Now here is a legislative proposal truly representative of the people’s will: force theaters to publish the actual start times for their movies. We ought to do the same thing here in Idaho.
The idea is to require movie theaters to publish the true start time of movies, not the time that the 15-30 minute advertisements start showing. Movie previews are not so bad, but now we are forced to also endure product and television show ads. Coupled with outrageous ticket and concession prices, no wonder theater attendance is dwindling.
Are there any Idaho legislators brave enough to author this type of amendment?
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I enjoyed the movie “21″ last weekend at our local Edwards Theaters multiplex. I did not enjoy the 30 minutes of advertisements before the movie started.
I suppose it was my fault for showing up 5 minutes early. So 6:55 to 7pm was five minutes of ads that I asked for myself (I guess). But then they showed preview after preview after preview, and when the movie finally started we checked our watches and it was 7:25.
I paid $9 to be force-fed a half hour of videos before I saw the movie? At that point the movie should have been free.
And that is the last time I see a new release at the Edwards Theaters. No need to get burned by them again. When the MPAA jumps up and down crying about lost revenues on new movie releases, they should fault the theaters.
I completely agree Joe! I also think Edwards needs to update their ticket purchasing system. Most theatres around the country allow you to buy tickets online and print out the actual ticket. Although Edwards allows you to do this through Fandango.com, you still have to stand in line once you get there and show them the ticket you printed out and the Visa or debit card you used to purchase said tickets. So what’s the point in purchasing online if you still have to stand in line once you get there? It makes no sense to me, especially when Fandango charges you a dollar to do this. There’s no real incentive to purchase tickets online.
We always know that we have at least 20 minutes from the actual posted start time until the time the actual movie starts and I think that completely out of line. You could take your time by standing in line for popcorn, pop, etc., but it seems with most movies, if you don’t get there and get a seat a little before the posted start time, you won’t get a decent seat. So you’re pretty much forced to get there a few minutes early, and then you have to sit there for 20-30 minutes watching advertisements and previews for upcoming movies. It seems this process gets longer and longer and it’s a major pain to have to sit through this.
Another thing I just love (sarcasm!) is spending 30-40 bucks to go see a movie and we always end up sitting next to some rude teenagers that feel that they need to talk throughout the whole show. That’s one of my biggest pet peeves and it’s so irritating and rude to the other guests. They have employees that walk into the movie every so often with the little green glow sticks around their neck, but they never do anything to stop these rude people.
These and other issues have definately kept us from seeing more new release movies at this theatre and it’s a real shame. Unless its something that I absolutely can’t wait to see, I’ll go to Edwards. But it’s been about 4-5 months since I’ve bothered. It’s just not worth the hassle and expense anymore. Since I purchased a new plasma hdtv last year, I’d much rather wait for them to come out on video and watch them from the comfort of my own couch.
Good post Joe!
I have gone to Edwards 3 times in the last 10 years…to see the Lord of the Rings Trilogy movies as each was released. I will go again twice more for the Hobbit movies when they come out.
Otherwise, I just won’t go to any movie in the movie house unless it’s a absolute must. I wait until the movie comes out on dvd, then buy it and see it with my family (also on a big plasma HDTV), sitting on my reclining couch and eating snacks I didn’t have to mortgage my house to purchase. I save big bucks this way but the downside is that I have to wait for awhile to see the movie.
My stepkids like to go once in awhile just for the experience, but otherwise they’re content to wait, too.