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> often there is over an hour of ads Uhm, what?! When I go to the cinema there is maybe 5 minutes of ads, then 5-10 minutes of new movie trailers, then the mov

by jules 17y ago

> often there is over an hour of ads Uhm, what?! When I go to the cinema there is maybe 5 minutes of ads, then 5-10 minutes of new movie trailers, then the movie starts. And you can come in after the ads & trailers if you want (but not many people do this). I don't understand why people go to the cinema if they have to watch an HOUR of ads, especially because you can buy the DVD and watch ad-free. The cinemas should have an option to pay $x to skip ads.

Retric 17y ago
Most DVD's include some forced advertising. Anyway, I still go to the movies a lot. If you show up early to get a good seat you end up watching generic advertising while getting popcorn etc, then in the theater before showtime you get the same generic advertising. Then, at the stated movie start or a little after you get 7-10 minutes of higher quantity advertising, then 5 to 15 minutes of movie previews then the movie. So, if you show up early enough and you really can watch a full hour of advertising before the movie starts. However, if you don't mind sacrificing a good seat or just go at an off time you can avoid most if not all of that.
- nitrogen 17y ago
  The solution to this is reserved seating theaters. There are a couple in my area, so my friends and I will reserve seats online a few days before and show up right when the movie "starts."
  - ido 17y ago
    I had no idea this was not standard, I have never seen a free-sitting cinema. When you buy a ticket here the cashier asks you where you want to sit.
    - robryan 17y ago
      The opposite here, very few cinemas have reserved seating, certainly though this would present a reason to buy your ticket in advance online for a popular new movie.
- CrLf 17y ago
  And the most annoying part of that generic advertising is the fact that most of it seems to be made with powerpoint (complete with slide "dissolves" and text "slide-ins"), so it's of a very low quality. Even from the likes of McDonald's and Coca Cola... Luckily, here in Portugal most movies have reserved seats on their most busy schedules and are free-seating on the slow schedules. So you can go by just arriving at the scheduled start time or a few minutes later, seeing only the trailers and 5 minutes of better quality commercials at most.
rms 17y ago
Or you can go to an art-house cinema where the movie starts at its schedule timed with no advertisements.
Timmy_C 17y ago
I like the idea of paying to skip the ads at movie theaters. Although, theaters are already pretty expensive. Maybe an "ad-free" version of the film playing during times of the day when movie patronage is slow. But I gotta say that DVDs are full of ads just like the theaters. I just watched a Clorox commercial on my Mad Men blu-ray. (I saw the ad three times actually because they show it every time you start the disc.)
Tichy 17y ago
"Uhm, what?!" That's exactly what I was thinking. Happened to me with Avatar in a big cinema.
robryan 17y ago
I don't mind say 2 or 3 trailers of movies somewhat relevant to the one your seeing. Frequently though you get hit with a lot more than that and ones that the crowd for the movie your seeing would generally have little interest in.

by jules 17y ago

Retric 17y ago

Most DVD's include some forced advertising. Anyway, I still go to the movies a lot. If you show up early to get a good seat you end up watching generic advertising while getting popcorn etc, then in the theater before showtime you get the same generic advertising. Then, at the stated movie start or a little after you get 7-10 minutes of higher quantity advertising, then 5 to 15 minutes of movie previews then the movie. So, if you show up early enough and you really can watch a full hour of advertising before the movie starts. However, if you don't mind sacrificing a good seat or just go at an off time you can avoid most if not all of that.

nitrogen 17y ago
The solution to this is reserved seating theaters. There are a couple in my area, so my friends and I will reserve seats online a few days before and show up right when the movie "starts."
- ido 17y ago
  I had no idea this was not standard, I have never seen a free-sitting cinema. When you buy a ticket here the cashier asks you where you want to sit.
  - robryan 17y ago
    The opposite here, very few cinemas have reserved seating, certainly though this would present a reason to buy your ticket in advance online for a popular new movie.
CrLf 17y ago
And the most annoying part of that generic advertising is the fact that most of it seems to be made with powerpoint (complete with slide "dissolves" and text "slide-ins"), so it's of a very low quality. Even from the likes of McDonald's and Coca Cola... Luckily, here in Portugal most movies have reserved seats on their most busy schedules and are free-seating on the slow schedules. So you can go by just arriving at the scheduled start time or a few minutes later, seeing only the trailers and 5 minutes of better quality commercials at most.

rms 17y ago

Or you can go to an art-house cinema where the movie starts at its schedule timed with no advertisements.

Timmy_C 17y ago

I like the idea of paying to skip the ads at movie theaters. Although, theaters are already pretty expensive. Maybe an "ad-free" version of the film playing during times of the day when movie patronage is slow. But I gotta say that DVDs are full of ads just like the theaters. I just watched a Clorox commercial on my Mad Men blu-ray. (I saw the ad three times actually because they show it every time you start the disc.)

Tichy 17y ago

"Uhm, what?!" That's exactly what I was thinking. Happened to me with Avatar in a big cinema.

robryan 17y ago

I don't mind say 2 or 3 trailers of movies somewhat relevant to the one your seeing. Frequently though you get hit with a lot more than that and ones that the crowd for the movie your seeing would generally have little interest in.