In Kansaas City now adult movies are $10, 3 D $13, and Imax $16. That is crazy! For less than the cost of 2 people going to the movie, you can just buy the DVD when it comes out.

Hubby and I haven't been to the movies in over ten years! I would much rather sit on my comfy couch with my legs kicked up, eating fresh buttered popcorn and watch a movie at home!

Yeah I'd rather just buy it too, hate the sound level at the theater, thoguh I do still go to the drive in sometimes, watched the last Xmen at the drive in and before that went to a dusk to dawn special which was cool except one of the movies was some mily cyrus movie

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We rarely go to the movies either. When we do go, it'sI always to a discounted showing. There is a theater that offers a twilight special every day from 4-6. That theater and another also have a Tuesday all day and night special. I think we pay $6 rather than $10.50.3-D is extra.

Wow. Ten dollars seems so much for a movie. I never go to movies after 6pm, so I am not sure what the nightly rate is, but it is $7.75 for a twilight movie (which I think is too high). We usually go to the cheap theater, which features movies that have been playing a while, and it runs around $3-$4 per person.

Then there's always Redbox................the best bargain in town!

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I am disappointed with the rise in movie prices.

We love the whole movie theater experience. Watching a movie on tv is simply not the same as seeing it in a theater.

We have been only a handful of times in the past 10 years. Then, only on a military discount, or with free passes I've gotten from a manufacturer rebate type offer where I get the tickets totally free or for a few cents.

For about a year, we've done Netflix which is just under $10 per month. You select via computer, they send, they pay postage both ways. I am very impressed with their turn around, they don't muffle at all. Yes, I know, it's not current movies, but I don't care about that.

dl

They are just shooting themselves in the foot. This across the board price increase will just drive up business for Netflix and PPV.

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What I mind even more than the movie price increases, is the moronic 'health' drive by busybodies that don't want anybody else to enjoy any food that doesn't meet with their approval. In addition to the big fast food chains, our local theater manager is under fire by these health nuts and he gave out little questionnaires asking theater patrons if he should stop selling buttered popcorn and offer healthier options instead for the sake of children. I lost respect for him for even considering caving in to their demands. I would have told them to go ahead and boycott but if they blocked trafffic to my business or interfered with my customers in any way, I'd have them arrested.

I filled out the paper and told him I was surprised that he felt the need to ask since buttered popcorn is his biggest seller. I told him it was fine to offer healthier options to these people that can't parent their own children and need somebody else to do it for them but since I don't need his help, if buttered popcorn leaves the menu, my family won't come to his theater anymore. I'm an adult and I like to eat buttered popcorn during a film. If I can't get it from him, I'll get it elsewhere, which will leave him having to cave in to the latest demand of his new patrons just to stay in business because his old patrons will be gone.

I think it's disgusting that these people can't handle their own family and keep tring to make things easier for themselves by removing temptation instead of addressing THEIR problem. They would rather ruin going to the movies for other people instead of developing the guts to set dietary rules for their children and enforce them.

I would love everyone's opinions and experiences on Netflix. We are considering doing it. I also would like to know if you have to do an monthly auto payment or if you can pay the bill each month. I don't go for any auto payments and will only do things I can pay myself. I have heard it takes a long time to get the latest movies you want to see and instead get what they choose to send you. Is that true?
TIA!

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No, it's not true. I and most of my friends have been using Netflix for years and they send only what we request and they send it promptly. It usually takes two days for them to receive my DVD and for me to receive a new one but I'm near a distribution center so three days seems to be the average. I'm really impressed with how fast they are. If I mail them back my DVD on Monday, I have a new one on Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on whether I mailed mine in the morning or afternoon.

You can purchase yearly (or shorter) gift subscription and enter the code yourself and since you've prepaid, you won't be charged until your time runs out. You can remove your credit card information or simply set your account subscription to suit yourself, even pausing your subscription for vacations so that the time you're gone doesn't count against your subscription. You can even pause and resume months later if there aren't any movies you want to see right now. Netflix has made controlling your account very easy and I've never had a problem or known anyone who has.

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We have been using Netflix for almost a year. Their turnaround time is great. It can be hard to get a movie if it just came out on video, but I can wait. You set up a queue of movies you want to watch. They send out the 1st available on the list when they get your returned one . The turnaround time is usually 3 days for us(we mail, they get & mail, we receive new one). I'm not sure about being able to get a bill every month. I just use my credit card to pay monthly.
We had friends who used to use Netflix, but because of job loss had to cancel their account. They didn't have any problems canceling.
We had 2 dvd's that came to us scratched and wouldn't play. I let them know online about it . When they received the damaged ones sent right out a replacement.
So far I only have good things to say.
HTH,
Judy
p.s we do the one where we can have 2 dvd's out at the same time

Thank you! I am going to look into it tonight.

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see post #7 above.

dl

A.) I second what deddlast said
B.) We use Blockbuster online - the advantages for us over Netflix are that we can exchange stuff for free at the local store w/out having to wait for whatever is next on our list and they have been great about sending/handing out freebie coupons both online and irl.

We stick with Netflix too. We probably go to the movies 4 times per year -- when we think a big screen will make a big difference. We used to split a large popcorn, but last time we went it was $8.00, so we don't that anymore!

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- Stephen Colbert.

I am definitely going to talk to DH about it tonight when he gets home from fishing.

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