One thing about me that will surprise no one that knows me is that I'm not a patient man. Getting somewhere way early and sitting around doing nothing is like bamboo under the fingernails. I don't like getting to a movie and sitting in the dark theater watching those stupid commercials from some Vet on how he can fix your dog.
That said I love watching the previews of coming attractions. There are a few things that do get on my nerves with previews. Feel free to reply comments with your list.
- It drives me nuts when they play a preview for a great movie that I can't wait to go see and at the end you hear "coming out NEXT YEAR!" Why play a commercial for a movie that is not going to come out until next Christmas??? Grrrr.
- Another is when they play clips in the previews that don't make it in the movie! Are you kidding me? The clip was good enough to play in a commercial to get people to watch your movie and you can't leave it IN the movie?
- It also drives me nuts when they take stars that are merely cameos in the movie and in the commercial make it look like they are one of the main actors. One example is last years the Other Guys with Will Ferrell. It the previews they made it look like The Rock and Samuel Jackson were a big part of the movie. They made it what 92 seconds before they were gone? Geeze. In the movie opening March 18th- Paul (about a couple nerds that find an alien) the commercials show Jane Lynch from Glee as a funny waitress. She has been hitting every talk show promoting the movie. She admits she is only in the movie about 30 seconds.
- I am 6'4" and tend to pretend the movie theater is my own living room. I like to stretch out. Not only do I feel I paid for the seat I'm in but also atleast one or two others in front of me to put my feet all over. I got to alot of early shows where rarely are there more than 20 other in the theater with me. I have had it where I was one of five people in the theater and had someone come in and sit in the chair directly in front of me! I kid you not.
I'm not going to mention the old lady with the WalMart bag full of popcorn that crinkles like noisy tinfoil with EVERY kernel she removes!
What did I forget?
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