Cinemas Showing Old Blockbuster Movies

**Driena** · 19-Jul-12, 03:57 PM

I probably watch 60% of the films that get released at Nu Metro / Ster Kinekor and I'm just wondering wouldn't it be good for the cinemas to bring back blockbuster movies from the past.

I'd love to see movies like Lord of the Rings, Thor on big screen again or old films like The Lion King, Pearl Harbor, Jurassic Park.

Have you known cinemas to do this in the past.

**Blurock** · 19-Jul-12, 04:13 PM

You can always go to Putsonderwater or some small town which still has a bio-scope. They used to show films that were like 3 - 5 years old, or even older!

I have fond memories of small town bios which only showed films on a Saturday night. They used to show trailers, a comic a serial and then the main movie. The film would often break and then there was some whistling and shouting at the operator to fix it. Some times the film did not arrive in time and we had to watch a re-run.

During interval, sweets were sold from a cart and if the queue was too long, you would run down to the cafe and come back breathless, just in time for the main feature.

**adrianh** · 19-Jul-12, 05:12 PM

Download them and watch them on your PC. There ain't no way I'm spending R60 on a ticket to watch a new move, let alone an old movie.

**Blurock** · 19-Jul-12, 08:24 PM

Don't be so stingy. Nothing beats the BIG screen. You can never get into the action even on a TV screen.

As a Discovery member I pay R18 for a ticket. Make it a night out and take the missus for a pizza or even a proper dinner afterwards.

**adrianh** · 19-Jul-12, 08:33 PM

I can't remember when last I went to see a movie. There are 2 things that I hate about going to moies, people making a noise a the volume being too high. Those things annoy me so much that I rather avoid having to deal with it. It's far better to watch a movie in comfort, besides, we see the movies 3-6 months before they go on the local circuit.

**Blurock** · 19-Jul-12, 10:49 PM

Piracy?

**AndyD** · 20-Jul-12, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by Blurock

Piracy?

Not sure I'd call it piracy but the price of movie theatres is definately a rip off.

**Blurock** · 23-Jul-12, 09:02 AM

Who still remembers drive in cinemas where you could take the whole family. Family meals and snacks were packed and eaten at interval if you could wait that long. Kids would have to bath and get into their pyjamas so that dad could just dump them into bed after the show.

Oh yes, and the midnight shows where you took your cherie and parked in the back row...

Before that, there were cafe' bios where you could walk in at any time and watch 2 movies on a continuous loop. Most popular were the cowboy and war movies. For your 20c or 25c you could choose between a soda or an ice cream. Smoking was also allowed, so the school boys would take advantage of the cover of darkness.

**adrianh** · 19-Jul-12, 11:08 PM

R60 a ticket...Extortion?

**murdock** · 23-Jul-12, 07:07 AM

this is something i am trying to understand...like ushaka...you are not allowed to take in your own cooldrinks...yet they charge you R15 for a can of cooldrink...and they wonder why people dont visit...or they have an open day and rip you off...min parking fee of R25...talk about price fixing.

surely if people where smart they would at least make the refreshments a market related price to encourage people to buy "more"...or am i missing something?

one of the projects i worked on i found a market for cooldrinks...sold them a little cheaper than you could get them at a tea room and still made a small fortune...the beuty about it they were sold within 1 hour of collection ever day...if i had the time i would have only sold cooldrinks and made more money out of the cooldrink sales than i was taking home from the project per day after expenses.