MoviePass

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by MasturB

Unfortunately I can't see what theaters in my zip code are allowed.

Neither can I.

[Chaotic]

Oh it went through. Nice

[Chaotic]

Sweet, all my theaters by me support it.

[A Sith Lord?]

So if I do MoviePass is that for every theater in my area that accepts it or I can only do it for one theater? Glad all my theaters accept it. I don't plan on going to chains but the mom and pop theaters and spending a few bucks on concessions

[A Sith Lord?]

The most I'm willing to pay for this is probably 15 a month when it gets that high. Otherwise at 10 bucks a month I plan on seeing the same movies multiple times and movies I was on the fence on. Definitely see a movie like valerian I wasn't willing to pay for.

[SethRex]

When is the website going to work. I keep getting application error.

[MarkBirds]

Kept getting error message after error message. Entered all my info but couldn't get final confirmation. Gave up and figured I would try tonight late. A few minutes later, lo and behold, I get the confirmation email. Lots of good stuff hitting theaters starting with It in September.

[A Sith Lord?]

I'll probably wait til around midnight to do it. Is there a deadline or first x amount of signees?

[MarkBirds]

Originally Posted by MasturB

I'll probably wait til around midnight to do it. Is there a deadline or first x amount of signees?

I'm almost positive there's no deadline or limit to the number of people that can sign up. If you do a Google News search, there are several articles from the past couple of days on Moviepass and how it works. What surprises me is they actually send you a MasterCard debit card thing to buy your tickets.

[A Sith Lord?]

Originally Posted by MarkBirds

I'm almost positive there's no deadline or limit to the number of people that can sign up. If you do a Google News search, there are several articles from the past couple of days on Moviepass and how it works. What surprises me is they actually send you a MasterCard debit card thing to buy your tickets.

Hmm. So basically when I go to theater I use their card and it's good? Assuming limit one per person.

Also does it mention how many times I can watch a day? Is it once per day only or once per theater a day and I can go to another same day to watch.

[MarkBirds]

Originally Posted by MasturB

Hmm. So basically when I go to theater I use their card and it's good? Assuming limit one per person.

Also does it mention how many times I can watch a day? Is it once per day only or once per theater a day and I can go to another same day to watch.

You get to see one movie a day. You can only buy a ticket on the day of the showing. How it works: you go to the theater, check in on your smart phone, movie pass loads the money for your ticket onto the debit card thing, and you use the debit card thing to buy your ticket.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by MarkBirds

Kept getting error message after error message. Entered all my info but couldn't get final confirmation. Gave up and figured I would try tonight late. A few minutes later, lo and behold, I get the confirmation email. Lots of good stuff hitting theaters starting with It in September.

I got the same thing but it went through

[MarkBirds]

Here's a link to look up movie theaters in your area:

http://mdudetm.com/moviepass/

[LordRaymond]

Didn't seem like they invest enough for their servers. Probably have more luck to register during night time.

[LynxFX]

Really good interview with Mitch Lowe that covers why they can do this at $10 and why AMC's big fuss is a bunch of nonsense.

https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/moviepa...interview-amc/

So you don't have deals with the big theater chains?

No, those are all agreements that they've done with their credit card processor, whoever they might be.

If you agree to take Visa or Mastercard, you've agreed not to discriminate between one card and another. If you're a company like AMC and you say I'll take this Mastercard but not that Mastercard, you're violating the rules of the credit card company and you've lost your ability to take any Mastercard after that.

[Rblu-Dblu]

I had this service a few years ago when it was $30 a month and I thought it was a great deal. I probably went to 4 or 5 movies a week. Then they switched to the 24 hour waiting period so I cancelled. At $10 a month plus a reset every day, I'll probably jump back in.

[LordRaymond]

I agree AMC can't stop Moviepass from doing this. However this $10 a month for unlimited films looks definitely unsustainable on the surface. Unless their data mining operation turns out to be a big success.

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Really good interview with Mitch Lowe that covers why they can do this at $10 and why AMC's big fuss is a bunch of nonsense.

https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/moviepa...interview-amc/

So you don't have deals with the big theater chains?

[shinobipopcorn]

I hope everyone who signs up for this doesn't end up spammed to hell and back like the Planet Express crew in Bender's Big Score. Because you're right, that's probably how they're gonna make money.

[A Sith Lord?]

Originally Posted by shinobipopcorn

I hope everyone who signs up for this doesn't end up spammed to hell and back like the Planet Express crew in Bender's Big Score. Because you're right, that's probably how they're gonna make money.

Email wise? I planned on signing up with a throwaway email anyway so.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

My perspective is that EVERYONE would get a massive win from this concept. Studios, theatres, and consumers alike!