Losing Interest in Mainstream Cinema

Before I begin, allow me to clarify the title of this post. I am still very passionate about movies and the film industry per se. And it’s not as if I’m going to run out of content to watch over night. There’s a wealth of older material to watch and the film industry still produces a broad spectrum of new films each year. However, for several years now I have found myself increasingly disinterested in the majority of mainstream films showcased at my local cinema. In 2014 I went to Cineworld in Bexleyheath over a dozen times. The following year that number had halved, and this pattern has continued to the present. In 2017, I went to the cinema just three times. I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Dunkirk and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Yet I watched over 150 movies at home the same year. For me the problem lies with the dominance of specific movie franchises and the way they monopolise the major cinema chains.