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I hate hate hate ads in front of movies. The reason we have commercials on TV is because we don't pay admission to TV (thus, in theory, cable channels shouldn't show commercials). When I've paid $12 to see a movie, I don't need to watch advertising.
Previews are usually my favorite part of going to the movies, though...guess that means the potential of a movie is often better than its reality.
Chinatown is an awesome and very wrong movie.
What Raquel Said.
When I've paid $12 to see a movie, I don't need to watch advertising.
This. Though I might make an exception for something closely tied to the movie. Say, an ad for the TTT DVD among the previews for ROTK.
Might make an exception.
an ad for the TTT DVD among the previews for ROTK.
An ad for something that involves watching movies at home instead of in the theatre? It may be a while.
When I've paid $12 to see a movie
Holy--I won't pay more than $7 for a first-run movie. Benefits of being in a backwater, I guess. I don't think I've ever seen a movie I'd be willing to pay that much for.
I hate ads at the theater. I like going to the second run theater because there are fewer ads.
What I really hate are ads on dvds that can't be skipped and have to be fast forwarded through. The AvP dvd had a bunch.
Mr. Inconsiderate Cellphone Man is my secret celebrity boyfriend.
Mr. Inconsiderate Cellphone Man is my secret celebrity boyfriend.
You have such a twisted side. Your perversity is almost Ple-vian.
I saw Strictly Ballroom last night. I had been putting it off because I accidentally caught the end of it on TV once, and it looked totally weird. However, watching it from the beginning, I did like it. It was definitely quirky, stylized, slightly clunky, and a little bit dated, but I enjoyed it. Though that is possibly because any time anyone had been talking for more than three minutes, there was suddenly dancing. And I love dancing.
I love that movie.
"That was unexpected!"