I’m not seeing movies in theaters anymore for two main reasons:

• Unemployment. If capital wants me to spend money, they have to pay me first. I’m living on a budget here. and going to a movie in a theater isn’t good value per dollar, to me.
• Diseases. Apparently a lot of people just don’t believe in medicine anymore, and don’t get vaccinated. I don’t really want to sit in a room where I might end up next to a maga hat disease factory. I brave the world for other things, but a movie isn’t appealing enough for me to want to take this risk.

The movie theaters I did go to had strong policies about being polite and quiet. If you talked or used your phone, you’d get one warning. A second time, and they’d kick you out without a refund.

edit: I’m old. Not gen-z