Posted by Richard Brooks on 07/12/06 10:22

MichaelJP wrote:
> "Ed Chilada" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:5fu7b2hk0u8ll6thlu608i3iesrp884642@4ax.com...
>> 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.
>
> The thing is though, there are many distractions at home. I find I'm much
> less likely to give a movie a chance if it's a slow starter and I'm watching
> it at home. There's so many other channels I could watch or videogames I
> could play. At the cinema I'm very unlikely to walk out.
>
> Also at home, danger of being interrupted by kids, wife etc. !

You need to build a cinema out of an old shed in your back garden!
Either that or have a cinema room.

It drives me nuts when I'm at a mate's house and someone is either
getting up every five minutes, making requests or knitting at the same time.

If it's promised to be a good film then, lights out, glass of red wine
and no interruptions.


Richard.




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Will Hay - "Grouse on the moors."
Cust. - "Deer in the hills."
Will Hay - "Ah! but cheaper in the towns!"

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