Commercials at the movies

[Ash]

Dang dude!

I wrote this thread last July!
Either you did a search for commercials before movies or you literally dug through over 6 months of this message board's archives!!



Post Edited (01-21-04 20:36)

[daveblackeye15]

I remeber reading in the paper that one showing of 'Master and Commander" got a full half an hour of previews and advertisments! #$%^ing painfull.

[Susan]

I used to love going to the movie early to watch all the trailers. Now i have to sit through an equal amount of commercials as trailers. I go to the movies to escape marketing ploys of companies trying to sell me soda and jeans and cell phones. It honestly makes the whole thing unenjoyable. I especially don't need any "be nice" campaigns either.

The only halfway amusing one is the loser kid showing off his crib like a suburban rapper - can't remember what they are advertising

[trekgeezer]

ROTK had a good 25 minutes of  trailers and ads. Not only are the ads irritating, but the trailers are too damned long. My God, why would I want to go to movie when you have given me enough  info in the trailer to tell me the whole plot and probably how it ends.

[Ryan]

yeah, the reason I found this was because I have to do an informative speach for Student Council, on anything. I'd heard of product commercials bening played at theaters so I went to Google and typed in "Commercials at the Movies", and found it. Does everybody here live across the country or is it all in like one state?

[Ash]

Most of us are here in the U.S. from all different states.

There are a few from Australia and England and one person from Spain.

[Lisa]

I was living in Santa Cruz, CA until June of last year, and I NEVER saw a full fledged commercial prior to a film.  They had the slide show ads, but not full on commercials.  We also went to movies in the Silicon Valley and never saw a commercial that I recall.

Now I live in Boston, and while I am glad to be back on the East Coast, I am apalled at the movie going experience.  The number of commercials vary from theater to theater, but there are usually at least 4 tv commercials and a couple wierd "made for theater" commercials from cingular and fandango and the likes.

To make matters worse, ticket prices are as high as $10.25 and most of the theaters are old and really rank/run down.  I really feel ripped off.  I had no idea this was going on!

I find it especially interesting that some theaters *can* afford to stay in business while charging lower prices, paying equal operating costs (or higher in the bay area most likely) and sparing customers the commercials.  Meanwhile, others cry poverty as if the commercials are the difference between success and bankruptcy.  What a sham.

[Ash]

Lisa wrote:

"Meanwhile, others cry
> poverty as if the commercials are the difference between
> success and bankruptcy.  What a sham."


Actually, I have done a bit of reading and visited several consumer websites that are against showing ads in a theater and believe it...showing commercials IS the only thing keeping some theaters afloat.

All of the theaters here where I live are Carmike Cinemas (some of you may have heard of them) and they filed for bankruptcy in 2002.  Somehow they were able to keep most of their theaters open.
Since they filed, Carmike has blasted us here with a huge onslaught of ads before each feature.
I think it is the only way they're able to stay open...literally!



Post Edited (02-15-04 19:30)

[kriegerg69]

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[Lee]

ASHTHECAT wrote:

> Lisa wrote:
>
> "Meanwhile, others cry
> > poverty as if the commercials are the difference between
> > success and bankruptcy.  What a sham."
>
>
> Actually, I have done a bit of reading and visited several
> consumer websites that are against showing ads in a theater and
> believe it...showing commercials IS the only thing keeping some
> theaters afloat.
>
> All of the theaters here where I live are Carmike Cinemas (some
> of you may have heard of them) and they filed for bankruptcy in
> 2002.  Somehow they were able to keep most of their theaters
> open.
> Since they filed, Carmike has blasted us here with a huge
> onslaught of ads before each feature.
> I think it is the only way they're able to stay
> open...literally!
>

>
> Post Edited (02-15-04 19:30)
Yeah we have Carmike around here to. They do show alot of comercials. The other theatre's I go to don't seem to do that. But it doesn't bother me too much. I get more upset over paying to see a crappy movie.