" Recalling his love of going to movie theaters as a child, Scorsese also wants these more “serious” films to make a comeback at theaters.
“I’m afraid the franchise films will be taking over the theaters,” he said. “I always ask the theater owners to create a space where younger people would say they want to see this new film, which is not a franchise film, in a theater and share that with everybody around them. So that they want to go to the theater, that it’s something inviting that doesn’t get them to say they could see it at home. Because the experience of seeing a film with a lot of people is really still the key, I think. But I’m not sure that can be easily achieved at this point.”"
So, a couple of things... I said this in a different "Scorsese hates comic book movies" thread and it bears repeating here.
Film needs to compete with what's happening at home if they want people to leave their homes and go to the theater.
Back in the 1950s when film was threatened by television, they responded by widening the screen with Cinemascope, and brightening the color with technicolor.
Now film has to compete with binge watching and home theaters like mine with an 8K screen and 7.1 Dolby Atmos.
It takes A LOT to get me out of the house, especially when 2 adults plus snacks can be $50 or more.
Plus I have to deal with "other people", seeing a film with a giant crowd and their inevitable idiocy is not the flex Scorsese seems to think it is, and I can't just buy a ticket, walk in and sit down, I have to go through this whole process of assigned seating.
I love Scorsese dearly, After Hours is one of my favorite films, but it doesn't demand to be seen in a theater.
Same for Wes Anderson, I went to see Asteroid City and it's a very small film.
When I go to a theater, I want spectacle. I want the 2 hour thrill ride experience. I want to see something I've never seen before.
If all someone wants to make is a tight knit human drama with people talking in a series of rooms, Downton Abbey and Bridgerton are -> over there somewhere.