|  | Posted by MULLINER on 07/16/06 15:51 
DVDfever Dom 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.
 >
 > > Maybe next time I'll decide that the home experience is better.
 >
 > 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.
 
 That's why Cindy and I prefer Arthouse cinemas like the one's in Soho
 and Mayfair - absolutely NO RIFF RAFF.
 
 Good luck!
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