Kinda like current US policy rejecting cheap, renewable energy in favor of more expensive fossil fuels.
Like the oscars seem to pertain to films, and the emmys pertain to television.
Why shouldn't there be additional categories of awards? let the oscars be for "big screen films" and have an additional "streaming video" awards. Maybe "oscars online" or some other name.
> “Kids and preteens,” a recent National Research Group report concluded, “have been the driving force behind many of the biggest theatrical success stories of the past three years.”
> The kids and preteens in the youngest generation have grown up with the ability to watch any movie on any device anytime and anywhere they desire. As it turns out, the place they really want to watch movies is the theater.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/wicked-zootopia-pg-movies...
It really is better seeing a movie in the theater. And I hope the next generation are coming back around to that.
Properly controlled lighting, no ambient noises from your home or neighbors, everyone watching is required to not pull their damn phone out (on penalty of being banned), surround sound and sound treatment (the vast majority of home setups do no have adequate sound systems)...it's no contest. Watching movies at home is not comparable.
There was a time where people would go to the theater and then text, chat etc. In my experience that is rare now because those types of people just don’t go to the theater anymore. It’s expensive and less convenient than watching at home. Generally speaking, I have found that the people in a movie theater today really want to be there, and are well behaved.
I don't particularly enjoy hearing other people eat. Although I suppose most movies are not exactly cerebral enough that you have to concentrate.
From the same guy who allowed Avatar to be released 12 years later so it could retake the top spot from Avengers Endgame. (to be fair, that movie had a small rerelease itself to gain that top spot)
I’ve seen a bunch of old movies in theaters and it’s great. I wish more movies had 2nd or 3rd runs in theaters.
That may not outweigh the rest of the problems with theaters: the price of tickets, the cost of concessions, the noise, the inconvenient times, not being able to pause, etc. But if there was one movie that benefitted specifically from being seen in a theater, it was Avatar.
If theatres pivoted to competing first on format rather than exclusive access to recent releases, and managed to do well in that regime, I'm sure Netflix and other new media would be more than happy to indulge. Seems unlikely, though, doesn't it? The demand exists but I would be surprised if it was a quarter the size.
randycupertino•2mo ago
> Belloni: You don’t think they should be allowed to compete for Oscars?
> Cameron: They should be allowed to compete if they put the movie out for a meaningful release in 2,000 theaters for a month.
jfengel•2mo ago