It's annoying that after paying to see a movie at a theater,we are subjected to commercials.

[raccoon]

It’s annoying that after paying to see a movie at a theater, we are subjected to a string of commercials.

Someone ought to start a writing campaign. it annoys me. And probably annoys a bunch of other people too.

Whippersnappers, it used to be the theaters didn’t do that. They’d show a cartoon before the movie.
Or newsreels—I can just barely remember that.

Newsreels would never make a comeback, because there’s so many other ways we can get News nowadays. But gee, a cartoon, anything but a bunch of stupid commercials.

[safeinOhio]

1. Remember all of those old Drive-Inn ones?

All of them for the snack bar.

[htuttle]

6. The ongoing adventures of Clark Crow

This is an all-time classic.

"Penguins? In Snack Canyon?"

[NewJeffCT]

28. I remember those from back at my local 99 cent theater

in the 1980s

[Cartoonist]

2. I hate commercials on DVDs

I've already bought their product. Why torture me?

[Freddie]

3. Drives me nuts too

One reason I prefer to wait til the movies available on Netflix. I’m fine with the previews but the freaking commercials when I’ve already paid over $10 for the movie??
Hint for the ladies: carry a large purse and bring your own snacks.

[Blue_true]

34. You pay $10 to see a movie? Where? nt

[mitch96]

42. " Drives me nuts too"

I just saw "Ford vs Ferrari" at the movie theater yesterday. Started at 6 pm and had ½ hour of commercials... uff..... The actual movie started at 6:30... Next time I"ll come ½ hour later. I got the tickets on line and had pre selected seats so placement is not a problem..
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[MineralMan]

4. Not all movie theaters show advertising before the feature.

Previews of coming attractions are ads, but that's a different thing. If the theater you go to has ads, try some other ones. You can even call ahead to find out if a particular theater shows ads.

My wife and I went to the latest "Star Wars" movie yesterday. The theater we went to showed no ads at all. That's why we go to that theater. My review of the movie? It was a "Star Wars" movie. I didn't expect anything beyond an action-filled Space Cowboy film. I got just what I expected. That's the point of the entire series, really. I liked it. My wife, not as much.

[Xolodno]

47. YOU ARE WRONG, SIR! WRONG!!!!

It is not a Space Cowboy film!

Its a cheesy Flash Gordon movie. And my wife and I liked it...but then, after The Last Jedi, I enjoy the Phantom Menace now.....

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. We were treated to a short film or "prologue" this past weekend

when we went to go see Star Wars. I believe that the movie didn't even start for 30 minutes or so. Grrrr.

[snowybirdie]

7. Yesterday

we went to the movies as our family won't arrive here til Friday. As we sat down with two small cokes and a small popcorn, we calculated we'd spent $50.00 on this movie! Then we had to sit through half an hour of commercials and then another 19 movie trailers for films coming next summer! Don't think we'll go back any time soon. Sticking to movies on Netflix at home. BTW.....saw Bombshell, a story of how crazy Fox News is and Roger Ailes. Recommended

[barbtries]

8. commercials. the scourge of humanity.

at the gas station while you're pumping your gas. popping up on webpages. i gave up commercial TV and cable years ago and that's a big reason.

i hate commercials and they never end.

[dalton99a]

12. On-dashboard ads and coupons are coming

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2018/01/05/your-car-may-soon-serve-you-ads-how-about-a-pizza/

Your car may soon serve you ads — how about a pizza?

Here’s what you do in your spanking new, internet-connected car when you approach a red or yellow light: slow down way ahead, creep forward slowly — and make sure you never come to a stop.

Here’s why you do it: If you stop moving, your car will start serving you ads on the dashboard, maybe for anti-itch cream because it knows you’re going shopping after a hike in poison oak country.

Santa Clara auto-tech firm Telenav has just announced an “in-car advertising platform” for cars that connect to the internet.

Auto makers including Toyota, Lexus, Ford, GM and Cadillac already use the company’s connected-car products, the spokeswoman said.

Telenav CEO H.P. Jin in a press release called the ad platform “an exciting new opportunity” for vehicle manufacturers to “monetize connectivity to cover service costs and even drive healthy profits while enriching the consumer experience with safely delivered, engaging and relevant offers.”

[barbtries]

19. honestly.

we hear so much about the bad results for ordinary Americans coming from Wall Street, but Madison Avenue is taking its own pound of flesh.

I'm 64 with a 2012 car and no connectivity. i plan to take care of the car and leave it to my son.

i have boycotted items since the 1970s because of their ads. especially the ones that are demeaning toward women. Remember ring around the collar? the sweaty slob of a man looks at his guilty wife and she gets the blame for ring around the collar? never bought Whisk in my life. Remember ladies, please don't squeeze the charmin? and women are fighting over it?! never bought a package of charmin in my life.

aargh. i hate commercials.

[Blue_true]

37. That is invasive.

At least when a person uses free radio, that person expects to hear ads. Not so much with other stuff in the car.

[yonder]

54. "While enriching the consumer experience...."

WTF kind of gobbledygook is that?

Run. Away. Fast

[virgogal]

9. I agree 100%.

[Binkie The Clown]

10. Theaters can't break even on ticket sales.

Without the concession stand they would not survive. They need to do whatever they can to keep the rent and utilities paid. Don't like it? Don't go to the theater.

[MicaelS]

14. Agree 1000 percent. n/t

[LisaM]

30. You're right, and now people want to buy monthly passes, so they are barely paying at all.

That's why there are commercials. They don't bother me in the least.

I don't know when we, as a population, stopped wanting to pay for content. Maybe Napster started it all.

[Blue_true]

38. I am ok with paying more for the ticket.

Anything so that when I sit down, the movie starts.

[Xolodno]

49. Funny thing is...

...when we went to see The Rise of Skywalker, I waited 20 minutes in the concession line and got half way...the previews were about to start and I wasn't sure if there were 20 minutes of previews. So, we walked, guess they didn't want my money.

[treestar]

56. Kind of makes it like TV

may as well wait, so unless you just have to see the latest movie, you could just wait for it to be shown on TV or the many platforms that now exist.

[RainCaster]

11. My small town theater has no adverts, and I support him

It's a classic small town theater run by the local movie buff who had a video store in the 90s. He starts each showing with a short talk about coming movies he plans to bring, and talks about the highlights in the movie. We all support him in our small town, and would never think to sneak in snacks because we know that's how he makes a living. The tickets only cover the cost of the movie.

[USALiberal]

13. Same as buying a newspaper or a magazine. And.....

Only if you get there early.

[Retrograde]

25. I can flip past the print ads

so it's not quite the same thing.

[USALiberal]

35. You can ignore the ads too! nt

[demtenjeep]

15. first world problems

not a thing for me...That is the time to push the button, order the food and drinks and have it delivered to my seat before the movie starts and no interruptions during the movie

[Raftergirl]

16. We went to the movies yesterday

and sat through endless commercials and then endless movie trailers.

I used the time to play spider solitaire on my phone.

We saw Bombshell. Overall, i wish it was more about Gretchen than Megan-centric.

So I give it a B. Acting was A+.

Since I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve watched Fox News - I learned a lot I didn’t know about the organization. Horrid place to work.

[tritsofme]

17. These days at the theaters by us, all seating is reserved. We plan on arriving about 10 mins after

the published start time, no rush to get in and get a good seat.

We usually make it just in time for the actual “coming attractions” and get to skip out on all those commercials.

[UniteFightBack]

18. I don't arrive on time and I don't have this problem. nt

[raccoon]

21. Yeah, I tried that once at this same theater and when I got there,

The movie had already started.

I could only conclude that someone new was working there who hadn’t got the memo about starting the movie at least 15 minutes after the advertised time.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. really?

Meanwhile . . . .

[redstatebluegirl]

22. We don't go that often, but we wanted to see Ford v Farrari.

I guess it has been a while since we went to a movie because we sat through 40 minutes of ads and trailers. My husband has no patience for that, he clicks away from commercials on tv so this was not going to happen. He left after 5 minutes and told me to text him when the movie started. He went out into the lobby and answered emails.

[Blue_true]

39. I don't blame your husband. I would have chewed off half my arm by the time that crap ended.

Well, I guess answering emails would have been a saner alternative.

[marlakay]

23. Last time we went they had so many

Advertisements and previews we were there a whole hour longer!

Last summer in Ireland I went to movies one day in Killarney, they had same area for buying snacks, popcorn and candy but when I got to movie it just started! Not one advertisement or preview, it was great.

And they had long line for people buying snacks so they didn’t need to beg for it.

[Retrograde]

24. Not as annoying as the PSAs that come with

Directv's on-demand downloads: they only had 4 different ones and repeated them - often the same one several times in a row. And no way to skip them. I got so annoyed with the Susan Komen one that I was considering cancelling my yearly mammogram after the 19th time it ran

[Jose Garcia]

26. At AMC they have commercials, but they are pretty much over by the time that

the movie is scheduled to start.

[lunatica]

27. Pixar always shows a short cartoon before the movie

And they are hilarious! Side splitting funny!

[Initech]

29. Just further enforces my belief that advertising ruins everything.

We get subjected to these damn ads 24 hours a day. And they seem to be getting more beligerant and obnoxious every day.

Just for like 5 minutes can we not be subjected to the ad garbage please?

[lanlady]

31. I'm with you, I can't take it anymore

Ads popping up everywhere they didn't used to be, and since they're all trying to grab and hold your attention, they are more and more obnoxious.

I recently stopped listening to NPR News because of the ridiculous ads they started to work into the start, middle, and end of the broadcast.

[Blue_true]

40. I think they are also louder. nt

[cwydro]

32. Lol, I think this is a perfect example of first world problems.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

36. +1. n/t

[defacto7]

33. Without them the ticket prices would at least double.

In Europe, the ads are part of the entertainment and part of going to the movies is watching the ads. But the European ads are so much more entertaining, ours suck.
Our subliminal adverts are what I hate. Their the ones that are meant to make you hungry or thirsty so you'll buy at the concession.

[Blue_true]

41. I would rather pay double for the ticket, even double for the snacks. nt

[defacto7]

43. Understood. Many wouldn't be able to do that though.

[cwydro]

44. I just go later than the start time.

I usually get there in time for the previews of coming attractions and then the main event. Only once did I mistime it and miss part of the beginning (which I hate to miss!)

Not hard to do, and no way am I paying more for crappy snacks.

[Blue_true]

45. The last movie that I attended was the Dark Knight.

But even when I went more regularly, I was not opposed to paying fair value. When I went, I got one small drink and popcorn, that was enough for me since I had dinner before or after the movie.

I am honestly put out by what I see as people wanting everything on the cheap. Restaurants can't survive because the same people that demand workers get at least $15 per hour also don't want to pay $40-$50 for a good meal. Movie theaters can't survive because people want to see 4-5 movies per month and not pay more than $40 for the priviledge. People want great roads but don't want to pay gas taxes. What ticks me off is the general cheapness of people. For my own needs and values, I try to make a determination of whether a price is fair, if it is fair, I pay it without complaint, if it is not fair, I don't do business at the establishment again. If a good movie theater needs higher ticket prices to survive, then I pay what it asks as long as I feel the value is there.

[cwydro]

46. I understand what you're saying.

I don’t like soda, so I only drink water and could easily smuggle my own in, but I buy it there. And I still love movie theater popcorn!

I rarely go to movies, though as a younger person, I did a lot. Now I’m waiting for 1917, which I think comes out on January 10.

[Blue_true]

50. I went a lot more when younger, pretty much every weekend.

The theater complex that I went to charged fairly for the tickets, it wasn't cheap, but neither was it eye-gouging.

When I go to a movie or a restaurant, I never take in anything. The closest that I have come to something like that was in an airport, I ordered a burger and fries with plenty of time, the restaurant was incredibly slow, my plane was boarding when they finally came out with the burger and fries but not the drink that I had ordered and paid for, I told them to just ignore the drink and ran an caught the plane. Fortunately I was in business class so boarding was at my convenience. I did feel like an idiot eating on the plane, I had allowed more than enough time to get the food before the flight came close to boarding. To this day I don't understand why the restaurant service was so glacially slow.

[lindysalsagal]

48. My issues are bad behavior: talking, cell phones...

[Xolodno]

51. I wan't something that I never experienced. An intermission.

If they had it, I would probably go to the movies more often. Nothing worse than having to hit the restroom and miss something important. Hence I wait for most movies a few months later to watch on the comfort of my couch, pause it when I need to, etc.

It takes something like Star Wars to go to the theater, and then watch it on IMAX 3D.

[doc03]

52. I go in 15 minutes after the showtime and miss most of them. nt

[erronis]

53. Haven't been to a movie theater in 10-15 years. Don't watch much commercial T.V. either

I'd rather get my information and entertainment through internet programs that I want to watch - on my own schedule from wherever I want.

That I can pause for bladder breaks, cooking up some nachos, whatever.
That I can mute because of the inanity.
Without sticky floors and stinky seats.

I loved movies as a kid. Maybe the last good one was "Cinema Paradiso" - ironically about showing movies in the good old days.

[treestar]

55. I also hate this on Sirius Radio

You pay for it and on any talking channel, they have ads.

On music channels, they have ads or personalities talking in ads about other stations or concerts or just talking when the whole point was to listen to music without ads and talking. Or the usual fans calling in to talk or interviews or other non-music.