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Posted by DVDfever Dom on 07/11/06 21:18
Ed Chilada wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2006 13:55:43 -0700, "DVDfever Dom" <google@dvdfever.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Ed Chilada wrote:
> >> Last weekend I went to watch Pirates of the Carribean. They put an
> >> anti-piracy trailer on, showing bits of Superman Returns which then
> >> scaled down, washed out and went muffled as they tried to show what a
> >> ripped off copy would look like and how much poorer it is. "Come to
> >> the cinema for the real experience", they said.
> >>
> >> 45 minutes and many adverts and trailers later, the film eventually
> >> started....
> >>
> >> Given the film is two and a half hours long in the first place, I
> >> thought that was taking the piss. Countless people (usually women),
> >> had to leave part way through the film to go for a leak. Sure, they
> >> get to see the film on a big screen, but they also get to miss five
> >> potentially crucial minutes of it because they can't pause it and they
> >> had to wait over 45 minutes for it to start in the first place.
> >
> >They could've gone for a leak after 40 mins so they'd have got back in
> >time for the film to start.
>
> This was after the advertised film start time, so there's no way of
> knowing that the film wouldn't start for another 5 minutes, or would
> start the moment they step outside the screen.
Then go a bit earlier inbetween the time the trailers start and the
time it's meant to start. Either way it's not something I have to worry
about any more.
> >I decided that four years ago. Haven't been to the cinema since. My
> >main bugbear is that the audience is usually full of inconsiderate
> >bastards who don't switch their mobiles off, they talk to the people
> >they've come with, they eat food loudly, etc. etc.
>
> People tend to be quiet once the movie starts and of course, the 45
> minute lead time means everyone's finished eating by the time the film
> starts! It's people kicking the back of the chairs that pisses me off.
> How long do you leave it before it's time to say something? Grrr!
I find people are not quite once the film starts and if teenagers are
in there then they think nothing of getting up, going out of the
auditorium in pairs, coming back in a few minutes later, talking all
the while as they go, and repeat a few more times since they didn't
actually come to watch the film.
No-one can kick my chair at home :)
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