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Although I never liked most movie ads I never thought of sueing over it. You more likely to sue over gum being stuck on your ass from the dirty benches.
Turth is why cant the theatre simpily just show the ads before the movie starts while people are still arriving.Instead of just playing music. I swear Ive devoured countless bags of popcorn before the move started just on the time it takes for the advertisements to be finnished. Put it this way Theatre chains are evil capitalist bastards!
It is annoying that there are so many ads and previews before movies (LOTR TTT had over half an hour of them...), but sueing over it is kind of strange...
Homer: START THE MOVIE! START THE MOVIE!
I swear, I felt the kind of shame where you feel embarressed just to be caught being a member of the human race when I saw those Ax effect commerials before two towers...
pre feature advertisements have always been quick last minute pee breaks.
Another great in justice is the price of food at the confession stand! 5 bucks! for a bowl of popcorn and a medium size Soda!
3 bucks for a oh'henry bar not to mention the dispicable lineups.
The plastic buckets suck!
I am one of the few people smart enough to supply my own food usally bought next door at the grocessory store for 60% cheaper prices.Whats odd if you get caught bringing food into the building somtimes they ask to take it from you!
I don't really mind them too much as long as they don't last too long. I like movies ads because they show you what movies are coming soon.
Yeah, because we all know there's no OTHER way to get that information. I kid, because to be honest I can't ever see myself actually looking up info on upcoming movies. They bring themselves to me.
Yeah, ads for MOVIES are fine. But these new ads for non-movie items (yes I'm including games, all console games look HORRIBLY blocky on the big screen, with only high res scenes of PC games standing a chance of looking good up there) are just annoying. I'm just glad the idea of putting commerical breaks in movies hasn't been done. The second that's done, the rage will tear the theater apart. I myself will be the one with the bag picking up all the nice expensive stuff people drop, like healthy kidneys and such.
Jeez, this is even more sad than that one guy who sued McDonald's for making him fat.
I love trailers before movies. I hate commercials though.
Yeah... those TV ads before movies are truly awful. There were a lot of them before TTT... not fun at all. Movie trailers aren't that great as it is... but tolerable. But TV ads? Not really... they are a really, REALLY annoying new thing theaters are doing...
Oh, and of course they'll confiscate food! How else would they get people to get their overpriced junk?
I smuggle in food sometimes, but I usually don't eat or drink in the theater. Too messy.
A drink is good... food isn't needed, usually (except maybe some candy... something easy to get into a theater from outside...), though. It is messy and way too expensive... sodas are overpriced too, but I usually do want to drink something...
It is annoying that they don't want people taking stuff in, but its understandable when so much of their profits come from the snacks counter...
Last I checked, they aren't in a position of authority over, well, ANYONE, so even though they are perfectly in their legal right to throw someone out for whatever reason they want, they are not in the legal right to have someone, say, arrested for bringing in food. That being said, one is hardly doing anything wrong until they refuse to leave when they want to kick that one out if they are caught.
a few things to clear out, one the guy is sueing over non movie advertisements and the fact that they say the movie starts at lets say 4:45 but really it truly starts at 5:00 thanks to the plague of comercials.
I dont mind movie previews , as long as there no more then three. 10 minutes of movie previews is unacceptable.
but now its like 6 minutes of Non movie related comericals and then 10 minutes of movie previews.
This guy other argument is that they have adult content ads on PG movies for children. Such as Viagra! Axe effect , as well as violent or sexual explicit movie previews.
As for the food thing I've never been caught sneeking food in. But I know someone who was and he was never compensated they threaten to kick him out if he didnt surrender his food that was not purchased from there confession stands.
Product commercials don't need to be shown in theaters, that's just stupid. Movie trailers are okay as long as they don't run too long.
Which Simpsons quote do you think fits better with this frivolous and idiotic lawsuit?
Mr. Burns: Let's all go to the lobby! Let's all go to the lobby! Let's all go to the lobby, and get ourselves some snacks!
Or...
Hans Moleman: You took four minutes of my life and I want them back! Oh, I'd probably just waste them anyway...
I cannot believe someone in charge of molding our youth into productive members of society is starting something so...dumb.
*throws snacks obtained at movie theater lobby and Hans Moleman at crazy teacher lady*
HEY, maybe she's Miss Wormwood! You know, Calvins teacher!
Ralph Naider thinks its a great injustice.
He calls it "corporate deception".
:shake:
There's probably two main reasons theater food is expensive:
1) It's close to the only source of income for the theater. Most of ticket sales go back to the movie companies (which is why theater managers don't hesitate to do refunds: they keep the food, and we keep the profit!).
2) Because we can. Once you're inside the theater, if you get hungry, chances are driving someplace isn't worth the extra fifty cents saved on Dots.
I was happy to see in the article that they mentioned how long it takes to clean a theater. Especially the kids' movies. For some odd reason, there's more popcorn on the floor than the other movies... hm. But popcorn spills sure beat spilled tobacco... spit. Blech.
Oh, and I love movie ads. And now I also know why we start the movies five minutes before the advertised showtime. The More You Know!
The soda bottles at my local theater cost $2.75 each. That's insane.
They give you bottles?
We sell 44 oz. cups for the same price... how big are the bottles?
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They give you bottles?
We sell 44 oz. cups for the same price... how big are the bottles?
I'm talking about the standard 8 oz plastic bottles that you get from a soda machine.
Nuts! Due to working for the company, he now has been brainwashed into that dastardly thing known as "understanding why they do that"! Dang it, now he's all up in defense mode as though we owe them ANYTHING beyond the money we payed to get in! You not making a profit off ticket prices? That's your problem.
Hey, if that's the case, why would anyone open up a theater anyway? Wouldn't a quick trip or something mean more profits at less cost?
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Although I never liked most movie ads I never thought of sueing over it. You more likely to sue over gum being stuck on your ass from the dirty benches.
Turth is why cant the theatre simpily just show the ads before the movie starts while people are still arriving.Instead of just playing music. I swear Ive devoured countless bags of popcorn before the move started just on the time it takes for the advertisements to be finnished. Put it this way Theatre chains are evil capitalist bastards!
Are you Canadian? I'm like positive you just stole the exact same thing that either CBC or CTV news said...
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I'm talking about the standard 8 oz plastic bottles that you get from a soda machine.
8 ounce? Hell I buy 20 ounce bottles at work every day for a buck apiece.
Oh, and Pyro, I'm 80 tp 90 percent sure that ASM is Odin (or as he's better known here, UncleJoe)
Sadly, yes, the brainwashing has been completed.
As far as opening theaters... the candy brings in money, but it's still a pretty small profit. That's probably why I make minimum wage. However, if nobody opened a theater, then there'd be less money for the Big Hollywood Movie Company<sup>TM</sup>!
So then, as should have been obvious to me the movie makers are behind starting theaters up. With that in mind, AGAIN, I have no reason to feel ANY guilt at not buying the overpriced snacks. They NEED us to go to the theaters, so they NEED to keep us happy. So then, I have no sympathy for them.
Do you have sympathy for Mr. Vengeance?
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Are you Canadian? I'm like positive you just stole the exact same thing that either CBC or CTV news said...
Ah! I am canadian but that statement is 100% my own.I dont watch ctv or cbc that often.
It sounds exactly like somthing Rex Murphy would say, CBC editorials are the best.
I like Canadian forces stragedy of trying to recruit people by playing comercials right before war movies, but not the war movies with happy endings, before the ones where almost everyone dies. Like the Navy add before K-19
serious no recruit ads for war movies with sad endings?
There also recruit ads in socom navy seals game.
Okay, happy ending and sad ending wasn't the best way to put it
I should have put, they put them in front of the war movies that show the worst parts of war instead of the ones that show only the glory and stuff like that