Previews before movies

[SweetQintheLights]

Previews before movies#0

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:30pm

I went to see RENT on Thurs....Thanksgiving.

The movie was supposed to start at 11:00.

I got there at like 10:50 thinking it may be crowded but not even 1/10th of the theater was full.

Anyway- the movie didn't start till 11:25!! I am not kidding.

A half hour of previews....now thats just stretching my attention span.

I understand they want to show you what's coming out and all that but 25 mninutes of that!?!

I think 'good has gone too far.'

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[Allie]

re: Previews before movies#1

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:33pm

I especially dislike the theatres showing commercials with the previews. Before Rent, I got Honda Civic, PlayStation, Canadian Tire, Coca Cola, and THEN movie previews. UGH!

[KelRel]

re: Previews before movies#2

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:34pm

I couldn't believe how many previews there were. It was nuts!

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[melissa errico fan]

re: Previews before movies#3

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:36pm

In New York City movie theatres, it is insane. First, there are a solid ten minutes of commercials, followed by a good 20 minutes of movie previews. Loews is especially bad. That's why I try to go to smaller theatres as often as I can. Usually, they are very good about keeping previews to an absolute minimum.

[cturtle]

re: Previews before movies#4

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:36pm

i heard some lady sued a theatre for advertising false starting times not long ago. i wonder whatever happened to that suit ...

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[BlueWizard]

re: Previews before movies#5

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:40pm

I can understand a handful of movie trailers, but the product advertisements just aggravate me. I pay to see a movie on the big screen so I don't have to see ads. Now going out to the cinema is little different from staying at home and popping in a DVD, only at home I don't have to deal with rude strangers around me.

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[SweetQintheLights]

re: Previews before movies#6

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:50pm

When you think the previews are over and they show the coca-cola adds and the 'be quiet' things, then comes more previews.

However, I thought it was funny. They were doing the 'be quiet' thing and a cell phone rang (from the screen) and everyone in the movie theatre made this frustrated sigh thinking it was a real cell in the theatre and then then it says "Please silence your cell phones and any other noise making devices...including children..."

The second time I went I wanted to go 30 minutes after the time they said it would start so I wouldn't have to sit through previews but I was afraid there would be no seats. I just went on time and took a half hour nap.

"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178

[gavrochegirl]

re: Previews before movies#7

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:51pm

The only theatres that show commercials before the movies here are AMC and the little independent $1.50 movie place.

What the puck?!

[iwearshoes]

re: Previews before movies#8

Posted: 11/28/05 at 6:56pm

Yeah but that Antonio Banderes movie looks good!

[KelRel]

re: Previews before movies#9

Posted: 11/28/05 at 7:03pm

It does look good. Cheesy, but good. It strikes me as a Dangerous Minds meets Sister Act with dancing.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[iwearshoes]

re: Previews before movies#10

Posted: 11/28/05 at 7:04pm

With a bit of Save the Last Dance.

[Plum]

re: Previews before movies#11

Posted: 11/28/05 at 7:09pm

I actually love trailers, and ignorantly passing judgement on movies based on 30-60 seconds of footage. I could definitely pass on the commercials, though. It just seems wrong of theaters to constantly raise ticket prices and add endless advertising. But welcome to capitalism, aka See How Far You Can Push Customer Suffering Before It Becomes Unprofitable.

[thetheatrekook]

re: Previews before movies#12

Posted: 11/28/05 at 7:09pm

I think that American cinemas should do what French cinemas do (at least they did when I lived there)...they too have commercials, etc. before the movie...but they publish when the "movie starts" and when the ACTUAL movie starts...so you can choose to skip the commercials (and probably forgo a good seat if it's a new/popular movie) or get there when the house actually opens.

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[Plum]

re: Previews before movies#13

Posted: 11/28/05 at 7:14pm

There's one chain in the U.S. that recently started doing that in the Boston area as an experiment, I believe. I don't know what's happened to the idea since then.

[CostumeMistress]

re: Previews before movies#14

Posted: 11/28/05 at 8:47pm

Theatrekook, I believe some theatres do that.

The theatre I frequent has a personal policy that if you call and ask what time the movie actually starts, they'll let you know.

And, personally, I enjoy previews, and I'd rather watch a few ads before a film than put up with distracting and obnoxious product placement during the film.

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[Plum]

re: Previews before movies#15

Posted: 11/28/05 at 8:50pm

I hate to sound whiny, but they used to have neither. And yeah, I know this ties into larger trends of reduced moviegoing due to TV and Internet, blah blah blah, but still. Dammit.