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aceyou - > Ace's Blog -> Crappy Movies in Bakersfield
Crappy Movies in Bakersfield

I'm in the mood to complain today.

(Well, er, uh, I'm ALWAYS in the mood to complain, so, er, uh, .... let's just get on with it!)

What's up with the management of the movie theaters in this town? Why is it that many of the most critically acclaimed, new releases, don't show up until weeks after they are released, if at all, and then we're lucky if they show up in more than one theater?

Recent examples - No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood.

These are both nominated for Best Picture Oscars - neither one of them showed up until weeks after their initial release. AND THEY ONLY SHOWED UP IN ONE THEATER - at Valley Plaza.

How many showings of Alvin and the Chipmunks does The Marketplace have to do before they can book a great film once in awhile?

And There Will Be Blood is about the oil industry!!! You'd think in this town there'd be a built in audience for that!

 

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Topics: bakersfield, marketplace, no country for old men, There will be blood, Valley Plaza
posted by aceyou on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 10:14 AM
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posted by nooneisabovethelaw on Feb 1, 2008 at 10:27 AM

There Will Be Blood started playing today (Feb. 1) at the Edwards Cinema at the Marketplace.

posted by steveeswenson on Feb 1, 2008 at 10:32 AM

The short answer is people in Bakersfield don't patronize that type of movie. As an example, The Valley of Elah, came only to Valley Plaza (Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron). It was a great movie, but there were very few people in the theater when I saw it.

I'm glad Valley Plaza shows some of these films.

posted by sagefever on Feb 1, 2008 at 10:42 AM

I belong to netflixs,they have this feature that allows you to see"whats hot" in your home town...Steve is right, there is a small population for some types of movies here,yet Juno has been here awhile..

posted by linfestyp on Feb 8, 2008 at 05:36 AM

The movies you mentioned are from the speciality divisions of the major studios and are therefore only booked in a limited number ofr cities and even then a small number of theatres.  If they show potential to "break out" of the arthouse circuit, they will slowly expand.  That's why it takes a while for them to hit cities like Bakersfield (we'll get them when they hit close to 1,000 theatres nationwide).

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