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It's not the cost that keeps people from coming. It's the number of alternatives that younger people grew up with. And alcohol and real food is an enticement that most didn't require in the past, so even what you're describing shows the evolution away from the traditional theater experience.
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Oh, so using a logical fallacy, like a Straw man, is fine -- but someone daring to point out that you did is using a "douchebag technique"? Calling out your bullshit is bullshit? That's fucking brilliant. Those with sense would say that the douchebag technique is you using a Straw man in the first place. You only need those when you don't have a real argument, or that you're so precious about the subject that any negative comment triggered you into a spiral of sarcasm, exaggeration, and speculation that even ascribes to me an opinion I must hold about alcohol and depression (wtf?).
And no, I don't think the entire doc is bs, and that's what makes docs so insidious. Enough elements of reality are mixed with bs to make many believe everything they're seeing and hearing is the truth. But you don't need someone to lie to you with their every word to call them a liar, do you? And if they do it intentionally to manipulate you into thinking and feeling a certain way, perhaps also lying by omission, what would you call that? Straight shooter or bullshitter?
Another Straw Man to go with the rest.
Point to where I ever said "non sequitur". When you can't, you'll realize you're one of those who can't remember who he's attempting to argue with this time.
Point to where I said "there are no adverse health effects from eating only McDonald's your whole life" or "it was an absolute farce by the Big Healthy food companies to besmirch the good name of Fast Food" or your most bizarre comment on alcoholism and depression. When you can't, you'll realize you haven't really challenged me at all.
Without knowing what I mean by bs, tell me what your argument actually is, besides presumptuous nonsense, where you think you couldn't possibly be wrong in your mind reading ability -- when in reality it has nothing to do with what I meant at all? You need your Straw man or you're mute. Unless you wanna ask me,"What do you mean by bs?"
79 after 62 reviews.
Straw man much?
It was BS even before that particular revelation.
7.7
80 after 45 reviews.
Joker: Folie à Deux
MaXXXine
The Bikeriders
Nosferatu
79 after 39 reviews.
6.3
reading my mind
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82 after 32 reviews
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I only have 2, Disney+ and Max, and I only have them b/c they're free for me. Of the two, Max is clearly superior.
I expected a consolidation that just hasn't happened yet, so I see no "must have" streaming channels.
7.1
"Money that they generate overseas often doesn’t go to the filmmakers and studios."
That's false. Less money doesn't mean zero money. Then you quoted the worst split of all the foreign markets for a film that wasn't released in China. The truth is that we rarely find out the details unless there's a post-mortem, and we rarely get those for non-tent poles. And the often quoted 2.5x takes the typical splits, worldwide, into account -- but it's still a crude method.
But I didn't say a thing about profitability, just that it had a decent weekend hold rather than falling off a cliff. And its weekday numbers were better than expected as well. It's legging slightly better than typical.
Held pretty well in its 2nd weekend -- 49% drop -- and foreign is solid