[seanmcdirmid]

> The movie theater experience has always been expensive.

I don't think they were that expensive in the 1930s and 40s, maybe into the 50s. Supposedly, in the 1930s, they were around 25 cents, which $5 in today's money.

We've just seriously gone of the rails on pricing for some reason, but it probably started before I was born (in 75) and has just gotten a lot worse over time (so in the 90s, they were expensive, but are even more expensive today).

[raydev]

Why are you comparing prices from a time when most people in the US weren't even born yet?

Comparing with the 90s seems reasonable because nothing is dramatically different about the experience except there are generally better seats now.

[seanmcdirmid]

If someone says “it’s always been like that”, I definitely take that as a historical pre-birth statement.

[raydev]

Luckily I'm near the median age, so it actually has been like that for most people. :)