MoviePass continued its slow circling of the drain this week when it was announced that two upcoming major releases — Disney’s Christopher Robin and Jason Statham’s shark action flick The Meg — would not be available to subscribers. The news came on the heels the service angering users by blocking Mission: Impossible — Fallout on the opening weekend, as well as widespread outages and generally being out of money.
Should MoviePass evade certain death, CEO Mitch Lowe revealed in an all-hands meeting on Monday that subscribers had better get used to not having access to tickets to major releases, which is certainly not helping their case.
People who have shelled out for the subscription (in many cases, on an annual, not monthly basis) are now fuming over the bait-and-switch tactics of the dying company — which also recently included tacking on surge pricing to popular movies.
But since there’s nothing that can really be done anyway at this point, many people are turning to Twitter to roast MoviePass’ probable demise and there are certainly no shortage of jokes to be found.
moviepass HQ curently pic.twitter.com/QIQ0NqaZtt
— Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) July 30, 2018
Pulled out my MoviePass card and it turned into a Circuit City gift certificate in my hand.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) July 30, 2018
what if MoviePass is right and there actually are no more movies
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) July 30, 2018
Anyone else's MoviePass app acting up? pic.twitter.com/FJMJw6krBQ
— Tyler Schmall (@tylerschmall) July 31, 2018
MoviePass died so I paid full price to see Mamma Mia 2 AMA
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) July 30, 2018
Me, logging into MoviePass right now pic.twitter.com/jeZQSYPhQx
— Randy Dank (@rjdank) July 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/1024075425583194113
It's disorienting to live in a time when a tweet that says "It was fun while it lasted but we always knew it wasn't sustainable in the long-term" could be about either MoviePass or America.
— Eric D. Snider (@EricDSnider) July 30, 2018
#MoviePass: “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good…” pic.twitter.com/YhaYkSWseL
— Andy Kenareki (@AndyKenareki) July 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/marklisanti/status/1024070920015495169
I relate to Moviepass in that I am a disappointment that is hemorrhaging money.
— Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) July 31, 2018
Inside Look: At #MoviePass boardroom meeting pic.twitter.com/Pe0WfOJtmy
— Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) July 30, 2018
But hey, at least a few people were able to offer some kind words about MoviePass:
I will not tolerate a single bad word about MoviePass. It took money from a bunch of VC firms and transferred it to people who loved going to the movies. It was cinematic altruism and if this is the end I’ll look back on our time together fondly.
— Chris Wilson (@realchriswilson) July 30, 2018
If #MoviePass is on its way out, I want to say thanks. You tried to get more people to the movies, and you succeeded. We paid $10 a month for a movie a day and were totally ungrateful the entire time. You rocked @MoviePass, and I wish it could have lasted forever.,
— 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚢𝚘 𝙹𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚋𝚒 (@MateyoJakobi) July 30, 2018
Media criticism: Moviepass ruled and the reporters who have gleefully cheered its demise suck.
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) July 30, 2018
Are people seriously complaining about MoviePass right now? The company has brought unbelievable value to customers. My annualized MoviePass ROI is 680%. If this really is the end, and I hope it's not, shouldn't we all just say "thank you"?
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) July 30, 2018
R.I.P., MoviePass. You were beautiful and ill-conceived for this world.