Comments on: Taking the movie experience back

By: RonCo

RonCo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:01:13 +0000

OK – I can see another problem, even for a single trial event: escrowing funds for the screening, since funds for rent and the admin fee would have to come from a single source in order for a chain like UA to reserve the theater.

It boils down to trust I imagine; I still think Paypal can accomodate that type of scenario, if delegation and trust are there.

By: RonCo

RonCo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:51:01 +0000

Heidi – I’m going to contact at least a couple of Denver film clubs up on Meetup.com – good suggestion!

At this point, I’d say any fans that hear about this should simply pledge to give it one try and commit the $17, RSVP the number of bodies, and be ready to go! I’ll pay the fee and guarantee 3, possibly 5 bodies for the first screening.

By: RonCo

RonCo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:38:43 +0000

k – My research and outline were developed as a response to interest from fans of WWTW in the Denver/Front Range area, thus the relevance of the UA Greenwood Plaza example. I’m not inclined to try to pitch an un-tested idea to a movie chain. The idea needs to become a working, useful, successful experience before it becomes anything else (if, indeed, it even needs to expand.)

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:34:58 +0000

I really dig this idea. Not sure if I would want to be in charge of putting something like this together, however, if someone else in my area (Northern Colorado) starts something like this, I am very interested.

A good place to start trying to find members would be with the Meetup.com movie clubs. There’s an active one in Fort Collins.

By: opus

opus — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:55:04 +0000

I decided to look up what the local chain theater does in the way of renting out. This is strictly from the website, I haven’t actually talked to a live, (or dead ), human about it.

They rent out but only on weekdays, during the day. Unless they are specifically restricted from showing a first run film as a rental you can see first run films or any other film,new or old depending on it’s availiability.
I’d never actually thought about old films but it sure would be great to see a film on the big screen that I’d only ever seen on television.
There’s a $250 admin fee but all other dollar amounts are event specific.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:16:07 +0000

It would take some doing, and often people RSVP for events and never show up. But it’s an option for movie fans tired of the status quo. And I posted this because reader Ron was kind enough to do some digging about the subject. Perhaps his hard work will inspire others … or even spark a club or two.

By: K

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:08:37 +0000

An interesting concept, mainly for people who already belong to some type of social organization where you can put together parties of 30 or so.

The “problem” with the internet is that it works globally, not locally. Finding 30 local movie fans who hate commercials and noise enough to form a club would be a problem, particularly for an anti-social type like myself.

OTOH, perhaps this could be pitched to the local cineplex who could form their own “clubs” via their parent companies. I mean Regal theaters, for example, has it’s own card, presumably with the e mail addys of the people who have them. It would be easy to put together some type of “movie club”.