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Where do you go to see movies?
The closing of the Showcase Cinemas at the Cincinnati Mall (formerly Cincinnati Mills and the Forest Fair Mall has caused quite a stir among the readers of our Web sites. Such a stir makes me wonder:
Where DO you go to see movies?
I’m particularly interested in whether you go the local theaters near you or if you drive to one of the bigger chains. For instance, I’ve heard a lot of people say that they will pass up the Danbarry in Middletown for the Rave in West Chester or the Showcase Cinemas in Springdale or near the Dayton Mall.
What about the Kerasotes in Hamilton? Do Hamiltonians go there or do you drive elsewhere too?
Before I turn the floor over to you, I would like to address the notion that movie theaters are going to die. That always comes up when a theater closes, and I never buy it.
Why not? Because they said newspapers would go away when the radio came along. Then they said radio would go away when TV came along. They’re saying everything will go away now that the Internet is in full force. Guess what? Hasn’t happened, and I don’t think it’s going to. These media will CHANGE, no doubt, but they’re not going to go away completely. After all, how can you argue that movie theaters are going away when Avatar has made $700 million and counting?
So where do you go to movies? Do you go to the local theaters? And do you believe movie theaters are on their way out?
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By Michelle
March 3, 2010 2:01 PM | Link to this
It depends. If I’m taking the kids I will go to Kerasotes in Hamilton since it’s only $5 and the last showing before six is usually only $3.50. But you get what you pay for, torn and dirty screens, sticky floors, and uncomfy seats. If it’s date night or a 3D movie then we will go to Rave, it’s the best place to see a movie for sure but my wallet does cry a little.
By Sarah
March 4, 2010 9:26 AM | Link to this
Big-screen blockbusters and movied in 3D: Springdale Lux (for some reason I never think of West Chester). Independent films, foreign films and other harder-to-find things: Esquire Theatre. The average run-of-the-mill romantic comedy or whatever has a very wide release but doesn’t need a “theatrical experience”: The Princess Theatre in Oxford (rarely) or the Kerasotes theatres in Hamilton, because it’s cheaper, there’s a shorter drive, and Kerasotes has free popcorn on Tuesdays.
By mdizzie
March 5, 2010 12:42 AM | Link to this
The only movies I have actually gone to pay and see where Batman or the Black Knight, 300- I was one of 6 girls out of about…. 500 men there and thats about it. I will not pay 50 bucks to see a movie that I can find FOR FREE online. Megavideo is my movie theater and its FREE! Movie theaters are a dying breed but what do you expect? I can find any movie online, any television show, for free. Give me time and I can find it for you in a good quality, for FREE.