Yeah, that headline would get anyone’s attention.
Here’s a great blog post from The Movie Blog that I stumbled upon today. To paraphrase one of the closing lines, “I don’t participate in, nor endorse, movie piracy,” but…he brings up some excellent points about one of my pet peeves: the advertising that happens before in-theater movies AFTER the advertised start time of the film (and I’m not talking trailers)!
“[W]hat are we getting for our time with commercials in movie theaters? When the ad says “Movie starts at 7pm” and I’m in my seat (that I paid admission for) at 7pm, it’s time for you to start giving me what I paid you for… the movie. If you want to show me commercials, fine… give me the movie for free then.”
He breaks it down pretty nicely. All I have to say is, “I’ll be waiting for my check.”
Also, in case you feel inclined to try mounting an argument about how all this advertising keeps ticket prices low, if nine bucks a ticket doesn’t make you think twice about, The Movie Blog has a follow-up for just such an occasion.
Ooh, new picture! Very nice.