FARCES, FAUXS rs discuss lacking season up ith that. so it's pter of it." he said. "It's I;:ppy at the same time." • thinks - Inception" is ino\ of the summer : , ,:Avard to it for a long • ion* is a real thinker pat of excitement. a lot Ie.?: 3 - and "Inception. - : as much "hype" as t.l:iiners. Smith said. - ery well, but the sum ed with the audience as I :s, - he said. said he does not think movie this summer that good. summer movies is that special effects and weak just try to wow you with " Forrest (sophomore .aid. "Every summer me movie that combines t line with good special but this summer hasn't Though Forrest said he doesn't know exactly why the box office has not had any major hits this summer, he thinks it's because studios have run out of quality movie ideas and instead just "adapt and edit" plots they have already made. Max Simone also thinks the lack of materi al has to do with the lackluster line-up. he said he thinks other factors play a part. too. It's all a bunch of. chance and circum stance and if people are actually working lon new material! or regurgitating the same thing." Simone (sophomore-English and film and video) said. "I also think 3-D has kind of destroyed the movie-going ,experience. It's just a gimmick" Greg Motel also said 3-D movies have diminished the quality of films. "Hollywood is failing at making budget, so they're putting out what they know sells, which happens to be 3-D kid movies and 'Twilight, — Motel (junior-film and video) said. Justin Jarrett, Class of 2009, said he attrib utes this season's line-up to limited funding for movie-makers. `A lot of studios are making less and less films every year because they cost a lot of lllh'iklF'ilirl money" he said. "The economy is a huge hole in the box office." Because of the economy Carmike Cinema 6 assistant manager Jarryd Beard said the theater has' seen an upward trend in ticket sales because it shows movies for a dollar "Our sales are definitely up this summer" he said. "But it's tough to tell if it's the movies or people discovering our business model." Beard said Carmike Cinema 6. 301 Benner Pike, is just now beginning to show the sum mer season's movie line-up, so he cannot tell how people will react to the movies. Though Premiere Theatre College 9 has had less ticket sales than previous summers, Smith said it is in line with the cinemas across the nation. "The trend is every three of four years is good, and then one year will be not as good, so ticket sales are not as high as last year but still pretty g00d... [there's an 1 amazing holi day season coming out," he said. "I think they're really gearing up for a great season, where summer has just lacked for this year" To e-mail reporter: krlslo6@psu.edu
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