Odeon not screening Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

thecremeegg said:
I agree, why they cant just show it in cinemas for say 5 weeks then release it on DVD/Bluray the next month I dont know.
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Because it would send dozens of smaller cinemas into the ground and drastically reduce the profits of larger chains meaning they would probably have to close cinemas, increase ticket costs and reduce over all quality.
 
Cinemas are a joke to begin with. Take 2 adult tickets, factor in some popcorn and you have the price of the film on blu-ray twice over.
Fact is after 5-6 weeks the showing times for films reduce to about one showing a day so the quicker they get it to DVD the better it is for everyone.
 
jamie2497 said:
Cinemas are a joke to begin with. Take 2 adult tickets, factor in some popcorn and you have the price of the film on blu-ray twice over.
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Well yes that would make sense but your not going to the cinema to watch it on some 32" Panasonic with integrated speakers are you? Your paying for the experience and the quality.
 
I enjoy watching a film at the cinema, take Avatar in 3D for example, or the Lord of the Rings or King Kong et al, amazing on the big screen.

I also enjoy watching films at home, chilled out, nice cuppa tea and a bag of Haribo, and the abilty to pause and go for a wee :)

It's just not the same experience at home, You pay for the experience of the cinema as much as anything else.

I'm not sure that shorter running times at the Cinema would be a good thing for the Cinema.

I do hate the wait for some films to come out on DVD though.
 
jamie2497 said:
Cinemas are a joke to begin with. Take 2 adult tickets, factor in some popcorn and you have the price of the film on blu-ray twice over.
Fact is after 5-6 weeks the showing times for films reduce to about one showing a day so the quicker they get it to DVD the better it is for everyone.
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Cineworld has a habit of only showing films for 1-2 weeks. We wanted to see Ninja Assasin. Was only showing for 6 days and they took it off. Meanwhile, avatar was still showing on 6 screens. Disgraceful.
 
Maybe that was because Ninja Assasin wasn't making as much money as Avatar and it made sense to show more of the latter and less of the first.
 
I really don't see the point in this, if Vue and Cineworld stuck to their guns as well, it would make sense. But Odeon standing on their own will just mean they lose revenue and will either have to back down on the next film they do it with or again lose revenue.
 
PhillyDee said:
Cineworld has a habit of only showing films for 1-2 weeks. We wanted to see Ninja Assasin. Was only showing for 6 days and they took it off. Meanwhile, avatar was still showing on 6 screens. Disgraceful.
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Yes disgraceful.. I'm sure it had nothing to do with demand at all. The cinema just knew you wanted to see ninja assassin and stopped playing it for the lolz.
 
Doesnt bother me in the slightest...ill just go watch it at some other cinema where they will hopefully have it playing in 3D...one movie that im really looking forward to as i love Depp and Burton when they get together...they make some pretty surreal movies.
 
I only have an Odeon within thirty minutes of where I live. I have to say that I haven't been that excited about seeing another Tim Burton/Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter movie.

I think it's important for things like this to happen to ensure that no one manages to create a monopoly on any part of the industry, but I can see where both parties are coming from in this case.
 
It's a bit of an awkward situation in that both parties have a point but I don't think 17 weeks is an excessive period of time to keep a film exclusively available to cinemas for. If people want to bootleg it then I rather suspect they'll do it anyway irrespective of an extra month or so - what happens if 12 weeks becomes common, then will excuses be offered that it should be 8 weeks exclusivity only else people will acquire a dodgy copy?

Going to the cinema is not an experience I relish particularly any more, it's overly expensive and a bit inconvenient but I don't think shortening the period of time that films are shown at cinemas will be of any real benefit. Incidentally I'm a lot more likely to just buy the film on DVD than I am to go to the cinema to watch it yet I've got to suffer unskippable messages about stopping piracy - if film/distribution companies sorted that out then I'd be a hell of a lot more interested and even grateful than for them shortening the distance between cinematic release and DVD release.
 
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