Liberal Mormon

AMC Theaters: Doing their part to encourage movie piracy and illegally downloaded movies.

Since I got married and had a child I rarely see movies AT the movie theater. The simple reason: the outrageous cost to see it. For the most part we wait to see movies till they come out not just on DVD but at REDBOX. Why? It's a $1 for a movie we can all see as opposed to anywhere from $15 to $25 for all 3 of us to see it. We invested in a 32 inch Samsung Flat screen with Sony DVD sound system for a freakin reason. To enjoy movies in the comfort of our own home for a $1. We can pause it, we can use subtitles, we can eat whatever we want (not just severely overpriced shitty food) and we can get up and pee without missing anything. Now I know our house isn't like this: but I just blew $8 on a new release movie when I could have waited 6 months and watched it in the comfort of my own home.


With the new pricing system AMC has, it's damn near impossible to see a movie unless it's NOT a new movie (more than a week old) and it's MONDAY thru THURSDAY before 3:55 P.M. I made the mistake of not paying close attention to the website hours, and ticket prices. It cost me an extra $2.50 because of my mistake. AMC has introduced a New Release ticket price for the their Matinees. Instead of their regular price of $5.00 before 4pm Monday thru Thursday like normal they're charging an extra $2.50 if it's opening week of the movie. What the #$&! for??? Just to say you had the privileged of seeing the movie it's opening weekend? The show time I went to, 1:50PM had 15 people in the movie theater. Why the hell do we have to pay more for it just because it's new. How are we any different than the people that are going to pay for it on Monday?

If my sweetheart and I had both gone, leaving our child with my Mother-in-law, it would have cost us $15 to get in the door. Plus I can't resist the refreshment stand because the smell drives me crazy even if I go on a full stomach. So popcorn and soda? Another $5 to $10 or which brings our 2 hour date to $20 to $25 before we even get to our seats. Holy Freakin crap that is a load of crap. Every time I go to a movie theater, it just reminds me of why I paid so much for a nice TV/DVD system.

AMC you're a joke and you're part of the reason people are so willing to download pirated movies. People can't afford to spend that kind of cash anymore these days. I shelled out $7.50 to see an movie that was about a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 and guess what? It's going to be a long damn time before you see any more of my money.