Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
He has a point, people are getting tired of paying top dollar for crappy presentation and candy and popcorn marked up 300-400% or whatever ridiculous percentage it is now (I haven't bought concessions at a theater in years). Why do that when you can just watch it in better quality on your home theater with reasonably priced snacks, and if you want to smoke, it's up to you. If you want to pause while you hit the can, you can do that.
He has a point, people are getting tired of paying top dollar for crappy presentation and candy and popcorn marked up 300-400% or whatever ridiculous percentage it is now (I haven't bought concessions at a theater in years). Why do that when you can just watch it in better quality on your home theater with reasonably priced snacks, and if you want to smoke, it's up to you. If you want to pause while you hit the can, you can do that.
If that's the case, then can you explain why Jackass 2 made $20 million dollars during it's opening weekend while every other movie did far worse?
This article really has nothing to do with telling studios they shouldn't make big budget movies anymore. Let me break it down for you.
"Since no one would pay to see anything I make that doesn't have the Star Wars label on it, and I'm not making anymore of those, I'm going to get into TV, where I can make shows with a far smaller budget, but are still just as crappy."
That's about what that article amounts to.
The rest of your statement is spot on, but it's not the quality of the movie that keeps people away (not always anyway). People are willing to pay for crap (see Jackass 2 above). The theater experience isn't going away. Lucas just knows that he won't be able to make money with anything other than Star Wars, so he's going to get out. I say good riddance.