Saturday, August 20, 2005
Movie Theater Owners Say Give Us Better Movies
Posted by James Fee in "CONTENT" @ 05:00 AM
"Tired of being blamed for the box office slump, the nation's movie theater owners returned fire Thursday, accusing the studios of delivering sub-standard product. "Here's what we know about 2005: The movies are not as good," said John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Owners. "They're not terrible; they're just not as good. And so the industry has experienced a temporary drop-off compared to 2004, the biggest box office year in movie history."
We had a poll a while back where pretty much everyone said they though the current movie selection over the past few years was pretty bad (now I hear we are going to have to put up with Jurassic Park 4). Well now the movie theater owners have to worry about one more thing, simultaneous theatrical and DVD movie releases. This is happening in China right now because of piracy, but it seems that the movie studios want more of the action up front, rather than share it with the theater companies. Of course the smart move would be to actually offer up digital copies of these movies that one could download too, but that would make WAY too much sense. :crazyeyes:
We had a poll a while back where pretty much everyone said they though the current movie selection over the past few years was pretty bad (now I hear we are going to have to put up with Jurassic Park 4). Well now the movie theater owners have to worry about one more thing, simultaneous theatrical and DVD movie releases. This is happening in China right now because of piracy, but it seems that the movie studios want more of the action up front, rather than share it with the theater companies. Of course the smart move would be to actually offer up digital copies of these movies that one could download too, but that would make WAY too much sense. :crazyeyes:
