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I'm hoping to go out to the movies sometime in the next week or so, and I hope theaters bounce back well. But it seems crazy to imagine that people will suddenly rush out for the first big movie that opens.
I rushed out to see Tenet couple weeks ago. Actually, I really rushed, because it was in Olympia and I'm eastside Seattle. That's like 60 miles. Took my motorcycle, in rush hour, and the ride was actually rather fun (commute lanes, it's possible to keep moving along through the bottlenecks in Tacoma and JBLM).
That's the original screwball movie and probably flopped, as I fancy myself pretty clever and hip to SF tropes and barely puzzled out what was occurring. Average movie goers would probably walk out. Not tons of people in the theater, it was probably mostly nerds like me for the premier (day before, actually).
Spoiler
Time flowing backward for one team, flowing forward for another, wrapped up where it started...just how it was. A little too self-reverential and indulgent of Christopher Nolan, for my tastes. I don't hold it against him after creating so many crowd-pleasers to date. Think "Memento" on steroids.
...anyway.
Next is Dune, on December 18. In this Marxist-run town, wonder if the schlubs will still have Seattle sufficiently locked down to stop local theaters. I personally think it will take years for the industry to recover, lot of misinformation out there and most people aren't that clever, end of the day.
I'm seeing Dune in IMAX, hell with all of that. Period.
I've only gone to places where I can eat outdoors and spaced from other diners. We only took our masks off when actively eating.
I won't be eating out once winter hits.
Waiting for others to chime in...
To me, the whole "masked till seated" protocol is a laughable one. If you sit down and take it off, what's the difference? Air recirculates inside the establishment, no? People don't want to go to a theater for two hours, but they'll go to a restaurant for roughly the same amount of time.
Movie theatres are still closed in our area, although I could probably drive to one across the river. No, I don't think I would feel comfortable going to one right now. Which doesn't make sense as I recently flew to Europe and back. It's a question of priorities, I can watch movies at home, although not the same ones. Let's see how the next couple of months go. Restaurants, so far, have been outdoor seating only, and I've been twice since March.
I'm hoping to go out to the movies sometime in the next week or so, and I hope theaters bounce back well. But it seems crazy to imagine that people will suddenly rush out for the first big movie that opens.
Movie Theaters Returned. Audiences Didn’t. Now What?
People aren’t going to the movies at anywhere close to the numbers that Hollywood hoped, prompting studios to postpone more big releases. Marvel’s “Black Widow” could be the next to retreat.
By Nicole Sperling and Brooks Barnes
Are movie theaters even open in all states? I’ve gone twice since they re-opened and was actually glad they didn’t have that many people for my heath, though it’s probably not good for the health of the industry. Maybe if they had lots of new movies instead of just one with a lot of old movies sprinkled in other theaters.
I went to see Tenet, and then later Mad Mad: Fury Road. I really enjoyed seeing that on the big screen.
EDIT: After reading all the replies I see that movie theaters are definitely not open in all the states. I wore my mask even though my son refused so there’s hardly any point now.
I think the possibility of being lightly exposed to the virus with a mask might not be a bad thing. I saw a doctor referring to a study that’s probably way too small to be really good, but it was saying that people who wore masks and were exposed to Covid tended to get asymptomatic or mild cases. The theory is that people might be getting exposure to a smaller viral load and it triggers an immune response.
It is not surprising at all. Until there is a vaccine, the attendance will be minimal. Even after a vaccine, it will still take a while for people to come back. But until there is a vaccine, movies, flights/traveling/hotels, and many other places will be effectively empty.
It will likely be spring/summer until movies will have somewhat normal crowds.
Once I bought a nice home theater system along with a projector over 12 years ago, I pretty much stopped going to the movie theater. Best money I ever spent. With this COVID, I can't see people going back anytime soon. The only people going will be the ones who don't care about COVID.
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