Comments on: In China, Woman Sues Cinema For Wasting Her Time With Advertisements

By: codexjay

codexjay — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:30:31 +0000

i dont mind the film clips them its the rest of the crap i get pissed off with like a lot of film goers i havw kids and if i take them i have to make them sit thure

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:33:18 +0000

We have 15 minutes commercials/trailers before the movie starts. If it says 19h45, the movie will start at 20h00. So, I just show up at 20h00 instead of 19h45…no problem

By: sal

sal — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:50:01 +0000

anyone remember the old BMW ads with Clive Owen?

By: sal

sal — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:48:01 +0000

While I agree in part, some commercials can be just as entertaining or even more memorable than the main feature, and I love commercials like that, just a shame that most of it is annnoying rubbish.

By: Mike V Banno

Mike V Banno — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:23:03 +0000

In Regal theatres and some other chains I think, theres first look, which is like 20 minutes BEFORE the actual start time, and that’s mostly just some stuff like a behind the scenes thing here or there to help time pass while people walk into the theatre.

By: B A T M A N

B A T M A N — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:12:22 +0000

In reply to Rob D.. lol

By: kiyo

kiyo — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:27:10 +0000

In reply to Josh. I think it's actually like that everywhere in PR. The 15-20 min mark feels too conservative imo, it feels more like 30 (though maybe that's the frustration and boredom talking). I've never minded the ads all that much, i understand why they're there, but if they say the movie starts at 7 then it should start at 7.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:28:26 +0000

Personally I don’t mind the ads to much as sometimes when I’m late for a film it buys me some time. But truth be told, sometimes it can be pretty bad. Sometimes ads can go for around 10mins or so, before trailers. The actually film usually doesn’t start until about 20-30mins after the posted start time.

Although I wouldn’t sue, I can understand this women’s frustration. Also, I’m wondering if they get rid of these ads, will that mean an increase in our ticket prices?

By: Ty

Ty — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:16:53 +0000

I personally don’t care either way. I mean, I can understand the frustration of the movie starting a certain amount of time after the given time on the sites [example – 7:00 (7:20)] or marque.

To be fair though, here in Orange County (and I’d imagine elsewhere) they have The Twenty… which is basically 20 minutes of commercials and schtuff before the film starts, with the movie previews usually starting on the time the film itself is supposed to start. Idk, in the end I usually am just happy to have a good seat in the theater at whatever time :D

By: thematticus

thematticus — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:35:25 +0000

In reply to Lisa. Very true. I'm sure this isn't about time, rather making a point. She paid to watch a film, not commercials. I say good for her.

By: thematticus

thematticus — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:33:12 +0000

This is one of many reasons I love living in Austin. We have the Alamo Drafthouse, which never shows commercials and has awesome pre-movie material to watch while people arrive, not to mention beer, wine, and awesome restaurant quality food items. The only time you ever see commercials for products is during the pre-movie material, and it is always for nostalgiac purposes and related to the film.

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:02:09 +0000

In reply to Josh.

Maybe where you’re from. But here in my area, The commercials don’t start until just before the time given. So If I go to a movie that says start time 7:00. The commercials usually start at 6:55. By the time the trailers start. It’s between 10-15 minutes after 7. Then they throw in 1 more commercial (Usually for Sprite) in between the last 2 trailers, or between the last trailer and the movie. By the time the movie actually starts. It’s 15-20 minutes after 7.

They use to say 7:00 then in parentheses that would say (7:20). Until people just started showing up at 7:20. Now they got rid of the “Start time” and just say 7:00.