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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts) Thu Dec 31, 2015, 02:37 PM Dec 2015

Don't know if I'm going to any more movies in the near future. It's "Trying" [View all]

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Saw "Concussion" this past Monday.

I also saw yaking by loud talking humans imitating pissed-off crows.
Saw (about) 12-14 commercials for anything from after-shave to Cadillac automobiles to stove-top stuffing. (I paid to watched commercials??)
Watched so many upcoming events I can't remember one of them. Really..a complete blur.
Watched a "sign-of-the-times" stuff...don't talk during the movie...don't make noise during the movie...don't stay on your phone during the movie or texting same. Don't throw things during the movie. (Don't THROW things??..WTF??) Where in the hell did that come from?
Then came the best part. A voice started talking soft along with the transcription..something like "Look around you. If you notice any suspicious individuals, please report them to the manager." Oh brother, I can just hear the poor manager. (Great, just great, here comes another paranoid asshole who thinks anybody with a beard is going to probably plan to fly an airplane into this lousy, stinking theater)
Finally after 53 minutes, the actual movie kinda' started. They announced like it was a big surprise. (big Fanfare...Loud trumpets...TA-TA-TATA-TATATATATA...WELCOME to ACME GROUP THEATERS (Welcome??..I've been bored out of my mind for almost an hour and my ass feels like it's going to fall off).. YES...YES...THE MOVIE IS GOING TO START NOW. GET YOUR POPCORN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S SEATS and blah, blah..
THEN the movie started at 55 minutes after the "Movie-Starting Time" Yeah

The movie was very good. The experience..not so much.

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Don't know if I'm going to any more movies in the near future. It's "Trying" [View all] BlueJazz Dec 2015 OP

Perhaps try going to a good movie yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #1

Concussion was great. Daddy's homw is getting terrible reviews. nt Logical Dec 2015 #8

Ok. The box office receipts say otherwise. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #9

I agree with the box office numbers. Have you seen 'sisters'? Any good? nt Logical Dec 2015 #10

No. Not yet but I want too. Most likely this weekend. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #14

Coopers looks good to me also. Hateful 8 is selling well in Kansas City. Hard to get tickets. Did... Logical Dec 2015 #17

I'd try and find another movie theater. Waldorf Dec 2015 #2

I never go to the movies unless it is a drive-in notadmblnd Dec 2015 #3

Before the commercials, they had slide shows Nevernose Dec 2015 #4

I LOVE assigned seating. But also love a lot of previews. nt Logical Dec 2015 #11

Went last month jehop61 Dec 2015 #5

Y'all are some delicate flowers. nt Codeine Dec 2015 #6

Yeah, so...? n/t PasadenaTrudy Dec 2015 #13

55 minutes after te movie start time? The normal time is 15 minutes. Why din't you just walk up to.. Logical Dec 2015 #7

I was thinking that also but then I noticed that the times between showings were 3 hs 20 min. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #20

Wow, that is weird, losing some showings every day. nt Logical Dec 2015 #22

It was the last of the day but still, quite ridiculous. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #27

I've seen it 25 minutes after start time. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #24

It must be the KC theaters. They all seem to be between 11-15 minutes. nt Logical Dec 2015 #25

It really depends on the company running it ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #26

It's at least 20 minutes here, longer sometimes... Phentex Jan 2016 #44

I bring ear plugs PasadenaTrudy Dec 2015 #12

I do this too. irisblue Jan 2016 #57

I find a home theater projector and a good surround sound system is all I need. NobodyHere Dec 2015 #15

I find a 20 inch TV is all I need Warpy Jan 2016 #54

55 minutes is excessive beyond compare and I'd expect a refund. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #16

Throwing things in movies 1939 Dec 2015 #18

"The OP has probably not attended a Saturday matinee full of 9-14 year old boys." BlueJazz Dec 2015 #21

Not to mention that after a triple feature western matinee 1939 Dec 2015 #29

Oh yeah, I remember that. One of our theaters in town had a Saturday Matinee. If you had.. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #31

And avoid midnight showings of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" demwing Jan 2016 #52

I can't watch much of anything without closed captioning... Blanks Dec 2015 #19

Same here, so I only go to a theater fir big action movies with epic specia effects ("Avatar," tblue37 Jan 2016 #36

BTW, closed captioning really helps when the background music drowns out the tblue37 Jan 2016 #37

Television closed captioning is hideous... Blanks Jan 2016 #38

Movies ond DVD or video are captioned by the studios or their hired captioners--I don't know who tblue37 Jan 2016 #39

Yeah, DVDs are usually good. Blanks Jan 2016 #42

OTOH, though, YouTube video cc is bizarre and bears little resemblance to what tblue37 Jan 2016 #40

I haven't tried cc on YouTube... Blanks Jan 2016 #43

Some of their cc translations are as funny/bizarre as those humoous "badly dubbed videos." tblue37 Jan 2016 #46

They were probably grief stricken over poor Oliver demwing Jan 2016 #53

Find an independant movie theater ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #23

I gave up on movies in the theater about a decade ago. X_Digger Dec 2015 #28

Yep. Even the fact that theaters have to tell grown adults NOT to bug, disturb, bother other.. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #30

I love going to an actual theater to see movies. SheilaT Jan 2016 #32

"I usually smuggle in a bottle of water" BlueJazz Jan 2016 #34

Well I hope you will watch my movie. It gets released this Summer on Amazon Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #33

I'll watch it. zappaman Jan 2016 #41

Sort of, it's a parody of the old 1950s Atomic monster movies. Heres the trailer Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #45

Nice old school trailer! zappaman Jan 2016 #48

Thanks! We tried to capture that 50s feeling :) Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #49

You need an Alamo drafthouse theater Egnever Jan 2016 #35

Or an Arclight. Initech Jan 2016 #47

Maybe find something else to do, TransitJohn Jan 2016 #50

I scream at passing cars and throw eggs at them but quite frankly, it's getting expensive. BlueJazz Jan 2016 #51

Yeah, I was shocked. At least we didn't have cell phones and talking to contend with haikugal Jan 2016 #55

I wait for 2naSalit Jan 2016 #56