Ariadne Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I was checking out the list of movies that I've seen so far this year and was shocked to realise I've only seen six movies that came out this calendar year. So I decided to tally up how many/which movies I see each year. 2011 In Theatres: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Breaking Dawn Part 1 Thor Other: Bridesmaids X-Men: First Class Hanna Plan on seeing: The Hangover Part II Immortals (In Theatres) MI4 (In Theatres) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (In Theatres) The Adjustment Bureau Contagion The Artist (In Theatres) That's shocking really, and I think shows one of the reasons why the box office has been down this year. Personally, there just hasn't been that many movies released that interested me. I'm going to post what movies I saw in 2010 in my next post to compare. Have you seen fewer movies this year than you normally would? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) In cinemas: Fast Five Thor Deathly Hallows Part 2 On Blu-ray: TF3 POTC 4 X-Men FC Rise of the Planet of the Apes Captain America Will see MI4 and SH2 in cinemas. Maybe Tintin and Dragon Tattoo aswell. Edited December 18, 2011 by Magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 TF3 and POTC 4 sucked by the way. So glad I didn't pay to watch them in cinemas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 2010 In Theatres: Eclipse Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I Inception Clash of the Titans Valentine's Day Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief The A-Team Get Him To The Greek Easy A Kick-Ass Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Other: Toy Story 3 Iron Man 2 How To Train Your Dragon True Grit Salt Robin Hood The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Date Night The Book of Eli Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Red Knight and Day The Bounty Hunter Hot Tub Time Machine Daybreakers The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo The Girl Who Played With Fire Plan on seeing: The King's Speech Black Swan The Social Network That's a huge difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 2010. Cinemas: Deathly Hallows Part 1 Inception Iron Man 2 Tron Legacy Dvd/Blu-ray Alice in Wonderland King's Speech Social Network Toy Story 3 How to Train Your Dragon Eclipse I'm just pretty picky generally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoplant Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Too many to list, but so far:2011 - 982010 - 84And 16 more movies I plan to see that came out in 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 2009 In Theatres: Avatar Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince New Moon Star Trek Sherlock Holmes District 9 Other: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Hangover 2012 The Proposal Fast and Furious Taken Inglorious Basterds Couples Retreat Paranormal Activity He's Just Not That Into You The Ugly Truth Up in the Air Zombieland 17 Again My Sister's Keeper Year One Push The Hurt Locker Adventureland An Education The Young Victoria A Single Man The September Issue Yep. 2011 definitely stands out as a year with very few movies that interest me. There are a lot of movies I'm excited about next year though, I definitely think the box office will pick up significantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Too many to list, but so far:2011 - 982010 - 84And 16 more movies I plan to see that came out in 2011.WOW. You go to the theaters a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 2010. Cinemas: Deathly Hallows Part 1 Inception Iron Man 2 Tron Legacy Dvd/Blu-ray Alice in Wonderland King's Speech Social Network Toy Story 3 How to Train Your Dragon Eclipse I'm just pretty picky generally. Looks like your the same as me, but to a lesser degree, fewer movies this year we want to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 Too many to list, but so far:2011 - 982010 - 84And 16 more movies I plan to see that came out in 2011.How many of those did you see at the theatre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoplant Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 How many of those did you see at the theatre?Zero. I don't watch movies in the theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndustriousAngel Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) TangledBlack SwanThe King's SpeechTrue GritRangoPaulThorWater for the ElephantsHannaThe Lincoln LawyerX-Men First ClassSuper 8Rien à déclarerBridesmaidsMidnight in ParisThe DebtTintin (2x)Cave of Forgotten DreamsContagionLordOfTheRings triple showing Edited December 20, 2011 by IndustriousAngel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Last year I saw about 75 movies, and approx 150 times combined. About 70 this year and 100 screenings. Haven't been able to get to my theatre enough, as well as no Toy Story, Dragons or Avatar to watch 5 or more times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 In order of release:RangoBattle: Los AngelesMars Needs MomsThorThe Hangover Part IIKung Fu Panda 2X-Men First ClassGreen LanternTransformers 3Captain AmericaRise of the Planet of the ApesCowboys & AliensThe Lion King ( )And no, I didn't see all of these at the theater, only a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 2010- Inception 3X How to train your dragon knight and day 3x tron legacy true grit despicable me the other guys alice in wonderland sherlock holmes Red the A-team the karate kid 2011- Dh2 thor 2x pirates 4 Captain america cowboys and aliens x-men first class green lantern 2x narnia dawn treader transformers 3 kung fu panda 2 rise of the planet of apes contagion moneyball battle los angeles sherlock holmes 2 apollo 18 adjustment bureau unstoppable super 8 All in theaters and these are only the ones I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 2-3 a month depending on the time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 ThorCAXFCROTPOTATransformersRioTintinPirates 5SH2 in 3 daysAll in theaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 That's shocking really, and I think shows one of the reasons why the box office has been down this year. Personally, there just hasn't been that many movies released that interested me. I'm going to post what movies I saw in 2010 in my next post to compare. Have you seen fewer movies this year than you normally would? There's an entire sub-forum called "My Favourite Things" or something for this. There aren't any discussion or comparison threads though so I guess this could function as one. However the main reason I want to comment is the bold part. Like many, many points I make, I don't intend to target the poster I am quoting. It's just, personally, after a certain while I get sick of hearing the same old naivety or point or defense or whatever again and again and again. So, no, just because you, personally, weren't interested in many movies does not mean it applies to everyone and definitely does not mean anything in relation to why the box office was down. For the millionth time I'll say that quality plays an almost insignificant factor since the number of good movie to bad movies in terms of reviews seems to be nearly constant year upon year. It changes personally because the movies that are getting those reviews differ and of course tastes differ. Many last year in 2010 were crowing about how the year would suck because it didn't have all the obvious must-sees and blockbusters. But by the end, or by this year, or even by having seen trailers or movies, they change their tune and go harp on another year. The irony is that people almost entirely makeup their list of sequels or franchise movies claiming that nothing else is worth seeing. I find this a joke because the only reason there's a sequel is because a movie you couldn't care about preceded it. 2011 was seen to be the saviour of 2010's doldrums and a great year because it had so many franchise movies people were crooning about beforehand. Short-sighted, much? There was also a sentiment of why 2010 was sucky and why 2012 would be because of course in both those years there were less franchise movies. The eyeroll worthiness of these statements goes off the meter. In fact that could be singlehandedly the most annoying type of comment on movie boards besides being a hypocrite, which may really go hand in hand. Now of course, by the end of the year, and knowing all the previously unquantifiable, people naturally start again with 2012 looks great 2013 does not simply because of the presence of franchises once more. I personally thought 2010 looked on paper more interesting and varied than 2011 and whilst the movies I thought could be mostly disappointed, the ones in 2011 didn't exactly live up either, yes, even when critics say Captain America was great because it was a pathetic excuse for a movie. Now 2012, also looked better but now after enduring another year of succumbing to my feelings over rational thought and watching the sorry states of Cowboys & Aliens and Cars 2, I'm being a lot more selective and so, no, it doesn't look like the box office will improve much just because there's the Hobbit, Dark Knight Rises or the Avengers. Or there's the final Twilight movie, the Hunger Games or James Bond. Just looking at the performance and the genre and quality of the movies that underperformed this year we can already make comparisons to next year and when you do so, you really wonder why at all people would turn up next year for product that no one asked for already or do nothing to stand out from this year's releases. If it's the same, and it mostly is, with the economy still in the shitter (the real reason why attendance is down) then why should anything change? As I've previously said in the Recession 2.0 thread, dissecting the Jan/Feb movies and many others makes one wonder why they would succeed if sequels this year in general underperformed massively and when niche and just plain "Why do I need to see this?" flicks did as well. People aren't going to come out for sequels to movies whose original's reception was worse than those this year and they certainly won't just spike attendance up just because it's a new year. I'd like to say that if the movies are good people will come, but is that true? Just look at this past December. Look at the terrible flicks that do well. I guess you could say though that the box office will do well if the number of must-see movies for each demographic is at its highest and they coincide in the given time period. Nota bene; I'm trying to apply logic to box office which can be very futile at times, for all I know everything could be a hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 ^Wow, that's a long post and I don't know if this thread is the place to dissect the current box office downturn.Obviously, the economy plays a big part - but I believe quality does too. People aren't going to part with their hard-earned cash unless a movie is a must-see for them. I think there is a definite quality-to-price discrepancy in the market today. Which is why this year has been so bad - most people would have to really want to see a movie in theatres to pay the high entrance fees, otherwise you can just wait a few months and see the movie for a lot less. It's worse for families - the cost of taking a family of four or five to see a kid's movies, plus popcorn/drinks is getting ridiculous - it's way cheaper just to buy the DVD when it comes out - and the kid's can watch it whenever they want.Personally, money isn't an issue, but even I balk at the $15 cost of a normal adult ticket (around $12 US). There were very few movies that came out this year that I wanted to see so much that I would pay that (+ $4 for a small drink). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 About 10 this year in the theaters, plus about 50 at home. Not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...