Well, actually there are five.
Do the spots for the Foundation to Make Everyone Be Nice (or whatever) make anyone else just want to go out and be an utter asshole? I’d sit through a few extra soda commercials if they could ditch those creepy-ass ads. shudder
But if none of you are going to drink Pepsi, then who will win thebillion dollar prize ?
I’ll take it!
I’d gladly pay $1 more for admission if they’d stop showing commercials in theaters. Seriously.
The worst ad I’ve ever seen was this 20 minute ad for some not-dead Beatle’s solo album. It was like 20 minutes of crappily shot home movies or something, along with interview segments intercut and the most boring, banal, and irritating thing I’d ever seen. Because I’d paid EIGHT BUCKS TO WATCH THAT CRAP!!
And those Coalition to be Nice or whatever ads make me wanna kick some puppies.
I dunno, but here in NYC, we have “Mr. Annoying Cell Phone Guy” or somesuch that’s pretty funny.
The only decent ads I’ve seen are for the Cartoon Network. They’re theater-specific and pretty funny.
It’s the theater owners you should be ticked at. Granted, the industry has gone through a downturn, but nobody is going to stop going to the movies. Hell, if you want to charge me to see a 15-foot tall Charlize Theron, I’ll’ trip all over myself trying to get to my wallet. The thing about those jerks is, knowing that about me and most of the public makes them realize the one big advantage:
They have a captive audience. I’m sure that some (albeit observant) nimrod told the owners that at least half the moviegoing audience gets into the theater a good 20 minutes before showtime in order to get the best seats. The owners saw the moneymaking potential, and bang. Commercials. At least with the Coke trivia crap you can yell out the answer and look like a cool guy to strangers. That’s at least worth break-even, but I wouldn’t pay for the privilege.
But, when it comes down to it, I pay TWENTY-THREE DOLLARS for two tickets, NINE DOLLARS for two slushies, and just yesterday the escalators weren’t even on. I find it difficult to believe that my theater can’t pay its bills with that revenue alone, and that they need the extra Pepsi-based income to keep the damn power on.
http://www.forbetterlife.org/ The Foundation for a Better Life. Their “About FBL” section really doesn’t tell you anything about them.
My Regal Cinema 18 inundates me with Coca-Cola ads - usually the race car drivers. I also get a lot of Army or Marine Corps ads. It seems that the ticket price has actually increased since the ads started - so no, I’m not buying the idea that these ads are somehow making it cheaper to see a film.
And you know, the theater I quit going to because of the ads sucked massive amounts of butt. The sound system was messed up, for starters. For example, during the more “soaring” points of the Lord of the Rings soundtracks, the speakers’d give out towards the top and it sounded horrible, all distorted and stuff. And the seats weren’t that comfortable. And there was 20 minutes of ads.
I kinda liked to go when they had the extended Coke commercial “keep it real” My goodness that woman has the voice of an angel. sigh
I boycotted Pepsi for years over the cancelling of their line of “Josta” soda. I buckled under to try the Pepsi blue. (great with cinimon[poor spelling] altoids) and to try the Mt Dew Live wire.
For both The Matrix Reloaded and Finding Nemo, I managed to arrive at the theatre exactly fifteen minutes after the advertised start time, or in other words exactly when the coming attractions were starting. Other than those two, I’m not planning to see any Hollywood movies this summer. I won’t say that the commercials are the only reason, but they’re certainly a big reason. If I decide to see any independent films, the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington still didn’t have commercials last time I checked.
Dude, see 2Fast 2Furious. They spen 50 times more on the cars than they did on the actors; but that’s OK, because I knew I wasn’t going to “Casablanca.” Miss the commercials and you’re fine.
I’d go to the Galleria (in St. Louis) if I didn’t live on the other side of the river. My stadium-seating, high-tech gogolplex theater features slide ads before the lights go down and commercials before the upcoming attraction trailers. It’s ridiculous.
I have it great. I only work every other week, so I can go see movies in the middle of the week. I go to the earliest matinee, pay half price, show up 20 minutes late so as to miss all the ads and other crap, don’t wait in line anywhere, and still get a perfect seat in a mostly empty theatre, blissfully free of idiots and babies. Gotta love it.
You do realize of course that Pepsi, through its various subsidiaries and their various susidiaries, etc. owns about half of everything there is to sell. You’re going to have a pretty tough time not buying their stuff.
(The other half, of course, is owned by Coke)
indeed!