• Delphia@lemmy.world
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    The problem isnt THE MOVIE. I took my 5yo to see Dogman and got McDonalds afterwards and spent $100.

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      I don’t know why everyone is ganging up on you. Movies and fast food have both skyrocketed in prices recently. It feels like for two people to see a movie shouldn’t be $100, but maybe I’m the old man yelling at clouds.

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        Thats exactly my point, Its now a kind of “premium” activity. It cost one adult and one child who had fast food afterwards $100. If you’re out on a date (not the kind of romantic situation where you want to be smugging in snacks) dinner and a movie is $100 per head if you eat somewhere half nice, that goes for a couple who have a night without the kids too and thats your primary market for these original films aimed at adults.

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      Was Dogman good for a 5 year old? I’m worried from the previews that it was just a lot of action chase scenes.

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      Lol you spent $100 dollars on McDonalds? Too lazy to cook at home, you need a week supply of leftover McDonalds.

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        If you think the movie was the less expensive component of the McDonald’s + Movie experience, you haven’t been to either McDonald’s or the movies in years

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          Lol correct, I haven’t. That isn’t the W you think it is.

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            I mean I haven’t either. But I’m not bullying parents online for taking their kids out to have fun on the town.

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        Because I couldnt be fucked googling the exact price of items at McDonalds but the Double Quarter pounder meal was $15.30, the Happy Meal was $5.95 and her soft serve cone was $0.50

        So we spent about $78 at the movies. On two tickets, a large popcorn, a bag of chocolates and two drinks.

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          While that all checks out, you should never buy all that stuff at a cinema stand unless you’re willing to take out a small loan. It’s always been a massive ripoff.

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            Its also the way movie theatres actually make money on newly released movies, so if enough people don’t buy food from theatres, they’ll just close down eventually.

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            Oh I know, I had planned to take her to see the movie but one day when I picked her up from Daycare there was absolute traffic chaos, gps reckoned my 20 minute drive was going to take an hour and a half so I thought “Lets go to the movies, grab some dinner and wait for this all to blow over.”

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        Because McDonald’s is the cheaper alternative to eating at the movie. Most of the places near me will bring a shitty bar food to your seat in exchange for a mortgage payment. If you make the mistake of going hungry, you’ll leave poor.