[Theresawithanh]

Exactly. No tears from me. I boycott Hollywood, and watch the films I want to see, of which there are not many, when they come on TV, or borrow DVDs from friends.

A friend of mine went to see War of the Worlds, and says that the theater he went to showed 10-15 minutes of commercials and previews, and THEN the movie.

[birbear]

A friend of mine went to see War of the Worlds, and says that the theater he went to showed 10-15 minutes of commercials and previews, and THEN the movie.

That's been pretty standard for about 15 years or so now. If a movie time listed in the paper is 1:20, figure the movie will actually start around 1:35.

I prefer it that way. That way stragglers coming in a few minutes late are only interupting previews and not the start of the film.

And personally, I dig the trailers...

[DoughtyOne]

We went to see the latest Batman offering. I liked the movie.

What I didn't like were the ten minutes of commercials before the coming attractions. Seriously, that was just too much.

I hardly ever go to the movies anymore, and they find a new way to insult me in between the times when I do.

They used to advertise the Los Angeles Times before every movie. I can imagine you understand how that grated me.

I'm sick of the Hollywierd crowd. I do my best to give them as little money as possibly. I purchase DVDs previously viewed. That cuts our movie ticket down to $4 for the two of us. That's certainly better than contributing $10 a piece.

[proudofthesouth]

Nice to hear of another person boycotting movies (see my tag line). I'm like you - there are so few movies that I actually want to see. The BBCA (British Broadcasting of America) shows many excellent films in which people can actually act.