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I enjoy movie trailers, its all the other trailers I hate. Agree to removing them.

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What world does that guy live in? Nobody gives a shit about what audiences think as long as the money keeps rolling.

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I don’t think I’ve been to a theater in 6+ years. $20+ for a single ticket, $15 for $.30 of popcorn+mystery chems, and another $15 for $.20 worth of a drink all while they pay high school children $7/hr. So that’s $50 for me to sit in a dirty chair surrounded by assholes on their phones and running their mouths? I don’t think that’s something I’d like to pay for.

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I agree with the sentiment that theaters have become to expensive but the hyperbole on the popcorn and drinks is a biiiit much lol

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Where I live it’s $12 for $.30 worth of popcorn and $8 for $.20 worth of soda. The high school kids still get paid $7.25 though.

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Where I usually go, tickets are 12 and popcorn is maybe 8. Not sure about drinks as I never get them. But then again, I go to a smaller chain. The kids definitely get paid at least $14/hr though

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That’s literally what it cost last time I went, lol. I thought to myself, why did I just pay $50 for this?

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I go to the theater perhaps once a year.

Given the costs, I go to Alamo. At least for the money I don’t get rude assholes around me, I can drink a beer and have a burger.

Yep, costs more. But it’s a much better experience.

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I’ve wanted to go to an Alamo for sometime, residual because they will have releases not found elsewhere.

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Totally get it, if it’s not worth it, don’t buy it.

I pay right around $20/month for unlimited movies. It made it affordable and fun to be able to go see a movie whenever I like. Sometimes my wife and I see a few movies in a week, sometimes we might just see a few movies a month. The way it balances out, we still see a ton of movies super cheap. If we want a popcorn or soda, we have loyalty points built up that cover it. We might pay $1 to upgrade to the large.

I love seeing movies on the big screen. I like that it forces me to pay attention compared to distractions at home. It’s immersive. I live in a small town so the theater isn’t usually packed.

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That isn’t a bad deal at all, especially considering the costs of a single showing.

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I pay right around $20/month for unlimited movies.

I pay £17.99/month and that pays for itself if you go twice a month - I go at least twice a week and the last couple of months I’ve gone an average of four times a week. A friend also has the same pass to prompt him to get out to the cinema every other week.

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they were called trailers for a reason

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I don’t think he’s complaining about movie trailers. He’s talking about the Coca Cola and 12 year old M&Ms advertisements that run for 10 minutes BEFORE the theater plug and trailers start.

When I went to see Deadpool and Wolverine, I think the projector fucked up and we had to watch the ad loop twice. When the movie finally started 25 minutes late, people cheered just to see the Marvel logo

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That’s about average now in my experience for the movie to start 20-40 minutes after the showtime. Alamo Drafthouse tends to be better than the other chains.

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13 points

And they were moved to before the film started for a reason. :)

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5 points

In a weird twist of Internet norms, I upvoted both of ya 🤣

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I upvoted you but neither of them.

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That was when the credits happened at the start of the film. Now that the credits are at the end, most people would walk out before the trailers could play.

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My nearest multiplex is 15 minute’s drive and ads + trailers are 25-30 minutes. So I head out when the film starts.

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