For me it was about 2015. The quality for the theater experience fell off a cliff around that time.

2019. I saw once upon a time in hollywood and joker in quick succession. After I walked out of once upon a time in hollywood I just thought to myself that movies are so bad now that I'm not getting anything out of them.

Ironically at that stage I had found a really nice local theater that wasn't too busy. The problem was, and still is, the quality of films being made.

when streaming became prevalent, so about a decade ago

very few movies now justify leaving the house

>>212368037 (OP)
2010. Movies started to really fucking suck after 2005 but once the MCU and capeshit had firmly established as the default theater film I bowed out.

>>212369720
How did you find the theater experience in the 90s? I am a bit too young to remember anything beyond a couple films like Tarzan and The Lost World

>>212368037 (OP)
you know why anon

>>212368037 (OP)
October, but next week I'm getting my license so I'm getting back on Regal Unlimited and will be going at least once per week

>>212368037 (OP)
2022 I think. I just looked up what movies came out that year and I saw quite a few of them. Most of the movies I had been watching felt very samey so I barely went anymore after that. It's a shame, as I used to go almost every week.

>>212368037 (OP)
I didn't, I get free tickets and I go about once a month

>>212368037 (OP)
>rise of skywalker

at least me and my dad got a good laugh when palpatine just spawned 100 ships outta fucking no where all with death star lasers.

>>212368037 (OP)
Last movie I saw in theaters was the 2nd pirates of the caribbean. I have no desire to ever see a movie in a theater again.

>>212369813
>>212369848
People still think AI will replace actual movies.

>>212369896
I waged at a theater when that came out and all of us who worked there screened it at midnight for ourselves. We just roasted it endlessly as it went on and one reddit kind of coworker kept insisting it was good lol

>>212369765
I'm old as shit. I saw the original Lion King on premiere. First of all there were intermissions where the screen would be closed by red curtains and you had 15 minutes to have a smoke/buy more candy from the concession stand or take a piss without missing the movie. It was $7 for a double movie (usually two themed movies played). Rolling jaffas down the isle was normal. Ace Ventura 2 was the last movie I watched in a cinema

>>212369920
people still think movies will replace actual paintings

>>212369973
>final theatrical kino was Ace Ventura 2
Holy based

>>212368037 (OP)
2006. Last movie I saw at the theater was Borat. Nothing is ever going to top that theater experience (laughed so hard I was in physical pain) and also easy torrent-based piracy became available around that time so it was all over for a cheap bastard like me. I also HATE the post-covid assigned seats thing so I don't see myself going back.

>>212370048
and there were no ads. Just previews for movies

>>212370071
Reserved seats were the norm by 2016 going into 2017

>>212369765
Movies in the 1990s were so good it was just an accepted part of life that you went out twice a month to go see them. No phones, very few minorities, everyone was into them. Very few fatties and popcorn was the only snack unless you dared to sneak in candy. It felt like every year movies were evolving, I remember how dead silent the theater was during Jurassic Park because everyone was just so awed. Girls were running out in tears during the Titanic. Lord of the Rings was so packed the staff said fuck it and let kids sit in the aisle. And when a great movie left the theater there was genuine anticipation for when it would come out on VHS, because unlike today you actually had to wait for that shit to release and companies knew how to build hype, so it'd be months before those films hit the shelves and if you hadn't seen it in theaters you were left to stew listening on your friends talk about how awesome the Batmobile looked in neon or how intense the DDay scene in Saving Private Ryan was. And arguments or debates about films were soulful as fuck because everyone was just going off their memory until the tape released to settle it.

Everyone (including me) just took it all for granted. We had no idea we were living through the literal last years of good movies, and we all realised way too late to even enjoy the twilight. It was something no generation will ever experience again, which can be said for most things before 2007. I genuinely feel bad for the smart device generations.

Zoomies don't know the real reason for drive-in movie theatres. I lost my virginity in my parents car watching some Clint Eastwood movie

>>212368037 (OP)
The artform is in a coma since 2013. More chance of me considering to pay to watch a blank screen than a movie.

i want to visit a real porn cinema where guys are just wanking openly

>>212368037 (OP)
I used to go with my brother and father when I wad younger regularly, then friends later on when I had them, then I'd go with my partner when I was with them. I tried going myself afterwards and I found it difficult. I tell myself its fine though as the quality of movies has dipped and that I can just watch stuff at home but I kinda miss going and I miss the company. Thanks for reading my blog.

I never regularly went because I do not enjoy watching films with other people

>>212370163
this guy is correct
>>212369765

I saw x files,I saw matrix, I saw independence day. the mummy. Jurassic Park. Batman forever. blade, mask of zorro, lion king, etc

you never felt robbed. you knew you were going to have a good experience.
you went with family and you knew you were gonna be great.

even power rangers and Godzilla were pretty good in theaters. it was just good.
no one talked in the theater,
you could trust the quality.

>>212370071
I personally love and adore assigned seats. I can arrive late during the trailers if I want. I can hang out in the lobby before the movie starts.
I can be sure I have my seat. it's my seat. I picked it. it's mine.

Around the time smart phones started becoming common. It wasn't just the people being asses with them, though that was a big part of it. Around the same time they stopped policing behavior, especially that of minorities. And the quality of the movies started dropping. And streaming/pirate movie quality improved as bandwidth improved. And back catalog availability improved. And large HD televisions became much cheaper.
It was a perfect storm of various factors that made going to see new movies in the theater a poor deal while the home experience drastically improved. Beyond those society wide factors, I also bought a house, which meant being able to setup my entertainment system without consideration for the neighboring apartments.

Films aren't good anymore

>>212370867
it truly. truly was the perfect storm. I don't know it was an organic coincidence, or how all those things happened all at once. was it by design somehow?

>>212368037 (OP)
I think the problem is that in America you have niggers. Americans always complain about going to the movies and being interrupted by niggers being loud, shouting during the movie, getting into fights and all other forms of nigotry. I myself have never experienced anything like this. I live in New Zealand and we have virtually no niggers, and our native savages are too poor and stupid to ever frequent the cinema, so it's still a pleasant cinema. Also, our local kinoplex chain regularly screens classic films like Alien or Predator, so there's always a good excuse to go back.

2019 was the last year for me. 2020 was the death Knell, and from 2020 to 2024 I only saw (2) movies in the theater. 2025, however, I have already seen (2) and may see a few more.

>>212368037 (OP)
i'll NEVER stop going. The popcorn and snacks are just too good

>>212371015
You must be 500lbs

>>212371015
The last few times I've been to the cinema the quality of the popcorn has been really bad. Once the layer on top had been eaten the rest of the bag was all inedible pieces that were too hard. Im not paying like 6 dollerydoos for that.

>>212370942
sounds like heaven

>>212368037 (OP)
>When did you stop regularly going to the kinoplex irl?
When they ended segregation and started allowing the negro people in.

>>212368037 (OP)

>For me it was about 2015.

Same here. Two of the most cynical movies of all time were released in 2015 - Jurassic World and The Force Awakens. Yes, both movies made a shitload of money but both movies were incredibly cynical garbage.

>>212371064
It really is. I love going to the kinoplex every few weeks, just to enjoy the cinematic experience. It doesn't matter if it's the big corporate kinoplex or the little boutique one that pretends it's a cafe with a movie theatre attached to it, the experience is always pleasant. Everyone in the theatre is White and no one makes a sound the entire film. Everyone is polite and considerate. It's like the only aspect of New Zealand society that's still like this that I can think of.

The lockdowns destroyed the momentum that was keeping most movie theaters alive. The value proposition had already shifted in favor of home viewing but going to the movies several times a month was something people had built into their lives as habits. The pandemic response smashed those habits and most people simply never came back.
Now theaters are mostly for cape movies where the immersive screen and sound matter and people don't want to wait the even short time between theater release and streaming. It's a niche activity for a niche audience. Oh, and Bollywood movies. If you live in an area with lots of Indians, they'll show up to theaters in person to watch Bollywood, even if they could get the same thing at home. Crazy to think they might be what's keeping many theaters from financially collapsing.

>>212369765
>find the theater experience in the 90s?
No cell phones to distract anyone, and people in white areas outside of the urban hell holes knew how to behave, so people weren't acting like asses.

>>212370826

You're right. They don't make 'em like they used to.

>>212371027
>You must be 500lbs
so what if i was?

>>212371129
Man I feel sorry for you

>>212371143
>Man I feel sorry for you
HEY EVERYONE
LOOK AT SUPER FIT HEALTHY ANON OVER HERE
BEING A JUDGEMENTAL PRICK IS SO COOL

>>212370942
how is Hokitika? i miss it

>>212371186
Was nice the last time I was in town with 1R but the town seemed run down and dilapidated, almost like all our regional wealth is being siphoned to the capital. It felt like stepping back in time.

>>212370942
>the problem is that in America you have niggers.
Correct.

>>212371129
So lose some fucking weight? Learn how to eat right and exercise? Life is hard enough as it is without being a disgusting fatbody, anon.

>>212371112
Even in urban areas it was ok because everyone knew which movie theaters were for the "vibrant" crowd and which were for the bulk of society. Going to the movies in Atlanta, the city itself, not the suburbs, was fine in the 90s because if a vibrant showed up and started acting stupid, they were quickly ejected. Few bothered as they had their own theaters in their part of town where they could act as stupid as they wanted to be.
The problem isn't so much that those people exist, it's that for some reason society as a whole decided they should no longer be held to our cultural norms. This started some time after 9/11 and well before the "Summer of Love". The seeds of it probably go back to the 80s with various isolated court cases that had little impact beyond their area.

>>212371118
I was checking the movie list for 2002 or 2003 or something ( maybe 2005)
and most of the list was hit after hit after hit. almost the whole thing was great movies

>>212371221
good. I want to come back but would be ashamed for failing in Aus. you know what they say Likka the Tikka. Fuck Greymouth. Buch of cunts because they had a Deka

>>212368037 (OP)
I cant remember which one
but either that lion king remake or that hunk of shit Queen movie, but I got refunds for both of them

>>212371306
itt. fat shaming is so encouraged on this bigot cesspool
i am a healthy weight and i make nutritious meals daily. Minimal cheese on my pizza, thank you

>terminator 1
>terminator 2
>heat
>the rock
>la haine
going to see pic related next week. these are the only films ive seen in the cinema over the past two years. there is nothing new on that i want to watch

I stopped going for a while but now my theater is doing more international and interesting movies, and they've also introduced a monthly subscription model that I signed up for so I go at least once a month now

It is pretty mad though if you go for a blockbuster, a ticket of 11€ needs like €7 supplements for their meme ScreenX, better sound, some better laser or whatever, they really stick on the costs

>>212371111
Checked and correct

>>212371111
like the transition to cashless here in my country, the lockdowns just sped up what was already happening by a decade or so

>>212371521
LOOK AT THAT HAM ARM you fat fuck lol you fatty

>>212371641
>you fat fuck lol you fatty
bullying is gross

honestly I only stopped going when Tuesday matinee stopped being 3 dollars.
my theater would be 3 bucks Tuesday before 6 pm
now it 5 bucks. I stopped

>>212371677
lol fuck i love you guys and do you give footjobs?

>>212368037 (OP)
The last movie I saw in a theatre was the fourth kind in 2009 with some college friends.

>>212371111
I live in an area with a lot of niggers and on sunday the baptist church packs into the theatre for black OH LAWDY JEESUS gospel sermons. Its nice though, theyre all middle aged or retired blacks and you dont have to serve them popcorn, not like any movies are playing at 10am on sunday. All blacks should be church blacks but saturday nghts i would avoid movies aimed at teens there. It gets violent fast.

>>212370792
Hope you find someone

>>212370792
>partner
lol

>>212368037 (OP)
Regal Cinemas is the bottom of the barrel

2019 and the last movie i saw was JJ's Star Wars.

2016 or so? I used to go every weekend but then recession hit and then every release was kinda shit from 2012 onwards. It’s gotten really bad recently since i only went to the cinemas last year like 5 times (and regretted going to see joker 2)

>>212368037 (OP)
20 years ago. Movies got shit and pirating got easier.

>>212371555
Based. I watch mulholland dr two lovers and ms 45 in theaters these last year and they are easily the best movies ive seen in a theater

>>212370139
There was an ad for Bumblebee Tuna and Chevy.

>>212371565
Which cunt.

2018 with Ready Player One. Movie was cool but other shit like people looking at their phones and eating loudly ruined the experience for me.After that it was just for Avatar 2 which a friend made me go with him and it wasn't good experience cause the movie was shit too.

Around 2019, though it had been decreasing for years prior to Covid. There isn't the issue of uppity minorities in movie theatres where I am. I just became more and more detached from pop culture and more of a Chud that's disgusted by any signs of woke propaganda. Everything is already working against movies- the prices, the increasing quality and choice of streaming, etc.- dumping on the slightest bit of woke or Hollywood insufferableness is the last straw.

I'd rather watch a tree grow for 3 hours then watch a movie

>>212370163
we really were bettor off before the mass adoption of the internet

I still go twice a month, but it's because of my family, I take my wife and her son to watch capeshit or whatever. they are both Hispanic so she has no problem taking him to rated R movies.

>>212372719
no, early Internet was incredible. it was amazing.
what destroyed our society was social media. we were doing perfectly fine before myspace

>>212368037 (OP)
Prolly around 2017. I went to the theater twice this year, and it's the only two times I've been to the theater in the past five years. Miserable experience. Granted, I live in a small town now, but all of it felt run down, and the movies weren't even in focus.

>>212368037 (OP)
cant remember, its been so long
film is a dying medium

I've done one or two a year pretty much consistently since I started driving around 2010. I usually go to the cineplex in the city but I'm going to start going to a small town one in Maine. It's actually closer, I just have to cross the us border. I don't find movie screens look that great anyway so I'm willing to view a smaller one for the comfy aesthetics and nostalgia. Saw my first movie there (george of the jungle) and most of the harry potters

>>212368037 (OP)
2017, TLJ

>>212368037 (OP)
Last movie I saw in theaters was Eternals. I closed my eyes for like 20 minutes and just listened/half slept because it was so dark and ugly (when they fought those cgi beasts in the village) that I just checked out completely.

>>212368037 (OP)
While the last movie I saw was Deadpool and Wolverine it wasn't till the last Star Wars movie where I just stopped regularly going to theaters. I was just astounded at how bad that movie was

>>212369920
2 years from now you will see the same 8 second meme clips maybe in slightly better quality with the same retards saying "imagine what we will do in a year"

>>212369996
>8 track will replace VHS
>no wait laser disk will
>HD CDs will replace bluray
>3D TVs will replace all HD TVs
What you faggots fail to realize is a lot of technology has failed you just never hear about the failures

>>212368037 (OP)
I'm imagining a kinoplex in a mall suspended in a menthol mist cloudy space.

and I say "yeah, I'm not interested in forgetting again. I want to stay here with you, Sophia."

>>212368037 (OP)
when tickets and snacks for 2 people crested 50 maple dollars

the armrests are broken, the cushions crusty, the audio is garbage, and i have to drive over an hour to get to the nearest theatre that doesn't have these issues. putting in 2 rows of deluxe seats that cost another $10 bucks a head is not the solution they expected it to be. all they did was force the employees to police who is in a special seat without paying

>>212369920
if the dumb shit other people thought was supposed to bother me i'd never be unbothered

>>212370139
>movie theatres go HARD on preshow shit in the same era everyone starts staring at their smartphone until the movie has for sure started
we live in a divine tragic comedy

>>212370142
not where i live. they would have done it eventually, for sure, but the scamdemic sped up that initiative

>>212370851
fair
but i hate seeing my seats sandwiched between two lardbeasts. my wife and i had preferred seats and backup seats where it was only us two, but off to the side. can't eyeball the crowd anymore and have to gamble on good seats or say fuck it and guarantee sitting alone at the side

>>212372820
early internet was before mass adoption, comprehension-kun

>>212372796
>capeshit
>rated R
the fuck are you talking about, dumb nigga?

this is my seventh post in a row within this thread.
HELLO
ANYONE THERE

>>212374687
deadpool flicks? sooicide skwad s?

>>212370716
Least homosexual European

>>212368037 (OP)
>went for the last time of my own choosing to go see a double-bill of Infinity War and Endgame
>realised Endgame was so bad that it signalled the death of films
>got dragged along to see John Wick 4
>wasn't too bad, but the speakers were broken and kept crackling, and a group of teens at the front kept using their phones
>got dragged along to see A Haunting in Venice
>the film looked weirdly positioned, and a lot of the time it seemed like the top and bottom were missing
>turned out the idiot projectionist didn't use the right ratio and cut off so much of the top that one scene where two characters were talking only showed them from their shoulders down
>got dragged along for the last time to see Thunderbolts
>film was initially cancelled 20 mins after it was supposed to start because the projector wasn't working
>waited for an hour for the next showing, had some fat cunt at the back coughing his lungs up through the whole thing

I will never go back.

worked at Best Buy for a few years, used to get free movie tickets off of bluray movies all the time. miss that

>>212368037 (OP)
When I got Netflix in the mail

>>212368037 (OP)
After the Infinity War saga when it became normalized for retards to talk and clap and be obnoxious in a theater

>>212369920
That's like saying, "people still think CGI will replace movies". You make no sense.
AI will simply be another tool that takes over more and more of the production.
Will AI replace Al Pacino? No. But it will replace the 99% of other actors who aren't an Al Pacino.
I just really like Al Pacino okay!

>>212368037 (OP)
>regularly

the only way i can even imagine this defined is just walking up to the theater and picking something that's starting soon.

>>212375890
aren't those free movie tickets for the people who purchase the media?

>>212376174
I used to do that in high school practically every weekend and when i got a job/car/girlfriend 2 or 3 times a week. That was 98-2002

>>212376274
j-just to make out, right?

I mostly stopped going to movie theaters around 2013. But I miss them so much. Growing up, seeing a movie in a theater was such a special experience. It was something that could not be replicated at home, no matter how good your setup was.

There was just something so amazing about having the film be an "event". The film would be playing at a certain time, and you had to adjust your schedule to match. And then you'd go in, find a good seat, and feel genuine anticipation when the lights went down. There were no ads - just trailers. And back then, trailers were SO much better than they are now. It'd be genuinely great to watch 5-10 trailers to see what was coming out.

And then the film would start. And because you'd made an effort to be there, it felt like a special occurence. Audiences were quiet and respectful, the audio/visual quality of the film was top-notch, and because you were in a location away from home, you didn't get too distracted or comfy. And that allowed you to just let the film take you in completely.

What really killed the theatrical experience for me was re-releases. It's one thing to see a brand new movie in the theater. But a film has to be really special to bring me back years later, even though I've seen it many times and own it on Blu-Ray. So whenever I made the journey to the theater for a re-releases of LOTR, or Lawrence of Arabia, or The Good the Bad and the Ugly, I felt I deserved an experience that was worth the effort I was making. But instead, I'd have to sit through 20 minutes of TV ads, followed by 10 minutes of really lousy trailers for movies I would never want to watch. And despite being in a crowd of fellow die-hard fans, nobody seemed to have any sense of respect. There was an attitude that "we've all seen this already, so we can be casual". And I realized that I'd be happier back at home than I would be in this gorgeous theater full of people chomping loudly on popcorn and texting.

>>212368037 (OP)
last movie i saw in cinema was in like 2012 or something. can't even remember what it was.

Because all the high school friends I used to go see movies with moved away and I'm too antisocial to make new friends.

>>212371015
Those are the same dogs as the 7/11 big bites.

>>212369765
>>212371112
>How did you find the theater experience in the 90s?
Worth mentioning that stadium seating didn't become the norm until sometime in the 00s. In the 90s unless you were at one of the biggest newest kinoplexes, you got standard seating and someone tall or a woman with a big hairstyle always sat down in front of you. I don't miss that.

>Going to the movies in Atlanta, the city itself, not the suburbs, was fine in the 90s
jej me too. Saw Snatch at some theater in the Piedmont Park/Midtown vicinity, idk if that theater is even there. It was definitely a vibrant theater because a group of 8 or 9 of us went to the ticket window and the guy said if you give me $20 I'll let all of you in. Of course we indulged him lol. I can't watch that movie now but seeing it in a theater with your friends was fun

The last movie I saw was BD49 at the IMAX at Navy Pier, they had the new LASER projector, and it was the best looking film ive ever seen.
The theater closed during covid.

>>212379932
Same, except because I became ugly.

>>212368037 (OP)
Same, zoomers became of age in 2015 which ruined everything.

>>212380525
>The last movie I saw was BD49
What

>>212368037 (OP)
Around 2002 when they arrested people for sharing that shitty star wars movie. No more money for these subhumans, ever.

I worked at a theater for 9 years up until last year and it seemed like the collective IQ of attendees dropped around 2019. Noticeable attendance drop-off for anything non-capeshit by 2018. They shut my theater down (2-day notice btw) in 2022 and the other one I worked at for the next two years was the last one in the area and a miserable experience. Glad I got out of there. Dying industry. Only regret is I didn't get to fuck the cute slut who I worked with in 2016 (She fucked like five of the floor staff)

The last movie I saw in theaters was POTC 4

The trick is to avoid the chain theaters. If you go to an independent or art house type of theater, the clientele will be all old white people and young hipster/artsy white people

>>212368037 (OP)
>prices too high
>movies not interesting enough
>i can literally just wait for home/streaming/piracy
also, i just dont find the big screen and surround sound to be that special anymore. i genuinely just LIKE sitting at home with food, comfort, and headphones.

>>212368037 (OP)
The last thing I saw in the theatre was Mad Max Fury Road.
Coulda gone out on something worse desu

>>212384534
There's one of those where I live and they played all of Lynch's films the month after he died. I don't have a car otherwise I would have seen them all.

The first movie I ever saw in the cinema was star wars. The first movie I watch in the cinema byself was big with tom hanks.
I used to go to he cinema with my friends and we would have a have a blast.. my friend group is no more but I still go to the cinema by myself .

I managed to get a infinite hack Cineworld card. Basically you introduce a friend and you get one month free of movies. I ended up taking out a Facebook ad and got over 10 years worth of movies. There was no cap. After I did it they made a cap. But my card still works. I also think the reason it works is because I go to the cinema around 4 to 10 times a year. I never took the piss with the card. Basically it's lasted me around 13 years right now.

I no longer go on opening nights. In fact I've found the best time to go is early morning shows on the weekend. Shows that starts round 9 to 10 in the morning. Niggers aren't awake then. People who go to these shows at that time genuinely like film. It's always mostly empty. Sometimes there be about 5 people at a IMAX big screen show.
Saw Jurassic park today. About 20 people at the sky super screen showing, massive screen. Show started at 11am

>>212380319
Probably was pic related. The area has yuppified quite a bit since then so you might not recognize it but it was an independent cinema for a long time and the sort of place where the employees would be like that.

2012, when our theater closed and never opened again.

>>212368037 (OP)
went every now and then when I was a young child. When a lot after I got my drivers license and my own income; stopped after I became an adult and had to work full time.

The reason? It's too expensive and too much of a pain in the ass. But more importantly... the theater to dvd/on-demand is so quick now, you're pretty much guaranteed that anything in the theater will be $10 in the DVD sale bin within a year.

>>212386131
It could have been. I remember it being a chain place though (also wasn't the Tara or any of the 1-screen theaters).

Now they want you to pay to park to see a kino too

>>212384774
>my friend group is no more
Do you ever keep in touch with any of them, even if sporadically?

2004 Dawn of the Dead remake is the last time I went to a theater and bought a ticket to see a film. I almost went to see the Godzilla minus 1 film, and the Top Gun remake. Almost.

>>212368037 (OP)
Probably around summertime 2005. I was a high school Junior in Alabama with a car.

I only went to a theater (IMAX) to "see a movie" probably 5 more times since then.

>>212368037 (OP)
After the 90s i basically stopped going regularly.