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warrrreagl · 03-11-2007, 07:02 AM

If this is the sort of thing that only happens in my theater then this will be a very short-lived thread.

In my local theater, the previews seem to be carefully selected to match the audience they believe is there for that particular movie. For example, when we saw Cars last year, every damn animated or quasi-animated monstrosity that was coming out in the next three years was previewed. Plus, every gross kid movie with fart jokes and worm-eating jokes. I almost left Cars just because of the previews.

I guess it works if they pegged the movie genre correctly, but there have been plenty of times I've gotten nervous during the previews because I think, "If they think this audience will like these coming attractions, then I'm not sure I want to stay for this film."

Recently, Grancey and I saw Number 23 and Zodiac, and both of those movies were preceded by horror/slasher previews that we almost laughed out loud at. The only thing I could figure was that Number 23 and Zodiac had been classified as thrillers and they got the thriller preview package. Trust me, Zodiac is far, far from a horror/slasher. If you go there expecting to see Michael Myers or some kind of cinematic ghost story you're going to be severely disappointed.

Here's part 2 of this post. We were the second customers into the theater to take our seats for Zodiac, so we got the prime middle seats. The theater filled up quickly - except for the four seats directly behind us. You know what happens next, right? Just as the previews were starting, three 13-year old morons came in and sat down front, giggling, talking, and bouncing. After a couple of minutes, they got up and moved a few rows back and continued giggling, talking, and bouncing. Then, they got up again and beelined straight for the seats behind us. Great!

They yakked all the way through the rest of the previews (which take about 20 minutes, now), and continued talking into the opening credits of the movie. As soon as the movie started I turned around and told them to be quiet. One of them told me to be quiet. Without saying a word, I got up and got a security guard outside to deal with them. He pulled them out of the seats, scolded them in the hallway, then let them return. Although they didn't talk anymore, they got up twice more to go out in the lobby and come back. As they returned from the last trip, the lady next to them told them that they WOULD NOT get up again and this would be their last time. That worked also, too.

All in all, I enjoyed that part as much as the movie. We figured afterward that they probably came to see 300 and got stuck in Zodiac when they learned that 300 was sold out. I KNOW they must have hated Zodiac, though.

MexicanOnABike · 03-11-2007, 11:00 AM

i know what you mean. watching an action movie will result in seeing more action movie previews. if they wanted to get more people to see more types of movies, they should show random movie previews in the same rating class. (like if i go see R rated movies, i do not want to see a G movie preview but anything pg13 or R would be fine).

but sometimes, they have some horrible previews when it's a normal movie(not action/horror).

but I'll take any previews as long as they remove the FUCKING ANNOYING GODDAMN COMMERCIALS BEFORE THE FUCKING MOVIE! GAAHHHH! sorry...
seriously, we pay to see the movie, pay to eat the overpriced food, now they still need to play fucking ads before the movie?! that's retarded!
... didn't want to get off topic here.

alvinsate · 03-16-2007, 06:27 PM

"we pay to see the movie, pay to eat the overpriced food, now they still need to play fucking ads before the movie?! that's retarded!"

In that statement I could conclude that theatres are paid to play ads before the previews of the movies. And it is just waste of time ( for others ). But in my case, that's no problem with me as long as they limit their ads. Because we are not there to see ads right? We pay to watch the movies.

Does anyone of you have an idea of Stellan Skarsgård's new horror movie WAZ?

Thanks!

03-11-2007, 07:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	Movie preview selection If this is the sort of thing that only happens in my theater then this will be a very short-lived thread. In my local theater, the previews seem to be carefully selected to match the audience they believe is there for that particular movie. For example, when we saw Cars last year, every damn animated or quasi-animated monstrosity that was coming out in the next three years was previewed. Plus, every gross kid movie with fart jokes and worm-eating jokes. I almost left Cars just because of the previews. I guess it works if they pegged the movie genre correctly, but there have been plenty of times I've gotten nervous during the previews because I think, "If they think this audience will like these coming attractions, then I'm not sure I want to stay for this film." Recently, Grancey and I saw Number 23 and Zodiac, and both of those movies were preceded by horror/slasher previews that we almost laughed out loud at. The only thing I could figure was that Number 23 and Zodiac had been classified as thrillers and they got the thriller preview package. Trust me, Zodiac is far, far from a horror/slasher. If you go there expecting to see Michael Myers or some kind of cinematic ghost story you're going to be severely disappointed. Here's part 2 of this post. We were the second customers into the theater to take our seats for Zodiac, so we got the prime middle seats. The theater filled up quickly - except for the four seats directly behind us. You know what happens next, right? Just as the previews were starting, three 13-year old morons came in and sat down front, giggling, talking, and bouncing. After a couple of minutes, they got up and moved a few rows back and continued giggling, talking, and bouncing. Then, they got up again and beelined straight for the seats behind us. Great! They yakked all the way through the rest of the previews (which take about 20 minutes, now), and continued talking into the opening credits of the movie. As soon as the movie started I turned around and told them to be quiet. One of them told me to be quiet. Without saying a word, I got up and got a security guard outside to deal with them. He pulled them out of the seats, scolded them in the hallway, then let them return. Although they didn't talk anymore, they got up twice more to go out in the lobby and come back. As they returned from the last trip, the lady next to them told them that they WOULD NOT get up again and this would be their last time. That worked also, too. All in all, I enjoyed that part as much as the movie. We figured afterward that they probably came to see 300 and got stuck in Zodiac when they learned that 300 was sold out. I KNOW they must have hated Zodiac, though. __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.

03-11-2007, 11:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	i know what you mean. watching an action movie will result in seeing more action movie previews. if they wanted to get more people to see more types of movies, they should show random movie previews in the same rating class. (like if i go see R rated movies, i do not want to see a G movie preview but anything pg13 or R would be fine). but sometimes, they have some horrible previews when it's a normal movie(not action/horror). but I'll take any previews as long as they remove the FUCKING ANNOYING GODDAMN COMMERCIALS BEFORE THE FUCKING MOVIE! GAAHHHH! sorry... seriously, we pay to see the movie, pay to eat the overpriced food, now they still need to play fucking ads before the movie?! that's retarded! ... didn't want to get off topic here. __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

03-16-2007, 06:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
alvinsate Upright	"we pay to see the movie, pay to eat the overpriced food, now they still need to play fucking ads before the movie?! that's retarded!" In that statement I could conclude that theatres are paid to play ads before the previews of the movies. And it is just waste of time ( for others ). But in my case, that's no problem with me as long as they limit their ads. Because we are not there to see ads right? We pay to watch the movies. Does anyone of you have an idea of Stellan Skarsgård's new horror movie WAZ? Thanks!