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If we take the kids, it's to a Sat matinee where it costs 5 or 6 rather than 9 or 10 per person. Helps a lot.
I am not sure what I think about it. As far as it being the death of the movie theatre inductry, it may very well be, but the free enterprise system means constantly having to adapt. Perhaps as GD suggested, theatre could offer cut rate DVDs for sale with a ticket to the same movie.
I do not know if it does stiffle creativity. It could have the opposite effect for the big blockbuster movies. For example, the average movie goer does not have huge in home theatres with surround sound and giant theatre quality screens. A movie like Episode III or Batman begins is a much diffent experience in a theatre than at home. Chick flicks probably don't lose much at home vs. in theatres.
So what would happen is that mega plex owners would have to come up with ways to make it worth while to be in the theatres. The creative juices will have to flow to come up with a way to preserve their industry.
As more and more consumers end up with huge home theatres, even more innovations will have to take place.
Now, granted, that's not at the movie making level. but the same thing will effect the movie making industry. As most know, almost the entire ticket price at a theatre goes to the movie, not the theatres. Theatres make their money on concessions. So what that means is that a family of 5 who spend 40-50 bucks on movie tickets may just spend 19.99 on the DVD. That's a huge loss to the movie industry.
In fact, as I think about that last point, perhaps that means they must raise the DVD price significantly, or that it is not a realistic fiscal possibility.
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