• ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl
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    20 hours ago

    Good. I took my wife and kid to a movie the other night and spent $150 for stale popcorn, shitty candy and a few sodas plus movie tickets. “nO oNE gOEs tO MOVie tHeATrEs ANyMoRE!!!”

    Yeah no shit I wonder why?

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah I called bullshit that you got stale popcorn. Considering how fast movie theaters go through popcorn. And if you’re spending $150 then you’re doing something wrong. I mean that means that you spent about 50 bucks per person since it was only three of you. I see in another comment that you mentioned it was $32 each for movie tickets and you’re in New york. I mean that’s simply the case here is that you live someplace that’s very expensive to do anything. And you chose to go to a movie theater that charges quite a bit. You could simply do something like a movie club like Cinemark or AMC’s movie club or something like that which is a whole lot less per month you get free movie tickets and you get discounts on everything. I go to the movies three or four times a month and even with a family of four I typically won’t spend more than $100 in my area. And that’s usually buying the most expensive tickets as well which are usually like IMAX and d-box tickets etc.

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        4 hours ago

        About $32 for tickets

        Holy shit, where?? The Jack Loeks sold tickets in 2000 for five bucks. You only needed one bucket of popcorn because it was bottomless. I never bought candy but I assume for whatever reason your region inflated those prices too.

    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 hours ago

      Rookie mistake. The movies are still pretty affordable if you plan it right. Go to a matinee or special pricing days. Smuggle in your snacks and drinks. Hell, I’ve walked in with a whole ass fast food meal before.

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        4 hours ago

        I feel like the employees at many theaters these days just don’t care if you bring in your own food.

        My wife and I also occasionally see imax movies at a theater that’s part of a furniture store. The store also has an ice cream shop & burger restaurant. That theater is more than happy to let you bring in food from those places.

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      19 hours ago

      You need a better theater.

      And you realise you chose to buy that stuff, right?
      Do you need popcorn and candy?
      When I was growing up, and even into adult hood, never bought theater food. Not until I found a theater that has real meals and and their own craft beers.

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      20 hours ago

      I’m genuinely dumbfounded that you even managed to spend that much at the movies.

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        16 hours ago

        Its $10 for a damn soda, and has been for 20+ years (which is about when I stopped going to the theater for the most part).

        Eaay to do with 4 people. I have no idea what tickets cost these days.

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          16 hours ago

          Y’all don’t sneak in snacks? It’s cold out and it’s easy to sneak in soda bottles in a jacket. I snuck in a KFC meal in my jacket to watch Avengers Endgame.