To all who've been to a movie lately

[Toolz]

Okay went to see School of Rock last night, very good movie btw, movie showtime was 7:10, walked in 2 mins before got my seat etc.

Okay so for $16.50 for the two of us here's what I was treated to:

3 previews, yeah okay that's fine bring on the movie;
5 regular commercials
1 2 minute long featurette on how movie piracy is hurting the set painters

At this point I've already yelled out start the movie 6 times, once for each commercial and once for the painter. And I feel better because more than a few people are pissed off at this point.

Next, the 60 second ad for the movie theatre itself, I'm already here, I saw the popcorn and shit out in the lobby, show me what I just paid for.

Then, one more final preview before the actual movie starts, at 7:25. 15 full minutes of bullshit before a movie started. On the way out I asked the manager if they could publish the "real" movie start times along with the "marketing" start times so I would know when to show up.

Anyone else experience a similar situation lately? And I wonder why I wait til Tuesday and head to Best Buy and pickup all the new DVD's for $14.95, my sound system and home cinema is better and I can fast forward through the previews/commercials



Last edited by Toolz at Oct 7 2003, 06:58 AM