 Thanks for checking out this video. So let's talk about movie pass two reasons I'm doing this video one because I just got some new lighting as you can see it gets so bright when I get my hand close to it But I'm trying that out so I can be in a different location than where I usually am and things should hopefully look better But bear with me while I play along with it But anyway, if you clicked on it, you're here to talk about movie pass movie pass I've been a member since April of this year. So not very long. What's that? Five months almost So and it was kind of like in the middle ish of April when it got activated So I got in on a special deal that was not the 999 or you know, 10 basically 10 bucks a month I got in on a deal that was seven bucks a month with like an extra fee So all was said and done I ended up with $97 that I ended up paying you know that shipping handling for the card because they give you an actual card If you are not familiar with it. I'm not really going to talk about like necessarily how Well, I can't talk a little bit about how movie pass works, but This will be kind of more people looking for my feelings on movie pass in general. So I Been with it for a while Enjoyed it. I've enjoyed how it's worked, but there's been a lot of issue With how the company's been running and I know the stakeholders really know that because they've had a lot of problems with their stock going way way way down and Yeah stockholders not very happy about it. So There's been a lot of outcry especially recently because they made a really big change Their initial thing was $10 a month and you can see as many movies as you want in a year up to one Per day in a theater. So that sounds great, right? You pay this this flat fee per month and you can watch You know depending on the month maybe up to 31 movies in that month if you'd like to So they've done a bunch of different things over time that people have been mad about like adding surge pricing where it would be You know more in-demand movies at more in-demand times They would only cover a portion of the ticket and maybe you'd have to cover like three bucks five bucks It kind of depended then they started doing ones where they weren't allowing people to go to matinee showings Which that was during a portion where I believe they're having a lot of money trouble Which I shouldn't say we're having there still currently having a lot of financial problems, but I Think they'd actually run out of money at that point So they started, you know having saying no matinees and I believe that's because that's when They figured a lot. Most people were going. I'm sure they can look at their analytics and figure that out So they were saying oh, you know, there are a lot of people going at this time So let's just shut those off So then they were having issues with their app because they have an app on the phone where you actually have to check into the movie And then it loads money onto the physical card that you have and it's just kind of used like a credit card So they were having issues where people were looking it up and on the theater saying oh, there's a showing that I can go to I'm going to do I'm going to go do that They drive like 15 20 minutes to get that theater they get there and then they bring up their phone to hit that That actual viewing and you know get there their money added to the card and it's not there anymore So they're kind of playing games like that So a lot of people upset about that and I was upset about that kind of stuff because that's terrible terrible way to do business But they are now at a point where they're saying hey, we are we believe we are good now This is the business model now. So what they went ahead and did they said we're gonna stop with the surge pricing We're going to open up the times way more than we used to I think they're still going to limit Some movies like particular movies that are really really popular I think they're still gonna limit those because like for mission impossible the new mission impossible They were actually just blocking it straight up So I don't know if they're gonna continue to still 100% block some or if they're just gonna block like maybe the opening week Or opening two weeks or whatever that's a little unclear at the moment But they're rolling back a lot of those less popular things But something that's people are most pissed about at the moment is that they said no longer Can you see unlimited movies up to one movie a day? You can only see up to three per month So people are saying oh now I was paying $10 a month to get up to potentially 31 movies But now I'm paying $10 a month the same amount for three movies So people are really mad. How do I personally feel about it? Okay, so I told you I've had it since maybe about mid-April Use it eight times now and it's in early August. So I still have Through February. No, actually, I'm sorry through March. So I still have through March. So I have like eight months Almost I have about eight months left. I've already seen eight movies So calculating it out with like $12.50 per normal movie screening I would have ended up spending about a hundred bucks At this point I only spent 97 so already I'm you know three bucks ahead and That's good and it's only gonna get better from there for me because I have plenty of time left to go see more movies and They said they they did analytics. I don't know if this is true But I could see it being true where they were saying, you know, we looked at it in the majority of our our Our people who subscribe are actually only doing three movies about three movies a month I think I think they said like they're 80% of people who purchased the the the product only go three times a month on average So I kind of believe that especially if you're someone like me like you're busy You have a lot of stuff going on so you kind of try and fit it in where you can How many people really have a ton of time to go to the theater? But I can understand where the people who have a lot of time are like well this sucks There's also the issue of the expectation, you know If you sign up and they have the all these things promised like I did and it was like Unlimited up to one a day and then they start, you know Putting things that you disagree with in the practice like the surge pricing and limiting showings and then they Finally roll it back to oh, it's only three per month. I could see in comparison. You're upset You're saying well, I was getting this value now. I'm getting this value But the point that I've come to is you're still getting a value You're still getting a deal. It is still a good deal, you know three movies per month would end up being what like $37 like around like 38 bucks Okay, if you go to those three if you're paying out of pocket So if you're paying $10 a month for $38 worth of movies, you're coming out ahead You're doing just fine and I think that people should kind of calm down about it Yes, it It's a problem all the all the times that they That the company has been up and down with like now we're doing this now we're doing this now We're doing this, but they're trying to figure out how to best do it Have they handled it? Well, absolutely not their communication has been crap They've lied about why things have been happening with companies. It goes a long way when you are honest So I think if they would have been honest about everything and said look We're in trouble and we want you guys to know that we want to stick around We want to be able to provide the service to you and we don't want to have to jack the price up So we need to figure something out. So here it is instead of just making all these excuses like saying oh our app Crashed or we had this problem or that problem when actually they just didn't have any money Should have been honest people people enjoy that more Way more Including me, but you know, I came to the conclusion I'm good if I can get three a month I mean at the moment I'm sitting at about maybe two a month is what I've been doing so for me personally It's still good. I mean, I'm still getting that value I'd be spending what like 25 bucks in a month, but instead well with my special plan Seven bucks. I was spending seven bucks instead of 25 bucks per month. That's good for me That's very good for me the people and the people still, you know spending the $10 per month It's still a good deal for you guys So if people can't get past it, I would say just try and forget it keep going with the company But I do understand there are a lot of people out there who are still looking at that I was here with what I was getting now I'm here with what I'm getting and that sucks and the company handled it Incorrectly and they did a terrible job and they weren't straightforward. I understand that So you can feel free to hold that grudge And I know that I have definitely held grudges against companies in the past for various things There are still companies at the moment that I don't you know buy anything from because I don't like some of their practices or There have been ways that I felt like I've been wronged by them So I understand that and that's everyone's choice. You do whatever you want with it But my analysis of it is a lot of ups and downs Mainly downs over the past year or so for movie paths. Well, not even in the last year like over the past like four or five months a lot of up downs for them, but we could be on the upswing, you know not from the standpoint of getting better value going forward, but being steady and getting a good value and Getting that great discount and maybe it just stays stable. They make enough money and they're good And you know, maybe it is a situation where down the road when their money their cash flow starts to become more stable They can start taking a look and saying how do we bring more people in? Well, maybe we should start increasing the amount of viewings that people can have of the films You know, maybe they'll then move it to forward Maybe they'll then move it to five per month and then see if they can get more people coming in and up their revenue so I Don't know. I'm just speculating on some things, but Those are kind of my feelings on it Let me know what you think because I really I really haven't talked to all that many people about the whole movie pass situation And I'm just interested to see what everyone's view is on it I mean, I have been on Twitter and seen the hashtag movie pass fail Which actually is kind of fun to look at so if you're on Twitter Just go look at hashtag movie pass fail because some real pissed off people on there And they say some funny slash interesting things so That's mainly what I've been seeing is mainly people who are mad But I've talked to not many people just a few about, you know, their feelings and most people are kind of like Yeah, I don't know So I'd really would like to hear leave some comments down there and let me know your feelings on it Whether you, you know are a movie pass person or you're not a movie pass person, you know From someone on the outside looking in at this debacle What are your thoughts but but more interested on in that people who are in with the company And that's new people and that's older people The other thing I should address really really fast is the fact that I saw some people were really mad because they literally Like a week prior Signed up for movie pass and then that next week is when they were like, yeah, it's not unlimited anymore Now it's just three I could really understand being mad at that point if you so I guess it matters like kind of when you became aware of movie pass how much information you have about their ups and downs and You know, how long it was from when you got it to when changes happen So a lot of factors, but yeah, let's let's talk down here If you guys want more videos talking about these types of topics Not necessarily movie pass in particular, but other you know current events type things especially like nerdy current events type things We can get into that but leave comments down there. 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