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Old 10-01-2008, 07:43 AM  
Ron Bennett
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$10 adjusted for inflation is about the same, if not less, than what it cost going to a movie 20 years ago.

However, the reason many people feel current prices are too high is the movie viewing experience hasn't changed much; gotten worse...

Little to no usher service, mediocre seating / dirty floors, blurry image and/or sound (mostly a prob at older non-digital screens), and then there are the product ads (not talking the prevews, but the TV-like ads) ... that's where many folks say enough is enough ... I for one am not paying $10 or whatever to sit watching product ads, especially when the movie itself is likely already chokefull of ad placements already.

What I didn't mention above are the screengoers ... yes, many people are inconsiderate, but that alone, in my view, is not what's keeping many away, though many may say that - it's the overall, very lacking theater experience that's driving many away.

bronco67- there are some movie theaters charging upwards of $30, even $50+, per person for a dinner movie experience, often including waiter service and alcoholic beverages.

Ron
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