Posted by DVDfever Dom on 07/11/06 20:55

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.

Plus DVDs come out just a few months later and I can watch them at home
in DD5.1 or DTS 5.1 and such a setup doesn't cost a great deal at all.

Yes, a 32" WS TV isn't as big as a cinema screen but if, for example,
King Kong appears then I get the idea that he's as tall as a block of
flats whether it's on either screen so it's all relative.

[Back to original message]