Contrary to many Americans, Hollywood executives remain unconcerned with the impending recession everyone's talking about. No, not all of the fat cats have saved wisely and prepared for the worst, they just know that, no matter how expensive diapers, milk and gasoline gets, their customers will always be willing to shell out $12 of perfectly good money to see things explode. Because that's what people do when they're poor and sad, say the slaphappy execs:
"When times are bad, our business seems to buck the trend," says Dan Glickman, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). "The movies are great therapy. It's a lot cheaper than a psychiatrist."
And that it is! But no matter how many movies I see I can't seem to forget that homeless people amble past the steps of Congress every day. Am I watching the wrong ones?
Editor
Really? They clearly haven't seen how empty the theatres have been around here recently. What family, especially during a recession, could afford to take the kids out for a movie when admission and snacks can run to easily $80?
$48(four adult tix)+$14(four soda pops)+$9(two things of popcorn)=$71.00 plus tax…$80.00 damn you're right janice, I thought you were exaggerating. Now, if you sneak in your own beverage and snacks and go in on Sunday mornings for the matinee…you can get a family of four in for $24.00 give er take $5.00.
True. The snack sneakin' is mandatory. Especially cause I like the expensive snacks, the jujubes and licorice and fuzzy peaches. Ugh! And they started selling bottles of juice (591 ml, or something) for like $5.50 at one theatre near my place. Bite me, Glickman. I'll drown my sorrows in something far more entertaining, and cheaper: beer.
It just bumms me out when people sneak in non-snack foods, like gyros or something smelly like that.
The last movie I saw in the theater was TRANSFORMERS, no joke. I got blitzed and slept through til the end.
What a shock. An elitest liberal scumbag is out of touch with the people. I'll keep seeing the mediocre crap that passes for movies at the $1.50 theater.