9. Ticket Prices
Two please. How much? For two? Really? Even for matinee? Nevermind. Redbox it is. Like everything else, ticket prices have been steadily climbing every year. In 2002, the average ticket price was $5.81. In 2011, the average ticket price was just below $8 at $7.93. Here in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, we're shelling out $12 bucks for a flick. Close to $15 for 3D. And Hollywood wonders why the box office has been under-performing. No one wants to pay that much money to watch a movie. We do anyway, but reluctantly. Very, very reluctantly. There are more bad movies than good ones released every year, if all released movies were decent, the Academy would at least give out a participation ribbon to everyone. It's bad enough to watch a crappy movie, but when we have to hand over more than $10 to watch it, that's adding insult to injury. With the advent of internet streaming, people now have a choice of how to watch a movie. We can watch in the comforts of home on our television, laptop, tablet, or even phone. Unfortunately, Hollywood has not made the most appealing option available yet. The option of streaming a film, playing in theaters, at home. And if this option does become available, it ain't gonna be cheap. A vast amount of people would no longer go to the theaters, rendering many of them obsolete. People would crowd around the ol' HDTV and rejoice about how they don't have to buy tickets or overpriced popcorn anymore. Ain't life grand? Well, Hollywood's not a slouch when it comes to money. They're going to squeeze you for what it's worth, so every time you pay to watch a movie, it hurts. The result is that the public is far more picky when it comes to going out to the theater. It has to be worth the price of admission. Hence explosions, sex, violence, and the like, leading to our next reason...