The future of movie theaters?

[Bryan James]

Do you guys (and gals) think that movie theaters will be around forever, or do you think that they will eventually die off with the domination of streaming services and VR, etc.

Earlier, I went to see Toy Story 4 (really good btw). I expected there to be noise since the theater was packed with young kids, but that didn't bother me. Some guy sat next to me who must have been 6' 5" at least, and weighed no less than 350 easy. Within about 30 minutes he fell asleep and started snoring. His wife woke him up, and then he went back to sleeping again, and snoring. Towards the last 40 min of the movie, he woke up and decided to finish off his slurpee and made that irritating slurping straw noise when the liquid is scarce.

After I left I don't know if I'll ever go to a theater again; something like this seems to happens every time I go. I think I saw a great movie, but it was hard to tell with all of the annoyance and anger I was experiencing for an hour and a half.

Anyway, regardless of my isolated incident, from a tech/business point of view do you think theaters will last, or do you think VR and streaming will fully take over?

 

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[TheProcess]

Do you guys (and gals) think that movie theaters will be around forever, or do you think that they will eventually die off with the domination of streaming services and VR, etc.

Earlier, I went to see Toy Story 4 (really good btw). I expected there to be noise since the theater was packed with young kids, but that didn't bother me. Some guy sat next to me who must have been 6' 5" at least, and weighed no less than 350 easy. Within about 30 minutes he fell asleep and started snoring. His wife woke him up, and then he went back to sleeping again, and snoring. Towards the last 40 min of the movie, he woke up and decided to finish off his slurpee and made that irritating slurping straw noise when the liquid is scarce.

After I left I don't know if I'll ever go to a theater again; something like this seems to happens every time I go. I think I saw a great movie, but it was hard to tell with all of the annoyance and anger I was experiencing for an hour and a half.

Anyway, regardless of my isolated incident, from a tech/business point of view do you think theaters will last, or do you think VR and streaming will fully take over?

I was just having this discussion with a friend of mine yesterday. I think we both ended up concluding that movie theatres will continue to exist. My reason was that despite all these streaming services like Netflix, people will want to get out of the house (it's part of our human nature). I sometimes go to the movies for that very reason, because it gets tiring staying home. People still want to dress up and go on dates or hang out with friends, for example. Also I think that movie theatres have done a great job of adapting to technology. Those are just my two cents though, I have not done any research on this, just my observations.

 

[I AM THE SENATE]

I cannot stand watching a movie with a general audience. I'd pay 20 bucks to see a film opening day in the comfort of my own home. People ruin it for me every time I go unless I go midweek, mid day or early morning.