What's on your mind?
08-01-2026, 10:15 AM
Interesting phenomenon with the movies...
Father really wanted to watch The Odyssey so we went to the IMAX theater yesterday.
No dice. All showings sold out. Weekend included.
Most seats sold all the way until next Thursday.
Finally settled on getting tickets for the 10:45AM showing next Monday, which isn't ideal but it was the only one with reasonable seat placements left. (Other time slots the rest of the week only had seats available in the front row, which is a migraine waiting to happen.)
And I haven't even thought about Spider-Man yet. That one is sold out everywhere until the next weekend.
I don't remember this ever being an issue. Avatar 1 wasn't this crowded, neither was Infinity War or Endgame. I recall Titanic being busy, but not sold out across multiple malls and theaters. Same for the Star Wars prequels and the re-released original trilogy.
(I do recall documentaries about Jaws and The Godfather and Psycho having very long lines, but those were before my time
)
I wonder if Dune 3 / Doomsday in December will have this same problem.
Father really wanted to watch The Odyssey so we went to the IMAX theater yesterday.
No dice. All showings sold out. Weekend included.
Most seats sold all the way until next Thursday.
Finally settled on getting tickets for the 10:45AM showing next Monday, which isn't ideal but it was the only one with reasonable seat placements left. (Other time slots the rest of the week only had seats available in the front row, which is a migraine waiting to happen.)
And I haven't even thought about Spider-Man yet. That one is sold out everywhere until the next weekend.
I don't remember this ever being an issue. Avatar 1 wasn't this crowded, neither was Infinity War or Endgame. I recall Titanic being busy, but not sold out across multiple malls and theaters. Same for the Star Wars prequels and the re-released original trilogy.
(I do recall documentaries about Jaws and The Godfather and Psycho having very long lines, but those were before my time
)I wonder if Dune 3 / Doomsday in December will have this same problem.
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