The ways class could affect how movies are watched

John

An issue that is now prevalent due to the availability of DVDs is staying home. There is now a way to enjoy a movie in a compfortable enviroment at a low price. When i say low price I mean that middle class families are now able to own a semi-decent home theater system. While the price of movies is going up, there are movies on television for no cost and movies on DVD for almost no cost (renting is now around 4 dollars). This means that families in the middle class and upper class have a choice of staying home or going out to see a movies. With cable on-demand, it could quite possibly be the same movie playing at home as in the theater.

Rob

I think class effects a person’s movie going experience in two main ways. First off, the more money a person has the more movies a person can afford to see. By either going to see a movie in theaters or buying or renting it a person usually needs to spend money to see a movie. Therefore, the more money a person has will allow a rich person to see more movies than a poor person. Secondly, the wealth of a person can affect wether a person can afford to see a movie when it first comes out in theaters or if they need to wait for it to come out on DVD. Also a wealthy person can afford to have a nice home entrainment center, whereas a poor person is forced to watch a movie on whatever t.v. they can afford. A rich person can have a very big t.v. or even have a home movie theater.

Doug

To me it seems that movie theaters are slowly become what they once were, back to the theater palaces of yesteryear. From what I have seen the prices of movies have done nothing but go up, which makes people like myself decide to stay at home and watch a DVD (or stream a movie online if you do that). In order to entice more customers many movie theaters bringing back the elaborate palace like buildings to make going to the theater more of an experience. Unfortunately, the prices aren’t going down and I still have a hard time paying for all the movies that I want to go see, when they come out. Most middle class and lower class people can’t afford to go see these movies, even if the movie theaters kick up the “movie night” experience. I am personally torn between going to see a movie opening night at a sweet movie theater and just saving my money and seeing it on TV, renting it, or seeing it at a friend’s house. But that’s just me.