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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robus" data-source="post: 9060212" data-attributes="member: 6801558">It certainly seems like there's a massive sea change happening in the movie marketplace and HaT is just one of the storm tossed boats (and probably faired better than should be expected given the conditions). Movie theaters definitely seem like they're from the before times (like shopping malls). Now that everyone and their dog has a high quality screen at home, the urge to pay a huge amount of money to go to a theater (especially for a family) must be declining. The price of the concessions alone is astronomical!(Suddenly that awkward talk at the beginning of the movie doesn't seem so misplaced, they really are that desperate for people to go back to the movies!)I'm not sure what the end result is but I think we're going to see a massive reduction in the number of movie theaters (or they're going to have to pivot hard to things like "overflow" seating for live events.) Imax-style massive screens is probably the stop gap, as it provides an epic experience, but even that seems like it's not going to cut it and is it really appropriate for most movies?Interesting times.</blockquote>