Comment on Movies not starting when they are scheduled.

ech@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Worth pointing out this wasn’t really a possibility before theaters switched to reserved spots. I remember having to be ass in seat before the lights even went down if you wanted a good spot on a premiere weekend. Sucked an hour suffering through preshow trivia, ads, and trailers.

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  • ech@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I do this at un-reserved theaters too. Just gotta be more flexible with your seating. Unless the theater’s absolutely packed and you get stuck at the very front, most of the seats are going to give you a good experience. It’s what the theater’s designed for.

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    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Fair, I’m probably bit more picky I can’t stand being anywhere outside the center radius. Too close to walls bugs me because the audio volume and balance is off lol

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        If the balance is off, by which way? I.E if you’re seated too far to the left, will It be too loud in your left ear, or too quiet?

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I love reserved seating. And they seem to have given up on selling lots of tickets. The chairs in my theater are huge and widely spaced.

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  • scytale@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m lucky that my city has a true IMAX theater and unlucky that it doesn’t have reserved seating, in this day and age. So I have to arrive an hour early just so I can stand in line and get a good seat.

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is it always 20 minutes? Or is it sometimes 15 minutes and sometimes 25 minutes?

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  • ech@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It can vary. I haven’t been to many movies lately, but 25 minutes of ads was pretty standard at the chain cinemas with the popular movies. Smaller theaters and/or smaller movies could be as low as 10 minutes sometimes. Just gotta keep in mind the context and plan accordingly.

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Seems pretty simple to me. Some folks just need to be mad at their own lack of cognitive faculty.

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We retreat into smug self satisfaction not because we’re happy with a situation, but because we feel powerless against it, and yet still need to feel as though we’ve conquered it. alternatively

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    • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exactly

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