Posted by tjf on 07/12/06 02:30

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:47:44 GMT, "Mike Hall"
<tarrow@spam3block.yahoo.com> wrote:

>Ed Chilada wrote:
>
>> Last weekend I went to watch Pirates of the Carribean.
>
>> 45 minutes and many adverts and trailers later, the film eventually
>> started....
>
>You obviously don't go to the cinema much. The adverts always last for at
>least 20 minutes after the film is supposed to start.

The main cinema in Lancaster (Regal) has on their board outside the
times when you can be let into the auditorium, i.e. when the adverts
begin, as well as the start time of the actual film, which is always
accurate. I guess it doesn't make great business sense to do that
though.

>That's how they fund
>the actors' and actresses' ridiculous salaries plus how they manage to
>afford the CGI for Jar Jar Binks.
>

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