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Originally posted by Searyx
1. No one forces you to watch the commercials. Next time, enter the theater 10mins AFTER they close the doors. Personally, I ENJOY the commercials. It's nice to see what's coming up in the theaters soon.
2. If someone is talking during the movie, turn to them and politely ask them to stop. If you don't have the balls to do that, then I have no sympathy for you. |
I think you missed what he was talking about. Not movie previews...those are previews. It's the bullshit commercials that are starting to appear more and more. I see commercials for tv shows, for the trashy food the theater sells(WHO buys Nachos at a movie theater? I want to talk to them to find out the appeal), and a few random popular commercials from television. I know what he means...I would skip the 1st 10 minutes but the bastards mix previews and commercials, so if you want to see upcoming movie trailers...ARGH.
The barraging the moviegoer with military commercial/terrible American pride commercials(PASS IT ON!) got tiring pretty fast too, and thankfully those have stopped...At one point me and my friends stood up and acted out the Army commercial--the one where the soldier is climbing up a mountain which had a scene of a kid being fed and a screaming drill sergeant. We could only assume he did some peyote and was climbing a HOLY mountain, especially with that ghost of a soldier at the peak---in interpretive dance. (yes, the theater was empty. We're not dicks if other people are around...)
if they have gotten to the point where the ridiculously high ticket price(all of which goes to the studio? I know the theater doesn't get diddly from those sales, just dunno where the money actually does get funneled to) and ridiculously high prices for their snacks(where the theater makes their money) isn't enough to be profitable...good lord, where does the money GO to?
The buck fifty palace as I call it might be kind of smelly, and it takes a few months for movies to get there...but I love that $1.50 movie theater so much. I would have to go on a killing spree if they ever closed their doors. But since they probably make a boatload more money(hmm, cheaper tickets means more people who are more inclined to buy overpriced snacks than someone who just got raped at the ticket counter) than the average theater so I'm not worried =).
one of the funniest things I ever saw was the first day Star Wars: AoTC opened, these two big black dudes were talking really loudly. This little uber-nerd stands up and tells them to shut the fuck up...the moral from that outing was you don't mess with a star wars nurdboy while star wars is on. They'll CUT YOU...the force makes them BOLD. I've gone out and had the rent-a-cop who sits in the lobbey go and toss snotty little kids out of theaters before. I'm an ass before and after a movie, but I shut up and don't pull out LASER POINTERS and highlight people's crotches because they're funny or something during the movie. And since I'm not allowed to physically harm other people's children...(the law is a bitch, ain't it? real good parents, who leave their obviously immature children unattended in an auditorium.) I've never had the pleasure of experiencing large drunk men in a theater. I live a sheltered life.
I bought some Hot Pockets once based on a commercial...good lord those little bags of grease are nasty. Mentos commercials are a close second in hilarity though!
When I get passionate on a subject, the profanity flies out! I hope I didn't drop too much in here. This is kind of a stream of consciousness rant about theaters.