Mystery Movie Desperation?
Added 2024-09-07 14:34:36 +0000 UTCI just noticed this on the site for our biggest movie theater chain here in Wisconsin, Marcus Theaters. Something called "Marcus Mystery Movie" sure, some asshole thought this was a clever idea because of the alliterative title, but is it? Would you really get into the concept of going to a theater, PAYING, then sitting down to see a movie you might hate? Seen before a dozen times? Don't care to see? or the least likely scenario "oh! I've always wanted to see this movie!" I mean surprises are fun, yes. But this? I don't know. Kind of like mystery dinner at a restaurant. You're either in the mood for something or not. They do have the rating listed so you don't bring kids etc... but this idea is worse that making large passenger airships that are filled with highly explosive and flammable gas.
WHAT DO YOU THINK!?!?!?!!?!?!? Am I a humbug for thinking this is a stupid idea that only 2 confused or lonely elderly people will show up to?
Comments
Yes, 'chocolate ice cream'. That's what it is.
Jeremy _
2024-09-14 08:25:02 +0000 UTCRich Evans never stopped growing after adolesence. It's sort of variant Benjamin Button thing.
Jeremy _
2024-09-14 08:23:42 +0000 UTCI at least need to know the genre!! "Mystery Horror Movie" or "Mystery Sci Fi Movie" makes more sense to me. But I'm not a very spontaneous person so idk
Diane Harten
2024-09-10 00:49:24 +0000 UTCIt's a fun idea that presumes that the people who would be buying into it have more free time than they actually do.
Michael Nuccio
2024-09-09 23:45:18 +0000 UTCHave you never been to an orgy? Half the fun is not knowing where you donger is going. Just close your eyes and go with the flow man. Not all adventures are fun and predictable. Got to add a little danger and mystery to your life. Just get a some Henny and some plan B, and have a blast or two. Movies are great.
Miles Long
2024-09-09 21:40:52 +0000 UTCSing Sing is amazing
Zachary Marsh
2024-09-09 12:32:39 +0000 UTCSo these mystery movies are simply early screenings of unreleased movies. I’ve seen some gems like Talk To Me this way. The one happening tonight is allegedly going to be a movie from Sundance called “My Old Ass” starring Aubrey Plaza. I actually went to an early screening of this already and really enjoyed it.
Zachary Marsh
2024-09-09 12:31:41 +0000 UTCIf you made this an impromptu RLM fans guerrilla meet up at this show, you'd pack the theater. Marcus should pay you to do that! 😄
Mr. Derek Magnuson
2024-09-09 09:09:38 +0000 UTCIt would be a wonderful follow up video to "Beyond the Black Void: The Death of Movie Theaters"! 😄
Mr. Derek Magnuson
2024-09-09 08:55:16 +0000 UTCRegal Cinemas is doing a similar thing literally the same day (9/9) which is also alliterative "Monday Mystery Movie". But it's not for random movies, it's basically an early screening of an unreleased movie. But based on the rating and runtime (and some sleuthing on IMDB) you could kind of narrow it down to what movie it is.
Mr. Derek Magnuson
2024-09-09 08:42:23 +0000 UTCIsn’t this Black Spine Edition?
andrew
2024-09-09 03:00:22 +0000 UTCAccording to IMDB, Rich Evans is still alive. And apparently 6’7” tall. Mike and Jay must be giants.
Mike St Louis
2024-09-08 22:23:40 +0000 UTCnever discount the stupid shit zoomers will fall for
horacefarbuckle
2024-09-08 22:14:38 +0000 UTCI mean you guys have talked it about at length, the movie theater model has to change if it's gonna survive. "Event" screenings and gimmicks like this to create a new reason or occasion for someone to go to the theater is a solid idea. This is essentially the same process as a no-label black spine, and some people might find that a fun idea for a night out.
MeleeDuck
2024-09-08 21:39:18 +0000 UTCI know bookstores will do blind date with a book type things where the books are wrapped up so you don’t know what you’re getting until you’ve brought it home, but they normally also include stuff like genre and similar books so that you at least have a sense what you’re getting into. But this? This is madness. Absolutely no information??
Aurora H.
2024-09-08 21:08:17 +0000 UTCMike, Jay, and Rich should each go see a mystery movie and then do a mini HitB about the experience. I'd watch it.
Travis Jacobson
2024-09-08 17:00:20 +0000 UTCAre you just mad that someone else found a way to monetize watching random movies?? (Kidding, kidding)
Travis Jacobson
2024-09-08 16:58:31 +0000 UTCShouts out to the organ player! I spent most of my 20s in RVA. Not a bad place to live.
Travis Jacobson
2024-09-08 16:55:23 +0000 UTCIt’s a good gimmick, but I think it’d only work on me once. How can I trust that they won’t just play Boarderlands every time I fall for the gimmick? Plus, at my local theatre, there’s a points system so I don’t really pay for movies anymore. There’s no harm in walking out anymore…I’m not really sure how they’re still open hahaha
Niko Ketsilis
2024-09-08 15:46:08 +0000 UTCThat's probably a good way to do it.
Robbie Koble
2024-09-08 14:28:05 +0000 UTC"Two confused elderly people". Mike and Rich?
TooterFishPopkin
2024-09-08 14:06:39 +0000 UTCCineworld cinemas in the UK run a semi-regular series of preview screenings for their members, who pay a monthly subscription which allows them to see as many films as they want. Usually the title is known in advance but every year or so there is a "surprise screening" where the title is not announced. The rating is always advertised as "15", as in no under 15s allowed, but that means that the actual film could be rated 15 or any of the younger ratings that exist. It's reasonably popular and the ones I've seen include Molly's Game, Green Book and Incredibles 2. That said, it is free to members and not available to non-members, meaning that nobody is paying any extra to see it, and you know it is a movie that will be getting a release pretty soon, so if it does turn out to be good, you get the bragging rights of having seen it early. If this thing genuinely could be any film from the entire history of cinema, then that does indeed sound insane. Also, on most of the occasions I have been to a secret screening, at least a handful of people just got up and left when the title card appeared, but at least they didn't lose five bucks by doing that.
Richard Hart
2024-09-08 13:39:11 +0000 UTCThe independent theater near us in the UK has been doing this once a month for years, it always sells out. Tickets are like £2 and there are no ads or trailers before the film starts. We've been twice, first time it was The Wrestler which we hadnt seen so that was neat, second time it was The Predator which obviously we had seen, but it was cool to see if on a proper screen again. Seems like they only pick acclaimed recent titles or classics.
Alex winterton
2024-09-08 11:58:11 +0000 UTCBaby's day out? Again?!
James
2024-09-08 09:35:21 +0000 UTCAt least when you order omakase you know the sushi chef is going to give you the best rolls he can think of. And you're going to have multiple so you won't hate them all. I would watch David Lynch triple feature omakase. That might be incredible.
Matt Herlihy
2024-09-08 06:51:07 +0000 UTCI work at a Regal and they've been doing it for a couple years. They tend to draw a crowd.
kosmickrab
2024-09-08 06:42:20 +0000 UTCIn Germany we had something called Sneak Preview for decades. It's always a new movie but you never know what it is. Sometimes it's a huge blockbuster, sometimes a hidden gem like The Host and sometimes some obscure Thai movie like Born to Fight. Kinda fun, though.
JacobDeZoet
2024-09-08 06:33:53 +0000 UTCCat in the Bag: Marcus Mystery Movie
Marvin Falz
2024-09-08 06:22:43 +0000 UTCSmells like desperation to me. Anyway, when I go to my local theater, I get enough thrills from being randomly assigned to the room with the giant chocolate ice cream stain on the screen that nobody bothered to remove in 3 years. Truly cinematic!
Amy P
2024-09-08 03:28:58 +0000 UTCAMC does this. I've only been able to go to one, and it turned out to be Sing Sing. Absolutely phenominal movie. Do not regret at all.
Jeremiah Sullivan
2024-09-08 02:35:34 +0000 UTCI think if you have a friend or 2 to go with that are into it, this would be a pretty fun night.
Bokthand
2024-09-08 01:24:01 +0000 UTCDumb. I'd take a random movie from a curated list WotW style... The actual spin takes place live AFTER the previews. No refunds.
The Real Zam
2024-09-08 01:01:33 +0000 UTCThis is the horror of Greg Marcus. Where I live Marcus is the only choice, and Greg is our overlord. He's gone mad with power.
Andrew-b
2024-09-08 00:40:46 +0000 UTCI would have to fly 17 hours and 15 minutes to get there, save me a seat!
Joan
2024-09-07 23:38:48 +0000 UTConly 5 of the 6 chambers are loaded
Tom McGraw
2024-09-07 23:37:04 +0000 UTCMake tickets $5 and it could be fun. I'm sad that I had to make it $5 when I used to go $1 at the Byrd Movie theater in Richmond VA
Generico Johnson
2024-09-07 23:05:22 +0000 UTCIt's an interesting idea but...nah. If I go through the trouble of making an evening out of something, I'd like to know what I'm getting into. If I was at home and on a whim, decided to use this feature on a streaming service, sure.
Javier Mancilla
2024-09-07 22:51:55 +0000 UTCThey're just trying to trick you into watching Borderlands again.
Amazing Spidergram
2024-09-07 22:23:29 +0000 UTCFinally, the 93 minute cut of nukie
Tuzi
2024-09-07 21:53:00 +0000 UTCBig puffy seats that recline. I can’t believe how often I went to theaters in the 90s when I look back and remember those atrocious fold-down seats with ONE cup holder per two seats. Sheesh.
Kayla Iacovino
2024-09-07 21:22:06 +0000 UTCI have a feeling RLM are the ones behind this and are worried no one will come so are testing the waters. Fucking duh all of us would come to this! Loving everyone who says they would not absolutely come to this. Folks, you watch Best of the Worst. Let’s be honest with ourselves please.
Kayla Iacovino
2024-09-07 21:20:23 +0000 UTCI'm a sucker for mystery anything and if my local theater offered this I'd be all over it. As it is I'd have to drive an hour out to a Regal, and even at a discount I'd end up paying a higher ticket price there. That's what stops me.
Brittany Davis
2024-09-07 21:11:22 +0000 UTCI think most of the comments misunderstand the concept. It's definitely NOT like black spine because these are distributed movies that I'm sure they have to pay for rights to show. Therefore, it's most likely something people have seen before and has some popularity. And to your point, yes I myself as a movie where would be severely pissed to pay theater seating prices to walk in and see any of the following: 1. Movies I've seen before 2. Generic terrible comedy (ie. Sandler, "Not Another..." type movie, shifty ultra generic rom-com, or an Asylum quality ultra generic movie. I make choices to either take a chance on a film or avoid them like the plague when they have elements I'm either not interested in or Sandler-type tropes I actively ignore.
Kevin Griffin
2024-09-07 20:21:21 +0000 UTCI agree. Seems like a dumb idea. I think something that would be better suited for the theater would be a “film club of the week” showing - a curated pick of an acclaimed classic, impactful game changer, hidden gem. They could even open the theater up for a few minutes for a discussion before and after if people are into that. I’d rather they learn into the cinephile market- not the gimmick market.
Preston Petersen
2024-09-07 20:18:37 +0000 UTC93 minutes. Rated R. $5. Okay, this ones on me.
Mike St Louis
2024-09-07 19:47:37 +0000 UTCThis is coming from the guys that watch black spines?
tango
2024-09-07 19:45:45 +0000 UTCIf I saw that I would think someone named Marcus will choose a random movie to watch. I guess it depends on how much you trust Marcus.
readyplaygames
2024-09-07 19:36:50 +0000 UTCIf you really put thought into it (like you just did), no this is a terrible way to use your time. But there are people who really have nothing better to do than gamble on seeing a movie for $5. If they narrowed it down to a theme that could give you a clue on what to expect then I'd be more ok with it.
Faith Martin
2024-09-07 19:30:21 +0000 UTCYeah this wouldn't coax me to go to the theaters more. The indie movies idea ya'll had in your 'theaters are dying video' seem like a better idea.
FritzTheWolf
2024-09-07 19:22:55 +0000 UTCMaybe leave your kids at home for once...
Manuel Johnen
2024-09-07 19:21:56 +0000 UTCI’ve got a few decades on the RLM guys so I’m speaking from a long-past experience that they may not share, but when I was younger (like in my teens and twenties) movie theaters used to have something called sneak previews. A studio would ship out a movie to play along with one of its other movies in a double feature. The first movie was a known quantity, because it was advertised. The second movie was a mystery. All you knew was that it was a movie that you could see for “free” because you were going to see, and paid to see, the other movie in the double bill; the known movie. This gambit worked quite well. People would go to see the double feature with the promise of seeing a movie they wanted to see and seeing something else, something unknown. I went to a few such double bills. Sometimes I saw two enjoyable movies. Other times, I’d get ambushed when the sneak preview was a movie I didn’t want to see, but now here I was stuck sitting through it, because I had to wait for it to end before I could see the second movie in the bill, the movie I wanted to see. That’s how I ended up seeing JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. Or part of it, anyway. I actually left the theater went out into the lobby where I bought and ate some popcorn while waiting for JLS to end so that I could see the other movie.
Bob Ingersoll
2024-09-07 19:19:14 +0000 UTCYou should know the rating at very least if you wish to bring childern to it.
The Useful Rooster
2024-09-07 19:16:10 +0000 UTCMe personally? I love this film.
Drew W
2024-09-07 19:07:19 +0000 UTCI think it might be a good idea if they were either family classics or indie films that are good but not many people have seen. And of course at a discounted ticket price to account for the risk.
Geoffrey Blackmer
2024-09-07 19:05:36 +0000 UTCIf you knew in advance what _kind_ of movie you'd get --- e.g. if they announced that they'd be showing one of Donald Farmer's films, but you didn't know which one, wouldn't you be interested in going?
David Given
2024-09-07 18:58:54 +0000 UTCSurprises are fun when they aren't a 2 hour commitment.
Shiba Sama
2024-09-07 18:50:53 +0000 UTCWhat's the dreamlounger ?
Line Behr
2024-09-07 18:48:44 +0000 UTCI think it's neat
John G
2024-09-07 18:48:07 +0000 UTCThe only thing I've done, that was similar, was seeing a mystery premiere. So a new movie one night before it officially started in theaters. Still mixed bag, but the tickets were also cheap.
melloncollic
2024-09-07 18:46:44 +0000 UTCI would go. I’d be giggly and stoned during Casablanca or some shit.
Allison PM
2024-09-07 18:46:29 +0000 UTCI've done it like 5 times, but that's at Alamo and they specify that the mystery movie is something from the genre film archive.
Mohmi
2024-09-07 18:36:33 +0000 UTCAh ok, Mike's description mentioned "seen before a dozen times" so I figured that was, you know... accurate. But Marcus's webpage about their Mystery Movie explicitly says "sneak peek at a NEW movie." It also says that the Sep 9 movie is "rated R (not horror)" and that the Sep 30 movie is "PG-13 (not horror)". So that narrows it down considerably, if we assume the runtime is mostly accurate, that IMDB has the correct info about upcoming movies, and that the movie will be released in the future; there's only about 9 options for Sep 9. Eliminating horror, that leaves only a few choices: Incoming, The Clean Up Crew, Running on Empty, Lonely Planet, Long Gone Heroes, and Don't Move.
dirtside
2024-09-07 18:16:23 +0000 UTCI'd go. It might be "The Day the Clown Cried".
DimmieDim
2024-09-07 18:13:08 +0000 UTCThe closest I get to going to the cinema is watching you! This sounds like "Russian Roulette" to me, but with a semi automatic rather than a revolver...
Gunnar Roxen
2024-09-07 17:51:58 +0000 UTCI used to book those for another theater chain and they were great and really loved. If Marcus do it right, it should be an as of yet unreleased movie that the booking team loved and think deserves to be seen. Usually a movie that people don’t know much about and wouldn’t normally pay to see without the gimmick. Often something that would be getting a limited release, so it gave people everywhere a chance to see it. People were usually pleasantly surprised, or it at least generated interesting online conversation and word of mouth for the movie’s release a few weeks later. As a booker, it’s a satisfying way to bring more diversity in theaters, give smaller movies a chance, and support indie distributors. We hoped it also broadened people’s taste and made them more adventurous. If you’re not in the mood to be surprised, you can pay full price and watch one of the 3 blockbusters available that same night in the same theater :)
Chloe
2024-09-07 17:47:25 +0000 UTCI can actually explain why this happens, as I have some experience of this through an old job. It is significantly cheaper to secure the licence to show a film if you don't name it in the promotional materials. This was designed for events with an inbuilt audience where the movie was just an add on. But these mystery screenings are looking to exploit that loophole
Will Cooling
2024-09-07 17:46:35 +0000 UTCAt AMC a few years ago they were showing mystery horror movies during the month of October. I went to one out of curiosity and it ended up being It Chapter Two and I walked out immediately. Luckily I have AMC stubs list so I didn't have to pay for it so it was just a waste of my time.
Joseph Neubauer
2024-09-07 17:40:55 +0000 UTCI've done the Secret Screening thing at film festivals before, so yes, I guess I'm the sort of sucker that this marketing is aimed at.
Anne
2024-09-07 17:38:01 +0000 UTCI have to be in the mood for a certain type of film, I’d have to at least know the genre. And paying for the privilege… nope
Jody
2024-09-07 17:36:12 +0000 UTCIt's unreleased movies, not old ones.
David Hoskins
2024-09-07 17:33:49 +0000 UTCYes. You're a humbug. I think it sounds fun. I kind of like the idea of going into a movie COMPLETELY blind. No trailers. No posters. No title. And then going on whatever journey it ends up taking me. Plus if you go a few times you'd probably get a better sense of the programmers of that theater's tastes and decide if you want to keep coming back or not
Brandon Melling
2024-09-07 17:29:33 +0000 UTCExpecting a Half in the Bag for this in a timely manner.
Jason Krekel
2024-09-07 17:28:17 +0000 UTCDo they offer senior citizen discounts? I know Rich Evans is on a fixed income.
madbean
2024-09-07 17:15:47 +0000 UTC"Would you really get into the concept of going to a theater, PAYING, then sitting down to see a movie you might hate?" Honestly, isn't that just what going to the movies is like? I've seen so many films I've hated... :/
Manuel Johnen
2024-09-07 17:05:14 +0000 UTCPlot twist: it’s going to be a showing of Space Cop
Jason G
2024-09-07 17:04:13 +0000 UTCThey do this at the Alamo Drafthouse, although usually there’s some kind of theme. Like you’ll buy a ticket knowing it’s a Japanese film, or a horror movie, or some weird shot on video movie. They’re also almost always obscure, so for most people, it’ll be a movie they’ve never heard of.
Sam Vercauteren
2024-09-07 17:02:06 +0000 UTCI can see it working. Most people don’t like thinking and will put a bargain above an experience.
Elizabeth Thompson
2024-09-07 17:01:12 +0000 UTCI would say you should first try it, and then come to a conclusion. It might be a good idea depending on the choice of the curator. Or totally suck. But I wouldn’t bash it on principle.
Alessio Roic
2024-09-07 16:57:33 +0000 UTCI'm sure the RLM video of them discussing their experience will be entertaining. Because you know they're going to do it.
Beckoning Chasm
2024-09-07 16:53:48 +0000 UTCI dropped in to call out SIFF's Secret Festival project as well (and luckily found it; searching Patreon's comments is terrible). I can only imagine these things working when the chosen films are curated by people the audience trusts to not jerk them around. The promise of "this is something you haven't seen, and it'll be good" is only enticing when you believe the person making the promise has good taste (or at least taste that matches your own). I've been to quite a few SIFF Secret Festival screenings and only regretted it once.
neuracnu
2024-09-07 16:52:03 +0000 UTCI couldn't agree more
Jordan Presley
2024-09-07 16:48:14 +0000 UTCOh, the comments here are sad... :(
Manuel Johnen
2024-09-07 16:48:08 +0000 UTCThis is simultaneously a very good idea and buzz killing downer.
BoB3k
2024-09-07 16:45:31 +0000 UTC"Would you really get into the concept of going to a theater, PAYING, then sitting down to see a movie you might hate?" Like a sneak preview...?
Manuel Johnen
2024-09-07 16:42:20 +0000 UTCYeah, but you don't charge your friends for this, and they know you've picked probably interesting movies.
BoB3k
2024-09-07 16:41:04 +0000 UTCThis thing works great at midnight in your living room, specifically because it's midnight in your living room. You've maybe had a few drinks, you're bored, maybe a friend is over who has also had a few drinks and is bored. And you go, "Hey, what's this movie on the UHF channel? Woah, it's weird, let's watch it!" And then you watch a weird unknown movie for 2 hours... or it's dumb and you turn it off.
BoB3k
2024-09-07 16:38:48 +0000 UTCYes. You are stupid. I do this every week almost @ The Alamo. They do a curated series called Mystery Transmission. 99% of the time the shit is so obscure (to me, maybe not to you full "experts") I would probably have never seen it to begin with. Also, I try to go into the theater REGULARLY as blind as possible to the films I see. No trailers, no plot synopsis, no bullshit. I prefer to be surprised.
USS BATTLESHIP
2024-09-07 16:37:26 +0000 UTCThe sleuth in me wants to try to figure out what movie it is. I searched IMDB for R movies in the 91-95 minute range (to give a little leeway, since the IMDB running time and the "1 hour 33 minutes" they put on the poster might not be the same). There are 4,070 movies in that range. Even if I restrict it to exactly 93 minutes, there's still 867 movies in that range. Just a few of the first page of results: Late Night With the Devil, Blazing Saddles, The Warriors, Trainspotting, The Blackcoat's Daughter, Road Trip, Renfield, Final Destination 3, First Blood, The Mechanic, Strays, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Rushmore, Cabin Fever, Saw II, and Death Wish.
dirtside
2024-09-07 16:31:19 +0000 UTCthere would need to be some food food and drink specials
JustanAccount
2024-09-07 16:31:10 +0000 UTCAm pretty sure this is the same thing that Regal and AMC do (at AMC it’s known as Screen Unseen). It’s always a new movie, typically one that’s coming out that weekend or the next, and tickets are cheap ($6 at the AMC — used to be $5). Our screenings are usually pretty full, I dunno. It’s kind of a low risk, fun outing to the theater. Don’t know what you’re gonna get. Bit of a crapshoot. It’s often not a high-profile movie. The studios do this to (hopefully) generate some good word of mouth before the wide release. That said, we’ve seen some people leave the screening if they weren’t into the film, or if it wasn’t the genre they were hoping for.
Matthew Gladney
2024-09-07 16:28:38 +0000 UTCThe Marcus family are horrible people. Do not trust them
Christian Aspen
2024-09-07 16:24:28 +0000 UTCthis is a common thing in theaters now. usually classic movies but not always. they clearly do enough business from the die hard regulars to cover at least the DCP rental cost
Robin Phillips
2024-09-07 16:21:50 +0000 UTCThere is a time and a place for this kind of experience, but historically, the multiplex isn’t it. The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) just had two weeks of AGFA August programming and they ended with a secret showing (which ended up being Chopping Mall), but that makes sense because you more-or-less know what you’re in for. The Beacon in Seattle also does this “5 Minutes to Live” series where they show the first 5 minutes of a couple different movies and the audience votes based on that. When this type of experience is curated, it can be fun. But this, these are traditionally just a PR tactic to drum up some kind of excitement for a film that isn’t tracking well, and always comes across as disingenuous.
Ryan Oliver
2024-09-07 16:21:38 +0000 UTCReview a series of them as a Beyond the Black Void? Or hitb?
Jimmy Rode
2024-09-07 16:17:23 +0000 UTCShocking to believe anyone would willingly subject themselves to random and possibly shitty movies!
Dingo & Shep
2024-09-07 16:13:03 +0000 UTCMy kid was taken along with some other kids by one of their parents to these and it turned out to be essentially a way of selling discount tickets for a current run but very low quality movie. (I think it was some DreamWorks movie called "Kraken" or something). This is not the only place this is happening. A lot of bars in the past year or two will sell you half price 'mystery beer' (it's Bud Light which no one wants because Bud Light is the gay beer now). I have no idea what this signifies about cultural industry now. They have Product that no one wants, not even if it's discounted so it has to be discounted AND snuck in.
Jeremy _
2024-09-07 16:12:36 +0000 UTCIt's a con. They're probably trying to trick you into watching shit movies that lose money by blaming luck.
Bonorum Malorum
2024-09-07 16:09:32 +0000 UTCThe good thing about living in the west coast is that people in the east post what the movie is so I have time to decide if I want to go or not.
Oscar ramirez
2024-09-07 16:07:36 +0000 UTCSo I host a movie night and every year for my birthday I do a mystery movie double feature; the first is a good movie that's usually somewhat obscure but the experience I'm cultivating is that there are some films that are more rewarding if you go in knowing nothing about them- the feedback I've gotten regarding this is very positive.
Tate Austin
2024-09-07 16:04:05 +0000 UTCRLM on location eh
Thomas Kinsey
2024-09-07 16:02:19 +0000 UTCGREAT movie. One of my favorite blind discoveries.
BENJAMIN SHULTZ
2024-09-07 15:58:32 +0000 UTCNow you need to go see three of these and talk about if the experience was worth the gamble.
Philip Byers
2024-09-07 15:56:58 +0000 UTCin minneapolis the Trylon theater does a program called Tape Freaks where once a month, the two people who run it screen a weird mystery B movie. Tickets are $5. there's only 90 seats, but it sells out every month!
Sarah
2024-09-07 15:54:26 +0000 UTCMine is doing mystery movies rated R. Why? Is it going to be the shining or grizzly man? No thanks
Skippy
2024-09-07 15:53:00 +0000 UTCWeek-in and week-out you are chowing down on mystery movies, the cinematic equivalent of making a meal from mislabelled/unlabelled cans of food. Maybe it isn't humbug, perhaps it is cute of them to tug a bit at the RLM cape.
Funny That
2024-09-07 15:49:51 +0000 UTCDon't you guys watch random movies all the time?
Pete Petraitis
2024-09-07 15:49:31 +0000 UTCregal does it, it's just a way to get people in the theater to buy snacks. Sometimes people just want to see a movie and they don't care what
Jeff Kleist
2024-09-07 15:47:38 +0000 UTCI think if you went by like theme? it'd be good like "Mystery Horror night" or "B Movie's Bite Back" so people have a sense for what they're getting, but like if everything from The Notebook to The Fly are possibilities I'm not gonna sit down and roll the dice.
Max Cooper
2024-09-07 15:47:01 +0000 UTCThat’s smart. There was me trying to match the listed running time up against upcoming releases.
Sam Morgan
2024-09-07 15:43:39 +0000 UTCI need to really want to see a movie to bother going to the theater. The idea of paying to then discover that I'm watching The Notebook doesn't appeal to me in the least.
Lon Schiffbauer
2024-09-07 15:41:07 +0000 UTCI thought this is what it was the entire time I was reading it. In my defense, I just woke up!!! (An hour ago)
Sara Iyer
2024-09-07 15:39:36 +0000 UTCOh hey, we have a monthly mystery movie in my city! It's free, which is a huge part of the draw, and so far the folks who run it have had phenomenal taste.
CW
2024-09-07 15:38:08 +0000 UTCI think the price is a decider for me. It might be fun for the $5 they're asking to go, and it's a good opportunity for teens to go and waste time. I don't imagine a lot of adults are going to go.
Nada Leona Sheppard
2024-09-07 15:37:49 +0000 UTCMy local chain does this once a month and it shows either movies that haven't received a wide release yet, or foreign films that aren't coming to the uk
jeff
2024-09-07 15:37:11 +0000 UTCI would trust Alamo Drafthouse to do it well with hidden gems and maybe indy films. For any other chain... not so much 😆
Laura Elizabeth
2024-09-07 15:34:51 +0000 UTCI think it's got potential if they use the format to showcase relatively obscure films that benefit from an unwitting audience. I'm specifically thinking of Steve De Jarnatt's "Miracle Mile". Have to hope that the people behind this know what they're doing.
Ross Foubister
2024-09-07 15:34:51 +0000 UTCWe have Secret Cinema starting up again in the Metro Detroit soon. It's kinda like this.
Erin Gordish
2024-09-07 15:34:22 +0000 UTCYeah just like AMC Screen Unseen
Geovany Martinez
2024-09-07 15:33:27 +0000 UTCWhat's Prometheus?
Jason Cooley
2024-09-07 15:32:36 +0000 UTCThat's literally the black spine of audio visual media.
Bill Wilson
2024-09-07 15:31:36 +0000 UTCAnd now I have to go and watch "...talks about Prometheus" again, by law.
Mojo
2024-09-07 15:27:37 +0000 UTCFor $5 I'd try it but for a full price ticket I would pass
Emily Tupper
2024-09-07 15:27:21 +0000 UTCThe few times I've been to a movie festival, I almost always go in blind and see things at random, but that's at a festival of new, mostly indy, movies. This seems kinda dumb.
Dave Ruff
2024-09-07 15:26:28 +0000 UTCI think it is fun. I have gone to similar mystery screenings here in PDX. It's refreshing to go in an see something I know nothing about.
Charles Babbage
2024-09-07 15:26:27 +0000 UTCI love this stuff it’s so fun to watch a random movie
Tyree
2024-09-07 15:25:11 +0000 UTCI went to a mystery showing at a cinema near me once and it was billed as a mystery upcoming movie. Turned out to be an alright road trip comedy. It was something I probably wouldn't have seen otherwise, so I appreciated the experience, even if the movie was a bit mid.
Dirk Hoderin
2024-09-07 15:24:01 +0000 UTCYou'll feel so stupid when the name of the movie is actually Marcus Mystery Movie.
Renus Dewberry
2024-09-07 15:22:33 +0000 UTCI think it's a fun idea, if it's theme-based or classic movies you rarely get the opportunity to see in a movie theater these days. If it's just an early showing of an upcoming movie, I probably wouldn't be interested.
GirouxFan
2024-09-07 15:22:10 +0000 UTCYeah, we have this in the UK too. It’ll be a new release but they don’t tell you what it is.
Melanie Jane
2024-09-07 15:17:03 +0000 UTCIf they got a rep for picking out incredibly obscure yet quality movies and had some type of refund policy (if 50% of the theater bolts at the hour mark or later everyone gets refunded) I would totally go.
John M
2024-09-07 15:13:09 +0000 UTCIt only works if everyone goes with the idea that they're going to shit all over the movie. Either the crowd gets to be a Midnight Rocky Horror crowd or nothing.
JS
2024-09-07 15:10:17 +0000 UTCAlso, y'all should go to as many of these as you can in like a month and then tell us how it was in a Black Void vid. For research.
Amanda B.
2024-09-07 15:10:04 +0000 UTCI am curious what movie they think will work for this.
Paul Randall
2024-09-07 15:07:33 +0000 UTC"2 confused or lonely elderly people"? You mean Mike and Rich?
Alastair Ward
2024-09-07 15:06:48 +0000 UTCI can only think this is a "pay to get trolled by the theater staff" kind of situation. Or are they hoping to accidentally impress some randos with an obscure movie no one would see otherwise?
Helena
2024-09-07 15:05:54 +0000 UTCI thought the Mystery Movie was a surprise prescreening of an upcoming release....I could be wrong
Sam
2024-09-07 15:05:47 +0000 UTCThe Alamo Drafthouse does Dismember the Alamo in October usually that's a whole marathon of horror movies. But, people at least know what to expect there and the horror community is usually fun enough to go along with the greats and the schlock. This...might work once or twice until people realize they would have better luck just hitting a randomizer for Tubi.
Ryan Cassidy
2024-09-07 15:02:56 +0000 UTCIf you google Regal Mystery Movie 9/9/24 Reddit (or whatever your show date is) you can find people who work in the theatre and can tell you the movie beforehand. Looks like this Monday will be My Old Ass. At the very least the east coast will give you an hour heads up if you're in CST
Jordan Presley
2024-09-07 15:02:35 +0000 UTCI would go for $5 on a rainy day. Knowing the title hasn't stopped me from being surprised and let down by a movie. The mystery gives a chance that it could be fun with no preconceived expectations.
Tessa
2024-09-07 15:00:49 +0000 UTCMaybe Kyle Gallner will be in it and your heads will explode.
Jason Cooley
2024-09-07 15:00:42 +0000 UTCAs a 43 year old German I can assure you sneak previews have been around way longer than 2010. Yeah there is some terrible shit (go check out Hinterholz 8 if you dare), but sometimes you also get to see movies early that everyone is waiting for.
Michael Matzat
2024-09-07 15:00:27 +0000 UTCOur local Alamo Drafthouse does mystery screenings every month, it was originally always an AGFA film, but now they've expanded it to any sort of 'genre' film. They have all been really fun so far, and the cost is only like $5
Peter DeNicola
2024-09-07 14:59:56 +0000 UTCIf I ran the theater, that's totally what I would do for mystery movie.
JTruts
2024-09-07 14:59:46 +0000 UTCIts kinda funny considering the blindfold, black spine, and other randomization gimmicks y'all do. However, I must admit I would be very unhappy with a "Farmer's Ghoul-ash" mystery dinner and a movie considering the most recent BotW episode... 🤢
Sarah Giles
2024-09-07 14:59:37 +0000 UTCThey do this once a month at my local Cinemark in Texas. Agreed, it can backfire. They sometimes show early releases though, for example, ours screened Furiosa two weeks before the actual release date.
Doug Powell
2024-09-07 14:59:36 +0000 UTCAnd it’s smaller films/smaller distributors being shown early to build buzz. It’s what you want in the theater. You should actually be supporting this.
David Hoskins
2024-09-07 14:58:49 +0000 UTC"awkward bumpers" is perfect description. I'd pass on a biopic tho. ;)
JTruts
2024-09-07 14:58:20 +0000 UTCThere's a small amount of novelty to it but probably not enough for me to ever actually try it out.
Ben
2024-09-07 14:58:16 +0000 UTCUsed to happen in Manchester. Half price. Preview. If you leave you get your money back. Once left within 2 minutes. Only turned out to be one of the movies of the year.
Shane
2024-09-07 14:57:52 +0000 UTCIs this not a normal thing in the US? We have something called "sneak preview" over here in Germany. It's some movie that is not yet in theaters.
Michael Matzat
2024-09-07 14:57:15 +0000 UTCThey should put the movies they are showing on some sort of spinning wheel and where you land is the movie you see?
brian hancock
2024-09-07 14:57:09 +0000 UTCI guess it is rated R so maybe not a babysitting scenario, but still I don't see myself enjoying this...
JTruts
2024-09-07 14:56:41 +0000 UTCSo Rich and Mike are the 2 confused elderly people?
Jason Cooper
2024-09-07 14:56:23 +0000 UTCLook sir, or madam, our local theater has been shut down since Jan 6, 2021, theaters are a tough racket. Get out there and support local businesses, they need asses in seats, so buy two, if it's not already an accessibility requirement. Let's make 'See you at the Movies' a whimsical invitation, and not a veiled threat, again.
Damon Killian
2024-09-07 14:56:08 +0000 UTCI'd be up for something like that locally *if* I knew the taste of the curator or there was a thematic cue for the "surprise".
spiralingout
2024-09-07 14:55:54 +0000 UTCCould be any one of these classics: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&certificates=US:R&runtime=93,93
Nick Banister
2024-09-07 14:55:09 +0000 UTC"that only 2 confused or lonely elderly people will show up to" Looking forward to Mike and Rich's video about their experience
Gavin Bannerman
2024-09-07 14:53:47 +0000 UTCI don't know about this one; but in the UK "Screen Unseen" is for mystery films that haven't actually been released yet. "Scream Unseen" for horror films about to come out. Can be fun?
Phat94
2024-09-07 14:53:38 +0000 UTCTwo confused and or lonely elderly people, like you and Rich (just kidding)?
Julia Huffman
2024-09-07 14:53:13 +0000 UTCYears back when I took a film studies class in College; the professor was dogmatic about having us watch movies with as little information going in as possible. We'd come in to class just knowing that this day was a movie day. And he's bring out the projector and suddenly we'd be watching The General, or Rashomon or Gates of Heaven or something like that. Honestly; it worked really well in that environment. So if the mystery movie concept is secretly the project of a rabid movie fan trying to simply introduce other movie fans to something they might otherwise not pick for themselves... I think it's actually a great idea! But this sort of thing needs to be properly officiated or it's going to be a disaster.
Ken
2024-09-07 14:52:11 +0000 UTCYeah, AMC does this with Screen Unseen, which are unreleased movies. I've done this a few times with mixed results. Most of the time it's something that I wouldn't have typically seen, but not necessarily a bad movie. Sometimes though, they are real stinkers! They've also done this with previously released movies. I remember a few years ago they did a mystery horror series. With that, I was able to see both 28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead in a theater setting.
Joe Bartlett
2024-09-07 14:52:04 +0000 UTCBack in the day, when I would still watch movies in a theater (ie. more than two decades ago), I would regular visit "blind preview showings" at the local cinema. We'd get to see a random movie that would officially be released in the coming week or the week after, often in original language (I live in a region where movies are usually dubbed, which I find horrible). Those showings happened weekly and late at night, and I guess the management knew their customers, I don't remember ever leaving because a movie had no redeeming qualities, and I've certainly seen a bunch of great movies that I wouldn't have paid for if I knew the title or genre beforehand. Now that we've all replaced TV with streaming, we're kinda missing out on the experience of discovering good movies outside of our comfort zone. Is it just me?
Marc Packenius
2024-09-07 14:51:30 +0000 UTCI personally think it's dumb. This says "random movie is babysitting your kids" all the way for the rest of the audience. I'm not surprised it came from Marcus, we have one here in central MN too. The guy makes a fool of himself in front of every movie too.
JTruts
2024-09-07 14:51:01 +0000 UTCFor $5, I might give it a shot. But I’m sneaking in snacks!
Melissa Mercer
2024-09-07 14:49:28 +0000 UTCPeople hate making decisions, so I am sure somebody will go see it. Especially for dates, because if the movie is bad it is not either persons fault.
Shaun
2024-09-07 14:49:22 +0000 UTCSeeing that it's only $5 it's easier to swallow. I guess at that point it depends on how far the drive is.
Robert Dodrill
2024-09-07 14:49:21 +0000 UTCThey do something similar to this at my favorite local theater in KC, but luckily the people in charge of programming/ choosing films are cool and show cool shit. Mystery movie night, movie roulette, mystery movie marathons based off a collective theme, they do a great job. But I think that it really is going to depend on the theater that's doing it, and whether or not you know if the people choosing films are good at their jobs😅
Lauren Daley
2024-09-07 14:49:06 +0000 UTCI demand you do a field trip and find out... Make Rich sit through 18 hours of mystery theatre...he'll love that!
Dusk Haunters
2024-09-07 14:48:53 +0000 UTCWe have this in every city in Germany since at least 2010. During college that was very popular and the only way I and most of my friends got to see most non blockbusters during that time. It was more about getting drunk and making fun of mediocre movies. The alliteration sucks though.
AK
2024-09-07 14:48:18 +0000 UTCIn immortal words of Palpatine: "Do it!"
Zoran Basic
2024-09-07 14:47:54 +0000 UTCI didn’t know Cosmonaut Variety Hour owns a movie theater.
Cruz Rivera
2024-09-07 14:47:50 +0000 UTCSeems like there should be a hint.
Glenn Ponka
2024-09-07 14:47:45 +0000 UTCClearly you have to go (and make an episode about it). I mean, those geniuses in Prometheus wasted years traveling a million miles from Earth before finding out what their mission was. This is like $5 to find out whether it's Lady Bird or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (both Rated R and 93 minutes long). How can you be so sure it's gonna suck? Are you an expert in something that's never happened to you before?
Jason Cooley
2024-09-07 14:47:10 +0000 UTCWhen they guys who invented the wheel of the worse say your random movie thing is a bad idea you should listen
JimiAKAme
2024-09-07 14:47:07 +0000 UTCWho is Marcus, and do we trust him?
Ashtin Bryde
2024-09-07 14:46:35 +0000 UTCHonestly it sounds like it could be kinda fun to me. I agree you’re more likely to be disappointed by the movie, but if you and a friend have nothing better to do it’s more interesting than scrolling Netflix for 20mins and landing on nothing. It’s also a decent way for theaters to attract an audience that might have otherwise done just that
Michael
2024-09-07 14:46:16 +0000 UTCHere in Ireland there's a prominent arthouse cinema that every October would do a "Horrorthon" program of usually classic and recent horror films, and they would cap it off with a surprise film — but the key here is the surprise film was always a film that hadn't been released yet, so you were guaranteed to be one of the first to see the film. And it was often quite good (a long while back the surprise film was "The Others" with Nicole Kidman) To me, this is the only way it makes sense, a sense of exclusivity, a preview.
Daniel Robinson
2024-09-07 14:46:12 +0000 UTCI’d rather keep paying to see you guys watch random movies 😂
Jon
2024-09-07 14:46:06 +0000 UTCI went one. It was actually packed. Movie turned out to be Boy Kills World. I thought it was fine but the audience HATED it. Half left a third of the way through.
Scott McEachern
2024-09-07 14:45:56 +0000 UTCAs a fellow Midwesterner, I would gladly watch an entire segment about Marcus Theaters and/or those awkward bumpers with Greg Marcus.
Nathanatos22
2024-09-07 14:45:54 +0000 UTCOh we actually have one in my theater chain as well. I technically have a theater subscription so it's covered but even then I'd say $5 for a mystery movie might be worth it. The one in our theater though is almost always an early screening of an unreleased movie
sammydowntheblock
2024-09-07 14:45:50 +0000 UTCThe Prince Charles Cinema in London does Mystery Movies and Mystery Movie Marathons, and they keep doing them, so they will have to be somewhat popular. They have a list of previous Mystery Movies on Letterboxd (https://boxd.it/tTrUs), so you can see the kind of movies they show.
Andrew Jackson
2024-09-07 14:45:45 +0000 UTCLooks like the movie is Dreamlounger
Neal Johnson
2024-09-07 14:45:39 +0000 UTCIf this was, perhaps, a flat fee you paid for 1-5 entries, and you knew that the selection was coming from a pool of curated movies, (like - this would be a fun event over the Halloween or Christmas season, etc?) then that might be pretty exciting. Paying full price for one ticket to see what could be any new release [in the rating range] is completely asinine and the idea should have cost someone their job.
Rankin Fithian
2024-09-07 14:45:27 +0000 UTCOh, guys, this is a nationwide thing at Regal and AMC. It’s an unreleased movie that usually comes out about 20 days later. They’re not gonna surprise you with Christmas Vacation 2 or something.
David Hoskins
2024-09-07 14:45:25 +0000 UTCIt seems to be a cheaper ticket. I think for that price, if you're looking for some entertainment, it's fine. You're buying the ticket knowing that the movie is a mystery, so you're willingly giving yourself up to the experience. It may be great or it may be terrible, but that's part of the experience. To use your restaurant analogy: no, I don't always know what I want. On rare occasions, I've asked the waiter or bartender to surprise me. It could be something new I end up loving. It could be something I hate, but at least I can say I've tried something new. It's something I do very rarely, but sometimes it's just fun to experience things that way. Though as others have pointed out, there might need to be a BIT more detail. At least genre. Or say it's a "cult classic." In my example, I know when I say surprise me that the bartender is still going to give me a mixed drink.
Stephen Struble
2024-09-07 14:45:14 +0000 UTCIn an ideal world, where everyone appreciated cinema as the weird and wonderful artform it is and had an incredibly varied and acquired taste in, it’s a wonderful and quirky marketing concept. In the real world, the one filled with disgusting and obnoxious cattle who eat loudly in movie theatres and who describe any film without constant barrages of sensory attack as ‘slow moving’ - completely asinine.
Joshua Green
2024-09-07 14:45:12 +0000 UTCI hope it's the R-rated cut of Space Cop with full frontal nudity
snikad
2024-09-07 14:45:04 +0000 UTCIt's supposed to be a $5 date night I guess?...hit the penjamin in the parking lot before you go in, sneak in a flask and your own snacks, and sit in the absolute back. Giggle, fall asleep, fool around etc.?
Kate Gottli
2024-09-07 14:44:16 +0000 UTCWe have this concept in Finland. Usually its just the whatever Hollywood crap is opening next weekend
Jaakko Koivurinta
2024-09-07 14:44:06 +0000 UTCKind of reminds me of long flights 20 years ago when they would play some random movie for the whole plane. Sometimes you get an unexpected good flick, other times you would unplug your headphones after 20 minutes and try to sleep. The movie was free, though... And you were trapped there. So, I guess not quite the same.
Malo
2024-09-07 14:43:44 +0000 UTCI've seen some AMC theaters doing this. They have Screen Unseen(and Scream Unseen). They advertise it as something not seen in theaters before. I don't know, I might give it a try once and if they show crap it might sour me on it. It might be cool for avid theater goers(they still exist for some reason).
Amanda B.
2024-09-07 14:43:33 +0000 UTCIt feels like an idea that got pitched to get more people back to theaters but wasn't fully thought through. Knowing the movie is rated R already is going to limit your audience, but then just...not knowing at all? I don't know. I think you'd have to be really bored to go to that. Or you could just choose a movie that's being shown that will match what you're currently in the mood for as opposed to getting blindsided. Very much feels like a "one guy came up with this and didn't ask anyone else's opinion on it" kind of situation.
Dez
2024-09-07 14:43:12 +0000 UTCSince most movie theaters have their copies a few days early to make sure noone gets left out early randomized previews exist. You might get a c-class stinker or an early boring Marvel movie you never know. At least its guaranteed that its a movie you get to see earlier then everyone else. That is its main draw after all. Watching a "mystery movie" which could indeed be absolutely anything old, new, classic does seem a bit wierd but hey its a reason to have fun and still more inviting then -> watching your phone all the time in movies you know you are and paied for to see guaranteed.
Sunblaze
2024-09-07 14:42:36 +0000 UTCIt's a fun concept, not going to lie. Not sure if there's a market for this kind of thing, but you gotta take chances sometimes.
Danny Dillon
2024-09-07 14:42:15 +0000 UTCIt might work if they made it more enticing than a surprise movie. Free snacks with purchase or something. Or maybe some kind of dinner service. But I dunno. I don't go to the theater to see movies I'm actually interested in, let alone a surprise
Michael Steffeck
2024-09-07 14:42:12 +0000 UTCIt's probably gonna be a snuff film.
Robert Franklin
2024-09-07 14:42:02 +0000 UTCIt's mystery meat, but with movies!
Nathan Mills
2024-09-07 14:41:40 +0000 UTCMy local Cinemark has been doing this and the previous movies I've heard have been stinkers. It's a neat premise if you're literally have nothing better to do. Like literally nothing. You've been banned from all other public venues and the wife hates you and doesn't want you at the house and also no other showtimes for a movie you actually would like are available.
Darth Arterius
2024-09-07 14:41:39 +0000 UTCI could see it being fun if they had categories with it. Like B movie action, horror, etc. Bring some friends, drink some beer, and see what happens. But I also haven't been to a theater since The Last Jedi so I am not the target audience for that.
Ken Harris
2024-09-07 14:41:35 +0000 UTCAre they open to suggestions? Maybe slip After Last Season in there and they'd change their mind real fast.
Faterpillar
2024-09-07 14:41:35 +0000 UTCI was at theater that was doing this. People were showing up for it, too. The big surprise was Ghostbusters Frozen Retread.
Jason Allen
2024-09-07 14:41:35 +0000 UTCRegal theaters have had this for a while too, usually included with the unlimited pass or just $5 but its also for smaller indie or apple produced movies that havent been fully released yet. Missing, Kandahar, Spirited, Dumb Money, etc. Its fun and fine because of the price and somewhat exciting to see a movie months before release. Not when it was Kandahar though
Leafeonn (Josh K)
2024-09-07 14:41:28 +0000 UTCRegals and AMCs have these as well so I expect it’s all part of the same release. It’s usually a smaller release that’s a month or two from coming out. It’s nice when you live on west coast because people from the east coast reveal what the movie is on reddit and you can decide whether or not you want to see it.
Alexa Scott
2024-09-07 14:41:22 +0000 UTCPretty sure this was thought up but that Marcus guy that thinks he’s so funny in all his little intro commercials. No one wants to commit to possibly 2 hours of something they don’t know.
PlasticGeek
2024-09-07 14:41:22 +0000 UTCThe best case scenario is that they're just showing well regarded older movies that anyone could just as easily watch on streaming. These theatres are getting desperate!
Jacob A. Wright
2024-09-07 14:41:18 +0000 UTCSounds like something I would think is a good idea after the edible kicked in
heich (hey + ch)
2024-09-07 14:41:17 +0000 UTCAs long as they pick the movie from a stack of old VHS tapes using an amusing gimmick then I am IN!
Mojo
2024-09-07 14:41:15 +0000 UTCSee you there, Krebs.
Matt
2024-09-07 14:40:40 +0000 UTCNope
Thomas Branch
2024-09-07 14:40:31 +0000 UTCSo Jay and you are going?
Emilio Flores
2024-09-07 14:40:22 +0000 UTCI am both a confused and lonely elderly person so I would definitely be interested in this.
Dave C
2024-09-07 14:40:19 +0000 UTCAlso love that it’s rated r. That’s a bit risky for a mystery, considering the likely audience is the elderly. I certainly wouldn’t do this, I get enough movie mystery enjoyment from BotW.
Shane & Sam Skinner
2024-09-07 14:40:12 +0000 UTCIsn't watching random movies you might hate kinda yalls thing 🤔 the theater part is just an extra level of torture
toon123ful
2024-09-07 14:40:04 +0000 UTCSo... Half in the Bag: Marcus Mystery Movie, when?
Brian Skulnik
2024-09-07 14:40:00 +0000 UTCIf they don't have an idiot or upper manager pick the movies it might not actually be a bad idea.
Roger Melo
2024-09-07 14:39:55 +0000 UTCCountdown until someone lists every movie that’s 1hr33min
DemmyD
2024-09-07 14:39:50 +0000 UTCIs it a random movie, then?
Mahaloth
2024-09-07 14:39:48 +0000 UTCThey're marketing directly to you guys, apparently.
Adam Atom Ant
2024-09-07 14:39:36 +0000 UTCMy local cinemark does this once a month. I’ve heard other big chains do too and it’s always a movie that is about to release in a week or two. I think it’s a nice idea. Only 5 dollars as well.
The Kermanator
2024-09-07 14:39:35 +0000 UTCI wouldn’t pay full price
Cody
2024-09-07 14:39:31 +0000 UTCEyes on Breen.
Brandon Marcello
2024-09-07 14:39:18 +0000 UTCYou’re right. This is dumb. lol
Jon
2024-09-07 14:39:17 +0000 UTCInteresting idea, but I’d want to know the genre at least (ETA: the movie being $5 is a big upside. Paying full price for this would be ludicrous lol)
Sean
2024-09-07 14:39:06 +0000 UTCI agree 😂👍They have this in Georgia too
Joseph Mazza
2024-09-07 14:38:51 +0000 UTC
