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Most MoviePass Subscribers Have Gone To a Movie They Normally Would've Ignored (exstreamist.com)
Extremist surveyed 1,311 current self-reporting MoviePass subscribers and found that 82% of subscribers have gone to a movie they normally would have ignored. 13% of respondents said "No," while 5% were "Not Sure." From the report: While theaters are only reporting a slight uptick in foot traffic since MoviePass got popular, there is no denying that there are now more butts in seats of movies that otherwise might not get as much foot traffic. Perhaps the real winner in a world with MoviePass is the box office rake for "bad" movies. If you are a MoviePass subscriber, have you noticed yourself attending movies you otherwise wouldn't pay directly to see?
These people aren't necessarily going to 'bad' movies (whatever that means). Friends get together and want to do something. Hey, why not see this movie, at no additional cost since you all have MoviePass? Or, SO wants to see this RomCom which you have NO interest in but decide to go if it's free and you get brownie points with the SO. Or, you're totally unsure about some film that's polarizing or only for a certain kind of person (Oscar bait, genre-busting films etc.) and you figure for the low cost of free it's worth maybe checking out. Or you were normally just gonna wait for the home video release, and figure it's actually cheaper to see it in the theater.
The issue's moot since they're likely to run out of cash in the next month unless someone invests in them/buys them out for some crazy reason. The MPAA might have enough sway to resurrect the concept in exchange for negotiating vastly-reduced ticket prices, otherwise I don't see it being profitable. And that's unlikely to happen until movies stop breaking sales records every single year. Unless Marvel manages to Guitar Hero itself, I don't see that happening in the near future.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
My brother has it and definitely goes to movies he wouldn't have before. "Just because I can," he says. More interestingly though, he says he doesn't watch movies the same way anymore, whether he would have gone or not. The wider exposure has started him thinking about the quality of aspects of movies too, plot, character development, etc., not just the entertainment of it. He's a much more informed movie goer and critic or describer of the movies. It's not just good or bad anymore, but nuanced and informed about what's good and bad in each movie. Plus he usually buys a beer or two at them, which he definitely would not have done in the past.
There are other factors too. Movies prices for good movies are the same price for bad ones. There are a lot of movies I would say wait for it to get released on DVD and I’ll rent it on Redbox or when it gets to Netflix. I may want to see the movie but not at the ticket prices. So for a wait to see movie may be more appealing if you have a subscription service to watch it.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
is that I would buy more concessions if I had a movie pass. Now I pay admission and think twice about buying popcorn. If I went with a pass, I would more often buy popcorn and a soda, or beer being as I am in Germany!
Usually I go every two months to the cinemas. I would like to go more, but at between 10 and 14 Euro a ticket, I mostly decide to watch something on streaming or rent it from the library for free instead. If I could pay say 100 Euro a year and go as often as I liked, I would probably go twice a month and buy popcorn every time... cause I like popcorn (and can't sneak it in like M&Ms). Net would be more money spent my me.
Just saying...
Why? Because I saw almost everything anyway. My movie admission cost for January was about $85, when a lot of movies came out. Somewhat less in February, around $65 if I remember right. Moviepass is saving me a ton of money, but I don't expect it to last. I've got my annual $105.35 paid back already, and the rest is just gravy. I expect them to go belly-up in a few more months, the whole concept being impossible from the get-go. But I'll enjoy it while it last.
I saw a good few movies that I wouldn't otherwise have paid for, many of which I really enjoyed. It was about then I learned to ignore what the critics say.
You don't ignore them, you use them like a newspaper. You take their biases into account, and decide what you will think of the movie based on how your tastes differ. That requires becoming familiar with a movie reviewer, but as long as they watch everything you're interested in, you only need to know one. Siskel & Ebert used to provide probably the best show for this purposes since they had different tastes, and they would point out each other's biases for you.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Jokes aside, this is revealing. It indicates that the price of a ticket is keeping the majority of people away from the theatre for all but the truly "must see" movies.