![]() In fact, here’s what I want Universal, Warner Bros, Disney and the rest of the studios to do:ġ. So, I don’t think it’s in a good position to strongarm Universal. Oh, and the fancy new dine-in menus SUCK. The Icee machines regularly don’t work, the popcorn is rarely hot and nearly all of the screens are 2K - yes, 2K resolution. News flash: No one is going to movie theaters right now (thanks to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders) and it’s a bit of an arrogant move to assume that people would prefer an AMC theater to their own 4K TVs and comfy couches when we can go back (in phases).ĪMC, as great as its theaters are, is still filled with bad experiences. Does AMC think this is 1999 - back when we had no choice but to go to a theater to see a movie? ![]() This pissed off the AMC Theatre chain so much that it has decided to ban all new Universal Studios movies when the chain reopens. Basically, AMC got upset that a Universal Studios exec made a comment that, due to the $100M+ success of the direct-to-home release of the new “Trolls” movie, Universal might be doing more of it in the future. I even found myself deciding to not go to a movie or picking another movie simply based on seating selection availability!īut, what AMC did yesterday may have killed the experience for me - and, likely will help accelerate the adoption of the “watch-every-new-movie-at-home” through streaming movement. I loved that as I know which seats are good and which are bad. Just in the last year or so, I found myself going to more movies thanks to AMC’s “pick-your-seat” ahead of time app. I found that, when I did go, I gravitated towards one or two of my favorite screening rooms where I knew they had a good quality projector (laser and 4K) or, at a minimum, had comfortable seating. Although, in this COVID-19 environment, I’d give nearly anything to sit in public anywhere, we have no choice but to watch movies on our tiny, little 75″ TVs in - surely not what the director intended - 4K’ish resolution.Īnd, truth is, over the past 10 years or so, I actually started to hate going to movie theaters as it was a hit-or-miss seating and dining experience. We all loved the immersive experience, the better audio, the taste of the popcorn and the giant screen. ApBlogSquad, Gary Kayye, HomeAV News, ProAV News, rAVe ,īack in the old days, like a decade ago, everyone went to a movie theater to watch “first-run” films - especially blockbusters.
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