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jadecat
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response 100 of 342:
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Jan 19 14:38 UTC 2006 |
Given the number of people who think it's okay to talk on cell phones
and loudly to each other- going to the theater can be an underwhelming
experience. When I go to a theater to see a movie- I like to see the
movie, and hear it and not have cell phones going off.
That said, audience reactions to movies- the gasps of surprise, the
cheers- can be fun. Plus it's more of an event to go to a movie with a
bunch of friends and then out afterwards to talk it over. It's a bit of
a different atmosphere to simply have people over to your home and do
the same.
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slynne
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response 101 of 342:
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Jan 19 18:11 UTC 2006 |
I have to admit that at this point, if first run movies were released
on dvd at the same time they are available in the theaters, I would
hardly ever go out to the movies anymore. I would probably find some
other social thing to do with the folks I see movies with and I would
also probably invest in better video and audio equipment at home.
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aruba
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response 102 of 342:
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Jan 19 18:17 UTC 2006 |
I like going to the movies for the reasons that Richard and Anne cite. The
problem is the expense. There just aren't that many movies I'm willing to
spend 9 bucks to see. And it really galls me that after paying that much,
I'm expected to watch ads on the screen for ten minutes, waiting for the
movie to start.
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marcvh
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response 103 of 342:
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Jan 19 18:30 UTC 2006 |
There are still theaters that show only ten minutes of ads? Wow! Out
here it's more like a half hour, sometimes more.
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tod
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response 104 of 342:
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Jan 19 18:58 UTC 2006 |
I didn't experience any ads at Factoria
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marcvh
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response 105 of 342:
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Jan 19 19:39 UTC 2006 |
Note that trailers, Fandango promotionals, "let's all go to the lobby and
get some snacks" and so on count as ads. A no-ad experience would just
consist of a quick blurb saying "Welcome to Friendly Cinemas. Turn off
your cell phone and shut the hell up." and then the movie would start.
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jadecat
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response 106 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:01 UTC 2006 |
I like to watch the movie previews. Sometimes I find out about movies
that I didn't know were coming out but look interesting.
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kingjon
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response 107 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:04 UTC 2006 |
One audio editorial (on NPR, I think) -- or was it in print? -- suggested that
theaters publish the start time of the previews and the start time of the
actual movie.
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tod
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response 108 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:09 UTC 2006 |
I wonder if anyone has a patent on a cup that fits in a cinema armwrest and
can be used as a tripod for a handycam? 8D
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marcvh
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response 109 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:16 UTC 2006 |
I'm told that theater owners regard cupholders in the armrests as a key
innovation, since they facilitate multiple snacking runs. The ideal
movie is the one that sells the most popcorn, which means that an Adam
Sandler movie is way better than an engrossing epic.
I didn't mind trailers when they showed a couple of them before the
movie. When they show six of them, plus two car commercials and god
knows what else, then people simply choose to opt out of the whole
theatrical process.
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jadecat
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response 110 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:23 UTC 2006 |
"When they show six of them, plus two car commercials and god
knows what else, then people simply choose to opt out of the whole
theatrical process."
Yeah, if by the time all the previews are over you can't remember what
the movie is that you actually came to see... there may be a problem.
I believe it was a lawmaker of some sort in Michigan who wanted it put
into law that the showtimes in the paper had to list both the preview
start time and the actual movie start time.
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tod
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response 111 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:38 UTC 2006 |
They should have a discount for folks that show up before commercials.
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richard
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response 112 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:08 UTC 2006 |
I liked the deluxe movie theaters in Bangkok, Thailand. There the theaters
chairs were all lazyboy recliners and they expected you to, and would consider
impolite if you didn't, to take your shoes off. Similar to a Japanese
restaurant. So you're in a movie theater watching a movie, reclined all the
way back in a lazyboy chair, with your shoes off and drinking a beer or
cocktail. Its quite nice if you can keep from falling asleep during the movie
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richard
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response 113 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:14 UTC 2006 |
although rane's attitude concerns me in general because IMO a big problem we
are facing in societey today is the movement away from collective experiences.
Not only are people not going to movies together anymore, they aren't doing
much of anything together as a community anymore. This leads to lack of
understanding of common problems, and fosters political extremism.
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slynne
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response 114 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:28 UTC 2006 |
So what you are saying is that, really, it is the VCR and DVD player
that are the root of...say...the 9/11 terrorist attacks? *snort*
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tod
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response 115 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:30 UTC 2006 |
re #112
In Romania, you sit in a hard wooden seat like school desks from 1900 and
there are no refreshments allowed in the theater. You have to get there
walking uphill..both ways. The movies are in English and sometimes have
Romanian subtitles.
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rcurl
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response 116 of 342:
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Jan 19 23:56 UTC 2006 |
Re #113: don't take my relative indifference to the rest of the audience too
far. I consider it a social evening to attend an event with a group of my
friends/relatives, and we have a good time there and afterward.
What "common problems" are going to be solved by being empathetic with the
mob sitting in the dark with you at a movie?
The types of things I do or have done in the sense of community is
participating in Red Cross disaster teams, serving on boards of
non-profits, lead field trips, etc. Is sitting in the dark with a mob for
a movie a better community activity?
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marcvh
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response 117 of 342:
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Jan 20 00:00 UTC 2006 |
I don't really get that either. When you watch a movie it's not like
you're a "team"; if anything you're adversaries, competing for the best
place to sit and balancing your need to chew loudly with other's need to
hear the dialogue.
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tod
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response 118 of 342:
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Jan 20 00:06 UTC 2006 |
I dunno...I always enjoyed seeing a comedy at the Star Theaters in Southfield
with a packed theater. I guess it just depends on the situation.
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bhelliom
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response 119 of 342:
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Jan 20 07:20 UTC 2006 |
The last time I went to a movie, two assholes, a couple (how lovely),
answered calls. After the second incident I went to go get security.
When I returned with Smith & Wesson (sp), they had gone from using their
cell phones to SMOKING in the damned theater. *facepalm* I am by no
means in favor of the ethnic group from which I'm primarily descended
dying out, but I hope those two don't breed.
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tod
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response 120 of 342:
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Jan 20 07:54 UTC 2006 |
And she's talking about the actors in Last Holiday, not the audience! ;)
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furs
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response 121 of 342:
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Jan 20 11:27 UTC 2006 |
The cell phone thing really bugs me too. I have a cell phone and I
always turn it off or on vibrate. I know you can "forget" but that's
why they have reminders. I don't mind if people yak on their cells
phones in public, it doesn't reallly bother me, but to get calls in a
theaters, church, etc. is riduclous.
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nharmon
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response 122 of 342:
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Jan 20 13:17 UTC 2006 |
College professors are becoming increasingly annoyed by students who
answer their cell phones in class. Students (including me) are becoming
just as annoyed.
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slynne
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response 123 of 342:
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Jan 20 14:11 UTC 2006 |
I think some theaters block cell phone signals. I have been on call
before (with my pager set to vibrate) and have missed pages while I was
in a movie. Personally, even as a person who has to be on call, I think
that is a smart move for a theater to make
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richard
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response 124 of 342:
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Jan 20 15:24 UTC 2006 |
The one thing that does annoy me is when someone brings a baby to a movie.
Then the baby starts crying in the middle of the movie and then stops and
starts again, and the mother is sitting in the middle of the aisle and won't
take her kid to the lobby because then she'd miss the movie. They ought to
ban babies under age one from movie theaters...
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