Comments on Would You Pay $35 to See a Movie?

Hell no.

How about if they showed good movies? That would be nice. Oh, wait -- there aren't any.

Dude, the Arclight in LA is pretty "luxury" and A) it doesn't keep the a**holes out and B) it's still not $35!! $35 is insane.

If they had light rail to it.

Oh, wait, Bellevue - suuuure.

Not unless that $35 ticket includes a cocktail lounge with an open bar. Doesn't look like it does. "Moviegoers will have to pay extra for any food they order, however."

I foresee people with the "as a matter of fact, YES, I do own the road" attitude showing up. For $35, you should be able to take a dump off the balcony.

I want only the finest of service and amenities when I watch Drillbit Taylor.

The fatal flaw:

Anyone who can afford to go to a theatre like this on a regular basis can afford to have a theatre in their mansion.

I'd pay $35 to watch that theater burned to the ground.

This seems like the only likely future for theater-going, in an age when most movies are available online well before release to the big screen. The trend toward gimmickry like IMAX or Cinerama size screens, digital projection and 3D effects to make going to see a movie an even-more ridiculously priced "event" will continue as well.

Only if it was by that Canadian couple behind "Who Needs a Movie?"

There already are theaters with cocktail lounges, upscale food, stadium seating with wonderfully comfortable seats and, at two in Dallas, even valet parking (at least the developments they are in have valet but it comes to the same thing). And they charge $10.

No way. Never, never, never. I have a full bar and spacious seating right here at home. The price is right too. I also can't imagine having servers coming in throughout the movie. I honestly don't know anyone who would spend that kind of money on a movie --and I live on the east side.

Let's see: $35 to see a movie that I may like in a comfortable theater or $20 to buy that same movie on DVD to watch in the comfort of my own home without dealing with the usual asshats. Or $10 if I wait for it to appear in the used bins. Or renting it somewhere.

I'll stay home thanks.

I have reclining seats and cocktails in my home for free. Also, I have a parking spot. Also, it's not in fucking Redmond.

um, i already go to The Big Picture (in Seattle, although i hear the Redmond branch is nice). why would i pay three times as much for almost the same experience?

I would probably go once in while if it were someplace less hellish then Redmond.

They are talking about putting one in a Chicago suburbs too. The thing that's crazy is that everything is extra - valet, concierge, food, drink. So, what are you getting, other than a comfier seat? Maybe the theory is that if you're going to a $35 movie, you won't have to mix with the riff-raff.

There's already at least one movie theatre in my area that I know of that has a bar/lounge in the complex. And the price is not higher than other theatres...

Fuuuuck that shit. $35 should come with a screening, a DVD to take home, a photo of you enjoying the film, a ticket to Universal Studios, and a hand job.

No, I wouldn't, for the same reason I don't pay for first class plane tickets. Peripheral luxuries or not, all you're doing is watching a movie. I can do that at home for the cost of Netflix or any other video rental, and whatever food items I elect to buy (at a much lower cost) at the supermarket.

I'd much rather go to Central Cinema.

Will they have a suitable climate control system? Every time I see a movie I have to dress like I'm going camping so that I don't freeze to death.

@12 wins.

didn't anyone tell these geniuses that we are quickly heading into a recession? the first thing to go, let alone be adopted in the first place, is a $35 per movie ticket. and as someone else mentioned, any robber-baron types who are living large in the coming economic winter already have a private movie theater in their own sprawling mansion.

This will not work. Someone tried a first run movie theater with inexpensive seats and super pricey food, and it failed quickly. The Central Cinema succeeds thanks to good food at a good price and a quirky lineup.

Let me be the first self-identified Eastsider to say "Blerghghghghghghghfuckno" while spontaneously combusting.

Please dear Jebus, don't let them build anything so transparently Republican in Issaquah. Ever.

With the ever growing affordability of flat screen High Dev tv's why not invest in one of those and sit in your damn comfy chair?

I have all those amenities in my living room already. So I'll stay home, enjoy my cocktails in a reclining seat while watching a film, and spend the $35 on weed instead. It's a win-win.

What #21 said.

Plus at home I can get baked.

For $35 you can get a ticket to The Legitimate Theatre, i.e. a live play.

The Bear's Tooth in AK has two restaurant's, a full food serving counter, fresh local brewed beer on tap and they took out every other row to facilitate tables. They show second run movies and its friggin genius. General tix are $3, reserved seating for $5.

Hello.

I MIGHT pay $35 if my deeply padded Corinthian-leather Lazy-Boy recliner seat comes with multiple massage settings, and a control-panel that allows me to taser any asshole who talks up during the movie.

And it has to come with a "trucker's friend" so I don't have to get up and go pee after downing that $20 128-ounce Diet Coke.

Hmmm.
Home: my liquor, my toilet, no kids, no strangers, no need to hide my liquor from ushers (and no ushers). Fully stocked kitchen, Netflix, my bong, ability to pause the movie to use my bathroom.

Yeah, home wins again. Why didn't they just put this in downtown Bellevue? I'm sure Kemper Freeman would endorse it-- it's made for keeping the poors out.

Asking a bunch of low-income, crappy-apartment-dwelling Seattlites if they would patronize a tony overpriced movie theater in the suburbs? Yeah, that's not going to get any predictable results?

I have all that stuff at home AND I can stop the movie to get more popcorn or hit the bathroom without missing a second of the action. Plus if the movie sucks I am only out the rental fee.

I understand the desire to go to movie with people who actually want to watch the film, but paying $35 to do it?!?

I prefer Central Cinema here or the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin.