Re:MoviePass keeps plan at $10, but limits subscribers to th...
by s73v3r_ on Monday August 06, 2018 @01:03PM
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" If I have to drive to the theatre to then get there and discover that MoviePass has decided I'm not allowed to see Movie X then I'm going to stop using it."
Don't they have the app that shows you want movies you can see?
Re:MoviePass keeps plan at $10, but limits subscribers to th...
by gergles on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:02PM
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Yes, but the availability is not set when you open the app, it isn't set until you check-in, which you can't do until you get to theatre.
If you live a 20-minute drive from the theatre... You open the app at home, see your movie listed, then drive there. It is quite possible that by the time you get there MP has decided you can't watch that movie anymore.
There's no way to work around this and it makes the service basically unusable.
Currently they implement these blackouts either nationwide (you can't see Mission Impossible on MoviePass at all) or regionally, with showtimes vanishing from the app without warning after too many people elsewhere in your region buy tickets to the movie in question.
The problem with the service is inconsistency and never knowing if you'll actually be able to see a movie or not.
Also, if you were foolish enough to buy an annual subscription, then you don't get the limitation but you still have had your deal altered with movie blackouts and stub verification.