Posted by Ed Chilada on 07/11/06 19:16

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.

Maybe next time I'll decide that the home experience is better.

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