Comments on: Movie Makeover in Great Falls?

By: cheryl w

cheryl w — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:08:31 +0000

It’s the cost for me, as well as everything else! We use Netflix, its $9.95 a month for unlimited movies, and you can keep them as long as you want. Sure you have to wait until it’s on DVD, but it’s well worth the wait. Lots of times when we’ve gone to carmike, the popcorn was horrible, from the very bottom of the pan, our drink was more ice than anything, the workers were rude, the bathrooms were nasty, even the theater hadn’t been cleaned, there was garbage on the floor. And lately, they don’t start the movie on time, the past 2 times we’ve gone, we’ve had to go out and ask them to start our movie because it was 1/2 hour past!!

By: ZenPanda

ZenPanda — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:39:45 +0000

It’s the cost for me. $8.50 a person for a movie? I can get the DVD for $15.99 (most of the time)& watch it several times.

Changes or improvements won’t change the fact that it is not cheap to go out to a movie. I miss the $1 theater.

By: MovieMan

MovieMan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:39:31 +0000

The texting keeps me away. I can’t stand to sit there and have phones pop up all over the place as idiots (not just teens, but grown idiots as well) text through the entire movie. It’s incredibly rude and drives me @#$!%! nuts. That’s why I don’t go anymore.

By: LaughingMan

LaughingMan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:32:53 +0000

The situation with the Great Falls theater isn’t exactly an isolated occurrance. Theaters are losing money and can’t afford to hire/train employees or keep up maintenance because fewer people are actually going to theaters nowadays. Why do people choose to ‘wait for the DVD’ or download films?

Because of all of the morons you have to watch the movie with.

I can’t stand going to see movies mostly because of all the people around me ruin the experience. Every time I try to see a movie there’s always guys explaining the plot to their brain-dead girlfriends, people Riffing the movie in the back row, and the stupid asses who have to text and/or Twitter in the middle of a film so that all four of their friends can know: “I AM @ TEH MOVIEZ! NEED 2 BUY MILK ON WAY HOME.”

Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll wait for the DVD or download a video-capture from the internet. Then I can enjoy a movie in the comfort and cost-effectiveness of my own home, rather than spend $20 to ruin clothing, be miserable, and lose even more of my faith in humanity.

Sincerely,
Someone who spent last night reading “A Catcher in the Rye”

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:50:26 +0000

i frequent the theater about once a year. Debating on going to New Moon in the theater or just going to wait for it on DVD. But it sounds like with no ushers it would be quite easy to just walk into whatever show you want to see….

By: AG

AG — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:20:31 +0000

It has been better, but the bar is already so low I’m not sure better is enough. We need a second theater company (AMC, Cinemark, Act III)in town to create some competition. Even a small procrastinator theater or independent film theater would give enough competition for Carmike to start caring. Any other major city in this state has at least one theater with stadium seats, digital capability, passable customer service, and the ability to start a movie on time on the right screen and with sound.