Posted by Ed Chilada on 07/11/06 21:10

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.


>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!

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