The cinema is in its death throes. But whose fault is it? Shall we blame the shit movie directors? Alternate display options now available? Or are you personally responsible?
Many of us love going to the movies. His disappearance would be truly a sad thing. It's not just watching a movie on the big screen:it's an environment. It's having strangers around you to laugh and cry, jump around and eat popcorn. Cinema brings people together.
True detective The director, Cary Fukunaga recently made some interesting comments about the death of cinema. He draws the spotlight to Netflix, the filmmakers, and you, the viewing public. His latest project, he says, "was designed to be a film experienced in a group, collectively like that, with strangers in the dark [to] see this story."
Are his claims substantiated? And who can we point the finger at? Let's figure this out.
Fukunaga wants you to take your fair share of the responsibility. He has a point.
Maybe it's not his fault in particular, but the audience has to accept that the fewer people who go to theaters, the faster they will diminish. Ticket sales are falling, but annual revenues are flat. In 1995, revenue stood at $5.29 billion before slowly reaching its peak in 2002, a trending time for ticket sales as well. Revenue reached $11.07 billion three years ago. Since then, revenues have fallen to just above $10 billion, and projections for 2015 estimate that we will remain on this plateau.
But what is discouraging us? Fukunaga says that he doesn't blame us:"You have to ask the audience to be aware that they are just as responsible for the death of cinema as the people who make it.."
If we're becoming disenchanted with the big screen, surely it's the studios' fault for producing scum that doesn't interest us?
Mention “the classics,” and you instantly conjure up images of Citizen Kane , Casablanca , Or, if you're of a certain persuasion, Star Wars:A New Hope . Any respectable list of best movies to watch before you die has a bit of Hitchcock, a brief visit to Oz, and a course of Kubrick. It's safe to say none accompany It's a wonderful life with The holy clause 3:the escape clause .
But many of our classics are leftovers from childhood, whether it's the melting-in-the-face scream Luke gives off after discovering his true parentage, Captain Hook running scared by a ticking clock, or Harry Potter's friend , Ron Weasley, unleashing a "Bloody Hell" (which wasn't entirely in the book). These are movies that most of us have seen, however, how many have seen 1922? Nosferatu , even though Rotten Tomatoes suggests it's a full-blood classic?
Looking at IMDb, we see their Top 250 populated by a mix of old and new. Are filmmakers getting more and more inept when the current IMDb list cites? Start (2010), Interstellar (2014), The Pianist (2002), The prestige (2006), and WALL mi (2008) as among the highest quality productions? This generation of behind-the-scenes wizards grew up on Marty McFly, the Goonies, and face fighters from the Alien Serie. Of course, for each Die hard , there is A good day to die , but it doesn't seem like the movies are doing anything stupid or stopping people from going to theaters.
IMDb also includes two overrated Batman movies in his Top 75, while the highest-grossing movies of the past decade include Spider-Man (2002), Iron Man 3 (2013), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Avengers:Age of Ultron It's already breaking records. Fukunaga has warned that “The cinematic experience will only be reserved for comic book movies.” So, is this a case of superhero dominance, man and superman?
The popularity of comic book adaptations is incredible. The 2008 film Man of Steel brought the titular character into the mainstream. He is now as recognizable as Spider-Man. Who would have guessed “I am Spartacus” would be momentarily overshadowed by “I am groot”? And that an exit of villains from DC would attract talents like Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto?
It seems that the geek has already inherited the Earth and that this enthusiasm for high-octane spectacle would dominate small-scale triumphs like The Pursuit of Happyness and The Book Thief (although maybe not Fifty Shades of Grey ). Epic movies that revel in their stunning direction and locations were made to be enjoyed on a screen larger than your car DVD player. The most intimate tales require just that:intimacy.
However, it would be rude to ignore the importance of a strong cast and an emotional plot. Let's not forget the pulling power of The Theory of Everything , The imitation game , and 12 years a slave .
For now, we should be glad that superhero movies remain a huge draw for millions of moviegoers.
I naively thought that pirating movies was largely a thing of the past, but then I'm thinking of wandering into a flea market and flipping over a seedy VHS. Titanic . Piracy is still big, but it's got a new shape. File sharing technologies, including BitTorrent and magnets BitTorrent &Magnets:How do they work? [Technology Explained] BitTorrent and Magnets:How Do They Work? [Technology Explained] As we recently reported, The Pirate Bay has switched from using .torrent file downloads to magnet links without an exclusion policy. Tracker has offered magnet downloads for a good while now, but this is... Read More Despite blocks from ISP, Pirate Bay and other piracy sites Top 6 Free Torrent Alternatives for The Pirate Bay Top 6 Free Torrent Alternatives for The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay Pirate Store. But there are plenty of alternatives out there. You just need to know where to look. Here are the six best torrent sites other than The Pirate Bay. Read More
The most pirated movie of 2014 was The Wolf of Wall Street With over 30 million illegal downloads, closely followed by Frozen With 29.9 million. The top 20 pirated movies of the past year garnered a lot of media interest, for good:three Marvel movies., Gravity , and Captain Phillips - or wrong (hello, The Legend of Hercules and Transformers:Age of Extinction ).
This will obviously have a negative effect on theaters, but it probably won't have as big of an impact as one might initially think. All those in the top 20 ranked in the 100 highest-grossing films of their respective release years. Other than The Legend of Hercules . In fact, if we exclude RoboCop also, the remaining 18 were in the top 50 in 2013 or 2014.
Fukanaga gives Netflix a lot of credit for allowing more people to access content - that's why his latest film, Beast of No Nation , is being displayed on the streaming service.
The services offer you the opportunity to watch movies before they are on DVD. Why watch something in the cinema when you can wait a month and watch it from the comfort of your living room? UK satellite broadcaster Sky now offers to send you a DVD upon release if you buy a movie download.
But if Netflix is turning people away from movies, it's also fighting a winning battle against piracy. According to a report last year from Sand Vine [PDF link], a company that tracks Internet usage, in just one month, Netflix accounted for 34.9 percent of all downloaded data traffic in North America during peak hours. BitTorrent Everyone's Guide to Torrent Everyone's Guide to Torrent This beginner's guide is a great introduction to peer-to-peer file sharing with BitTorrent. Get started with torrenting safely and responsibly with our tips here. Read More accounted for just 2.8 percent of that same traffic (down from 7.6 percent in 2011). Although CBC News explains that it's not as clean as it sounds, a Netflix spokesperson explained that, “Ultimately, people steal content because they can't get it any other way.”
The bankers aren't guilty enough as it is that we could level this accusation, or more specifically, the recession, at them.
It stands to reason that we don't indulge in frivolous activities while strapped for cash. Tickets aren't cheap either. Even buying snacks at a multiplex can empty your wallet.
This is really a positive thing. It means that we are in a watering hole, but a peak will come, sooner or later. If we look at sales and receipts from 10 years ago, cinema was slowly recovering from the recession of the early 1990s. The highest-grossing film of 1995., Batman Forever (because people were sadists), he brought in $183,997,904; in 1996 Independence Day jumped to $306,124,059; and in 1997 the figure jumped back to $443,319,081 - take a bow, Titanic .
Star Wars Episodes I and III were the highest grossing movies of their respective years, so I hope The Force Awakens rekindle some love for the big screen.
If you want people to use your service, you better make sure the service is great. It's not enough to simply show a blockbuster:the seats need to be comfortable, the sound levels right, and the food... edible .
And the ticket prices have to be good too. In 1995, the average ticket cost US$4.35. In 2015, it is $8.17. En el Reino Unido, es típicamente mucho más que eso.
La mayoría está dispuesta a salpicar para obtener la mejor calidad. En estos días, las películas suelen durar más de dos horas y el público vale la pena. Sin embargo, las salas de cine pueden faltar, especialmente si tienen un monopolio sobre el área.
Esto significa que los asientos pueden romperse, los pisos pueden estar pegajosos y “Para ser derribado” Se puede garabatear en las puertas. Mi cine local se acaba de actualizar (o al menos su recepción lo ha hecho), por primera vez en casi 15 años..
No hay ningún factor importante aquí. No podemos señalar el dedo en una sección por completo. Sí, tenemos la culpa, pero solo tanto como cualquier otra persona.
Pero si queremos que las generaciones futuras disfruten del cine, tenemos que hacer un esfuerzo conjunto para disfrutar. Médico que Rompió récords con su transmisión simultánea internacional de los 50. th aniversario especial, el Día del Médico :a pesar de estar en la televisión también, las personas se sintieron atraídas por el sentido de, de manera apropiada, la compañía y el fandom para verlo en el cine. En tres días, ganó $ 10 millones..
Muestra suficiente entusiasmo y esto no tiene que ser El fin .
