What are you even arguing? This conversation is too stupid to continue. Goodbye.

Jesus Christ. I'm not saying it, I'm relaying the rationale being discussed by (in this case) one of these Democrats, which the article doesn't even attempt to do.

This was New York, but I worked at a movie theater in the Midwest a couple years prior to that and it wasn't that far off. As I recall our matinees were $4.50 and our evening shows were like $7.50 or something (adult tickets). So that's around $25 for a family of four. People would buy multiple large popcorns even though they were refillable just so they didn't have to leave the theater. Back then nearly everyone stopped by the concessions stand on the way in.

Regardless of a $1-2 difference in ticket prices, the concessions prices are pretty accurate from my experience.

In 2000 the outing you described would be a little over $60 in New York (only source I can find quickly; assumptions: 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 large popcorns, 4 candies, 4 sodas). About $32 for tickets, $10 for popcorn, $12 for candy, $10-12 for sodas. [1]

Assuming my assumptions are roughly correct, that's still about $115-120 with inflation. However that means prices have increased 25-30%. The adult ticket price for Zootopia 2 for my area is $24 for an evening showing, which is about 30% over inflation. I expect the same general trend for concessions as well. Mostly this is to pay a bigger and bigger cut to studios.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/04/nyregion/survey-finds-snacks-driving-up-movie-costs.html

Edit: And instantly down voted for trying to add to the conversation. Maybe I just need to stop posting on Lemmy completely. This place has gotten a lot less friendly since I first joined (not my first handle).

Probably not worth the risk of Hollywood trying to ruin your life if word gets around

I think you misread the post you're replying to

I've never seen either of them but you could maybe start by not citing a movie from 20 years ago

What a slanted hit piece this is. These Democrats are suggesting sunsetting provisions that protect social media platforms from being responsible for what their users post in order to rein in propaganda, electoral manipulation, and online fentanyl sales.

I think it's misguided to sunset it entirely rather than revise it, but to paint it as Democrats seeking to censor LGBT content is completely ridiculous. You can tell how slanted this is because the author made no attempt to get a quote from any of the Democrats it's going after, does not quote them from any other context, and doesn't spend any real time even explaining their reasoning.

Demand refunds. Bring lawsuits.

No one wants a job managing a state's energy sector badly enough to commit fraud unless their goal is either corruption or getting a lucrative lobbying job after elected office.

This is so vague as to be meaningless. Name a couple movies that you think fit this definition

Edit: Sorry down voters, I guess I didn't realize I stumbled into Facebook.

Edit 2: The post title is "Not sure if I'm just old and bitter now or movies have gotten worse." This implies recency, not movies you disliked from 20-40 years ago.

On a related note, literally everything Kushner does raises ethical questions.

You mean the part about starting a world war to "prevent further escalation"? Eh, I know people are just blowing off steam.