The New York Times reports that the Loews Cineplex movie chain is bowing to public criticism and plans to advice the viewing public that the feature presentation will start 10 to 15 minutes after the posted time. Movie theatre commercials probably rank very high (along with mail-in rebates) among consumer annoyances, so any improvement is welcome.
Personally, I think the commercials are annoying, but I would definitely like to see trailers of upcoming movies. We also tend to go to the theatre at least one-half hour early to get good seats. So, why don’t movie theatres play all the commercials and trailers they want but start the movie exactly at the stated time? What do you think?
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1 Big Cajun Man // May 4, 2005 at 2:10 pm
Spot on Arbee! I don’t get out much, but when I do, I’d rather have ads running before and then just put the movie on when you SAY! None of this “it will start 10-15 minutes after published time” jiggery pokery.
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