Man I already told my boss at my school site that come October I don't want to be near anyone because the damn flu is gonna be around... so how the fuck we gonna go back to the movie theater if we gonna have the flu and COVID going around?!!!
AMC Theatres CEO: ‘We’ve Survived the Corona Crisis’, warns that the costs of new safety and cleaning procedures will be “passed on to the consumers.”
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Why is he using past tense? Does he not pay attention to what's going on in his country right now?
Sanitation doesn't mean much if you're sitting in a theater with a bunch of other people breathing the same air for a couple of hours. Are they even requiring masks for the whole time?
AMC is in such a dire situation that I'm not even going to be critical of the floundering and lashing out. Coronavirus ruined them when they had huge loans taken out. They're in some particularly dire straits with their cashflow due to a lot of loan-subsidized renovations and the way they were relying on A-List momentum.
AMC is the big chain that could very likely disappear because of this. Others will pull through but AMC's situation was already dire.
And it's not undeserved due to how their business has been run.
And it's not undeserved due to how their business has been run.
He's stupid for suggesting it is a good time to reopen. But when fewer movies are releasing, less people are going to be going, and any cash they had has been drained beyond belief - yes, of course they need to cover their costs when they can reopen. How are they supposed to survive on slimmer audiences if they don't charge more? I'm open to ideas.
lol Ok? Considering how outrageously overpriced movie theater popcorn has been for several decades now it's already been a "luxury snack" for a very long time. Are milk duds and sour patch kids going to be priced hiked into the "boutique confection" category?
They choosing to open during an on going paramedic despise being told what terrible of idea it is, now they also want to charge people more for opening up soon.
Not just theaters, restaurants too. If they have to operate at 50% capacity, that's their justification for significant price increases. For many it's not affordable anymore, so guess what. Only the rich can enjoy these luxeries. It sucks.
I know AMC gets a lot of hate on resetera and maybe its my 1. love of A-list, one of the best deals ever and 2. working in TV/Movies and my love for the theater experience, but I think the AMC CEO is assuming Tenent is going to open in a month and that will drive people back to the theaters. I really don't think the CEO is stating the virus is gone 100%, but rather they have made it this far and are implementing new safety measures. Whether that gets people back to the theaters...who knows. I just hope movie theaters don't die in general.
I rarely went to the theater before this mess, maybe 2-3 times a year. I can live without them now.
Well, I feel bad for theaters. I love watching movies on the silver screen but that just ain't happening again anytime soon.
As to AMC, I know quality varies from location to location, but the two local AMC's I go to are probably the filthiest, most poorly run theaters around. I'd rather wait for the movie to come to smaller chains that actually clean, care about their customers, and offer better seating and food.
I went back to that same AMC theater months later and guess what. That bathroom was still just as disgusting. And popcorn was all over the theater floors.
So AMC, goodspeed. I hope a new company rises from the ashes after this pandemic and takes their place in my area.
As to AMC, I know quality varies from location to location, but the two local AMC's I go to are probably the filthiest, most poorly run theaters around. I'd rather wait for the movie to come to smaller chains that actually clean, care about their customers, and offer better seating and food.
I've shared this story before, but I think it bares repeating. The last time I went to an AMC with a friend we decided to take a quick restroom break before the movie. My friend went in before me. All the urinals were taken. I see him open a stall and chuckle, and then move onto the next one. I go to move into the stall and the floor and toilet is covered in urine and loose feces. I start sliding toward the toilet and only stop myself by launching my arms out to my sides and grasping the walls. My friend laughs and asks "You touched it, didn't you?".
I went back to that same AMC theater months later and guess what. That bathroom was still just as disgusting. And popcorn was all over the theater floors.
So AMC, goodspeed. I hope a new company rises from the ashes after this pandemic and takes their place in my area.
Tickets here are already $15 or more. They going to raise prices even more? During a recession? Yeah fuck off, I don't need to see movies in the theater that bad.
I have been living under a rock, didn't know Corona Crisis was over, and we survived...wtf?? without power for 26 hours and corona was cured and i missed it..
I was starting to get back into movies since the monthly subscription service was a good deal for me personally. I wouldn't go back now if prices went up during a freaking pandemic or for a time afterwards too.
I don't wanna see any more hygiene theater with disinfectants. I wanna know what air filtration systems they've installed in theaters....
When you have this much money, you no longer own it: it owns you. These CEOs are all showing their asses right now.
in a world where 65" 4k TVs are the most popular choice (https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/5/2...tv-size-65-inch-55-preference-market-research) the "big screen" novelty of theaters really isn't that much of a selling point anymore. Combine that with massively overpriced concessions, increasingly shorter theater to home times and there really just isn't much incentive to continue going to theaters.
This forum sure gets bloodthirsty when it comes to theaters. Why take his comments and twist them disengenuously?
1. This was an investor call. That context is key.
2. When he says we've survived the crisis, he is talking about the company, which had critical debt issues that needed to be addressed. Shares dipped to around $2 and are now back to $4, off from $12 a year ago.
3. Talk of passing the cost of safety and cleaning is the same conversation every single company is forced to have with investors moving forward.
Feel free to keep blasting away. I have no personal love for AMC. Just cut out the bullshit.
1. This was an investor call. That context is key.
2. When he says we've survived the crisis, he is talking about the company, which had critical debt issues that needed to be addressed. Shares dipped to around $2 and are now back to $4, off from $12 a year ago.
3. Talk of passing the cost of safety and cleaning is the same conversation every single company is forced to have with investors moving forward.
Feel free to keep blasting away. I have no personal love for AMC. Just cut out the bullshit.
Even if they "require" it, how in the hell do they enforce it once the lights go dim.
There may not be an answer to that question. If you reopen as normal and have less movies to offer and obviously slimmer audience levels, they may not be able to support themselves with that. But if they increase prices, they may get an even smaller audience level and then they still go under.