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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happened to drive-in movie theaters?
Would seem like a good solution to todays self isolation problem when feeling the need to go se a movie..
chowder66
(9,067 posts)My favorite Drive-In is this one;
https://missiontiki.com
Make7
(8,543 posts)gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)Very few survived that. I have one about 30 miles from my house that still thrives and has been updated over the years. Another one about 25 miles away that tried to hold on I believe it was last used as a drive in church. But I think it is vacant now.
mahina
(17,649 posts)In Honolulu we had a nice area I remember watching Sleeping Beauty when I was a little kid. Thats a Cemetary now? Or if its the lot next door, which it could be, its a storage building, which prints money.
The other one I remember was in Kailua and is now the home of a very expensive and dubious private school. Dubious in the value given. And Ive gone to public and private schools, fam too. I support public schools whether I attend them or not. This is not that. This is just a reaction to having some pretty bad public schools in the area. Why do Hawaii schools suck? They dont have to. They didnt always.
I went by one in Kalihi yesterday within a mile of a prison and I swear it looked like a feeder school for the prison. Depressing, nothing fun or beautiful or well cared for.
And in Hawaii, in theory if not in practice, all schools are supposed to get the same money per kid.
Pardon the branch off topic. Might make an OP after I take cover!
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Great movies have been destroyed (edited/shortened) in order to make it possible to screen them more times per day.
Also, just in general, more theaters were built in the 80s and 90s and they were luxurious (or at least comfortable) multiplexes. Families could go to one of these and mom and dad could watch Animal House while the kids watched Jaws 2. They made it so easy to go the movies and tie it in with other things, like shopping at the mall, grabbing lunch. Theaters could charge more too, and finance state of the art sound systems and experimental things like 70 Millimeter, THX Sound, Sensurround, quadraphonic sound, to enhance the movie going experience.
Imagine watching something like Apocalypse Now, or Altered States, or a really high-tech movie at a drive-in. The drive in experience, for many, lost its appeal as films became more technologically evolved and moviegoers didn't want to miss out on the experiential aspect. (at least that's my theory).
I don't know the answer to this question: Could you screen a movie in 70mm at a drive in? (Just curious)
captain queeg
(10,187 posts)Used to be drive ins charged by the carload, at least some nights. Families were bigger; mom used to pack us all in. But as much fun as they were I dont miss the mosquitos. On a hot humid summer night youd either keep the windows up and suffer or roll them down and get eaten alive. Still, mostly fond memories.
kaycee22
(62 posts)They opened for the season this weekend.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)They're quite alive and gaining in popularity during COVID.
phylny
(8,380 posts)they had a fire in the diner on the premises, closed, and the screen was taken down.
snowybirdie
(5,225 posts)Went to one in Chicago suburbs last week. Start of a new trend.
doc03
(35,328 posts)Goodheart
(5,321 posts)Drive in theaters were a good choice until movie houses air-conditioned their buildings. The decline wasn't immediate but it was real and steady.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)PJMcK
(22,035 posts)(wink)
womanofthehills
(8,703 posts)Said he is working to get us one. Next week- he has a lets cruise around town - driving around town, waving at each other while listening to music.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)JCMach1
(27,556 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,276 posts)Probably with the next phase of opening.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)At 7:00 pm. Turn off your car and sit in it for 1 1/2 hours.
Youll have your answer. If the heat, humidity and thunderstorm dont get you the misquotes will carry you off.
When no one had AC they were a way to be entertained while suffering. Now suffering is no longer required.
pstokely
(10,528 posts)land became worth more than the business itself