I Hate Commercial Ads At Movie Theaters
Allow me to sound like a whiney old fart for a minute...
Back in the day...when going to the cinema only cost...around $5:
I remember when going to the movies used to be a laid-back, unwinding experience. You'd get your snacks and drinks (without breaking the bank). Then you'd mosey into the theater. The house lights would be low, but not pitch black. So you wouldn't go home with bruised shins.
It would be relatively quiet, except for scattered bits of conversation as people waited for the movie to start. There might be silent, non-invasive trivia questions on the screen to help pass the time.
No so with my last experience. I took my brother out over the holidays, and while the movie we saw was great, the movie-going experience was not so great.
It was pitch black in the theater. And it's not like we're last-minute movie goers. We were 30 minutes early. My brother was still healing from an injury, so he had to wear a boot on his right foot. Juggling our $25 worth of popcorn and drinks was a challenge as we stumbled blindly to our seats. The ads were already playing at full volume on the screen.
So we get to our seats, and proceed to sit through 30 minutes of obnoxious, non-stop advertisements. And they really packed them in. We're not talking about a few ads broken up by light elevator music and trivia. We're talking BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL BUY THIS BUY THIS BUY THIS BUY THIS.
I felt like my brain was under attack.
If only Bill Hicks were alive today.
*shaking my head*
Back in the day...when going to the cinema only cost...around $5:
I remember when going to the movies used to be a laid-back, unwinding experience. You'd get your snacks and drinks (without breaking the bank). Then you'd mosey into the theater. The house lights would be low, but not pitch black. So you wouldn't go home with bruised shins.
It would be relatively quiet, except for scattered bits of conversation as people waited for the movie to start. There might be silent, non-invasive trivia questions on the screen to help pass the time.
No so with my last experience. I took my brother out over the holidays, and while the movie we saw was great, the movie-going experience was not so great.
It was pitch black in the theater. And it's not like we're last-minute movie goers. We were 30 minutes early. My brother was still healing from an injury, so he had to wear a boot on his right foot. Juggling our $25 worth of popcorn and drinks was a challenge as we stumbled blindly to our seats. The ads were already playing at full volume on the screen.
So we get to our seats, and proceed to sit through 30 minutes of obnoxious, non-stop advertisements. And they really packed them in. We're not talking about a few ads broken up by light elevator music and trivia. We're talking BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL BUY THIS BUY THIS BUY THIS BUY THIS.
I felt like my brain was under attack.
If only Bill Hicks were alive today.
*shaking my head*
By:
ARestlessSoul
Age:
26-30
