Remember when going to a movie used to cost $3?  Way back in 1962?  Actually, it was in 1995.  That was 10 years ago.  Since then, prices have increased to about 300% of the 1995 price.  And that $3 movie wasn't at some backwoods hick shack.  It was at the mall.  Now that same mall has gone from having two movie theaters to having no movie theaters. 

Why do movies cost more now?  Are they better than they used to be?  Nah.  Are they more expensive to make?  Yes.  Don't all those commercials at the beginning help at all?  Apparently not. 

So what's the real reason they're move expensive?  Food.  How many times have you gone into a movie theater with candy in your pocket?  That's every time for me.  So instead of paying $15 for food and $6 for a couple tickets, we're paying $18 for a couple tickets with no food.  Apparently this says we're actually doing better than we were.  But I don't think I agree with my argument. 

It's not that movies cost more, it's that movie theaters cost more.  You can buy DVDs for about $15-$20.  You can watch them a million times.  But watching a single movie a single time will cost you about $10.  That's because big dumb theaters need to pay for big dumb seats and big dumb speakers and big dumb teenagers to sell overpriced food.