatre complex this past year at our local mall. Seems to be doing just fine.

Sure, some people have billion-inch TV's and the massive bandwidth needed to feed HD video+audio to them without problems. And a lot of them are on the internet & vocal about it (so they look like a majority). Meanwhile, the rest of the world goes to the movies.

The way I see it, it's just like going to see a live sporting event. Why should I go see the Toronto Maple Leafs or Argos, or Jays when it's cheaper to watch it on TV. No traffic, no insane parking fees, no crazy prices for pop and food etc. It's the experience.

The experience is not the same watching it at home. For some it doesn't matter. For others they like the experience, or wouldn't be going. For me, as for movies, some movies need to be experienced at least once on the big screen before watching it on TV. For me, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings need to be watched at a Cinema (since Theaters is for plays and Broadway not movies. ) while others can be watched at home like Romantic comedies.

As for drive ins, I still love going to drive ins. Again it's the experience. It's different watching it in a theatre/cinema and watching it at home.

Movies at Theaters is an up and down. When I was young they were busy then when in my teen age years early advlthood it seemed they were dying, then about 10 years ago took off again and became popular again. Now I think it's on a downhill again.

I understand why popcorn and pop is so much, the theatres only make about 15-25% of movie sales so need to make the money else where. Still I find it crazy to pay for one pop where I can buy a case of it. With a family of 4, it gets really crazy and now just wait for the Blu Rays to come out and buy them then for my collection. Still I still go because the kids like to go (since they don't have to pay for it, it's good, wait till they get a job and want to go see a movie LOL)

So when it's a movie I am really interested in, I will go, to enjoy the experience more since the TV will never compare to the Big Screen.

Can be, but should they?

Still some places with awesome.... Just wish I knew the difference between 35mm, 70mm and 4K versions of a movie.

The closest one to me just fired 3 of their 4 managers and tasked the last one to do all the work with no raise, so I doubt it will stay around much longer. There are a couple AMC theaters near me though which have better prices in general. I don't think they will die off entirely though, the experience isn't something that can be easily replicated at home.

And the average TV (network) viewer is in their 50s.