I'm... So... Very... Proud

Well... I submitted a previous post (KW's Why Movie Theaters Don't Care About You) to the weekly blog round-up Carnival of the Vanities, and we got in. Hello all guests! Thanks for making Tuesday the 22nd our most popular day yet. Please stick around to read us, leave all the comments you like, and let us know if you linked to us. We're happy to have you.

This has lead to a few links from other sources, and they've included their voices in the movie debate. Author Josh Cohen at http://www.d-42.com/ has this to say:

There is one theater I would consistently consider going to above all others, even if it was farther away. It's a Loew's Cinema in Kansas City that does not allow anyone under the age of six, even for G-rated films, and anyone under 17 must have a parent or guardian buy a ticket to the same movie and sit with his/her child or ward. I bet a whole lot of people would patronize that kind of theater, and they'd even buy concessions if they were informed of how the whole system works.
But for the rest of the country... you're right, it's all about location and what form of currency they accept. If I have cash, I'll go to the GTC Park 12 around the corner. If I don't, I'll drive out to Barrett Commons or Parkway Pointe (which take credit cards). Or Mansell Crossing, so I can hit the bookstore (and pay markups that, while they aren't as high as at a movie theater concession stand, are still kind of outrageous).

Matthew at Mentalogical left this new comment on our site:

What an excellent post! Thank you for sharing your insights as an industry insider. My wife and I gave up going to movies years ago. The cost of admission and snacks was getting so high that it interferred with our enjoyment of the movie. Our enjoyment was further hampered by cell phones ringing, people and their kids talking, and idiots spilling their drinks behind us and flooding our shoes with soda.

Movie theaters have long angered me by the fact that if I'm early or on time to watch a movie, it will always start late and then have 20 minutes of commercials and previews. But if I'm running late, then the movie starts right on time and has no commercials or previews!

Now, we just wait for movies to come out on DVD. This offers many advantages for us. By the time the movie comes out on DVD we already know if it's a good movie or not from things we've heard. If we rent a movie on Monday night from our local supermarket we can get new release movies for $0.95 each, which is a great value for our family of six. Add to that a $1.00 bottle of Root Beer and our own home popped pop-corn and we have an entire evening of great entertainment for just pennies per person.

Not to mention, we can stop the movie any time we want for bathroom breaks, the kids can go play in the other room if they don't like the movie and we never have to put up with other people ruining our experience. We win all around.

And finally, Professor Stephen Karlson likes us, he really, really likes us. Thanks Stephen!