But Foster's Daily Democrat decided to do a story, anyway.
Robert Boucher and his son, Robert Boucher Jr., made up half the patrons who filed into Dover's Strand Theatre Thursday evening to see "10,000 BC."
The father and son spent $30 for two tickets, some popcorn, a large soda with two straws and box of Milk Duds. They usually go to the movies once monthly.
"It's a nice, quiet night out," Robert Boucher said. "It's more of a bonding thing."
Several technological changes, including the ability to watch movies on the Internet or hand-held devices or access pay-per-view films at home on television have created tough times for the movie theater industry.
Michael Spinelli, whose business, Spinelli Cinemas in downtown Dover, operates the Strand and other movie houses in Barrington, Rochester and Plymouth, acknowledged the industry is facing stiff competition.
He closed a four-screen movie theater in Somersworth a few months ago. The company now has 15 screens in its remaining theaters.
"It was just a business decision that we had to make," he said.
Well, there's their problem -- they saw the wrong movie.
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