1. Why aren't
you playing a certain movie?
2. Why do you play old classic
movies once a month?
3. Why can't we bring
food into the theatre?
4. Why can't we put our
feet up on the backs of the chairs?
5. Why are your prices
so low?
6. Why are you still playing
the same movie longer than 2 weeks?
7. Can we buy tickets
more than a day in advance?
8. Why do you sometimes
play only a Matinee on a certain weekday?
9. Why does your popcorn
taste so good?
10. Why do your movies sometimes
change at the last minute?
11. Why is the sound
sometimes too loud?
1. We do our best to play the latest,
most popular movies, but we can't always get the movies
that we request. We also try to mix the movies to where
we play children's, teenagers, action, comedy, family and
blockbusters, so we try to satisfy all audiences. We are
also under the rules of each and every studio, so we have
to hold certain movies for certain lengths of time. Also,
movies are not always available when we request them. We
can't play the same movie that Albany Regal is playing.
But, if you wait for us to get it, you can watch it in
a more comfortable, and much more affordable theatre.
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2. It is a special venue we offer. Most
people have never seen the classic movies on anything other
than their television. Turner Classic Movie's and American
Movie Classic channels are very popular these days. We
offer to see them on the larger theatre screen. You see
much
more
detail
and it's a much more enjoyable experience sitting in the
theatre eating theatre popcorn and snacks.
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3. Believe it or not, the movie studio
gets most of the box office money. We rely on concession
income to pay our staff, replenish supplies, consumables,
pay utilities, repairs and maintenance, advertising, and
many more bills that we have. Without selling concessions,
we would have to close our doors and not have a theatre
in downtown Albany. That is why most theatres charge such
high prices for concessions. But, we still keep our prices
very low to make it affordable for you and to still operate
the theatre.
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4. Look at the bottom of your shoes.
Do you want somebody's foot on the back of your seat pushing
on it? Do you want somebody's foot in your neck or next
to your ear and mouth? Do you know how hard it is to keep
200 seats clean?
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5. To make it affordable for everyone
to enjoy a movie and snacks, and so you don't have to feel
guilty sneaking food in.
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6. The movie studios force us. We have
no choice.
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7. Yes. We now have a computerized
system in the Box Office. We can pre-sell tickets to movie
dates and showtimes that are confirmed.
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8. We sometimes have a special event
or classic movie that evening. We only have
one screen and one auditorium. We try and have a variety
of entertainment, instead of just playing the latest movies
all the time.
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9. We use gourmet popcorn which is
tastier and larger than typical movie theatre popcorn.
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10. The movie studio changes our movie
at the last minute. It's out of our hands.
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11. The sound is adjusted
so that the voices can be heard when they speak low or
whisper. When the music or action sound is heard, it makes
it louder than it should/could be, but if the sound is
turned down because of the action scenes or music, the
voices are too soft to be heard.
We've actually had more complaints that the sound is too low than too
high.
The sound is set at a medium point. Sorry.
We also make it a point to lower the sound during trailers, as they are
purposely louder than the movie. When the movie starts we set the level
back to movie sound level.
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