Posted by MULLINER� on 07/16/06 15:51

DVDfever Dom 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.
>
> > 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.

That's why Cindy and I prefer Arthouse cinemas like the one's in Soho
and Mayfair - absolutely NO RIFF RAFF.

Good luck!

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