Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television.
Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
Too much TV hurts movies.
Everyone may not go and buy a ticket to watch a movie, but everyone has a television at home. It definitely has a huge reach and a huge connect with the audience.
Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.
The good news is people are watching more video than ever before; they're just watching in places that often aren't rated and aren't monetized.
While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.
You see movie stars advertising all sorts of things today for whatever reason. And it may be that it affords them the luxury to do smaller movies or to go and do a play. Because, otherwise, you have to keep doing movies where you get paid millions and millions of dollars to maintain a certain lifestyle.
Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating.