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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

18 minutes is more realistic. I haven't seen trailers last more than 20 minutes ever, and I've been keeping track for ~15 years.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Minimum 25 minutes where I live.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Damn, how do they even have that many? Lol . I mean, it pisses me off seeing Odysseus trailers a year before it comes out, are they showing inappropriate trailers for the movie or something? Like a SpongeBob trailer before a horror movie or something?

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's mostly commercials. And these commercials aren't made specifically for theaters either, they're the same crap they show on TV. Commercials are a deal breaker for me, so I just don't go to theaters anymore.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Where I live, they do commercials before the start time and trailers between the start time and the movie.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's what I'm used to. The way it used to be I made sure I didn't go into the theater before the time the movie was scheduled to start because that meant watching commercials. I tried that same tactic recently and had to watch almost 20 minutes of commercials before the trailers even started.

The enshitification in late stage capitalism is such a mess.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We're arguably at the beginning of end stage capitalism.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

Thank glob. I can't wait to see what horrors await us in the upcoming phase

[–] EnderLaw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven't watched trailers since ID4.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I just show up at the time it "starts" and then get concessions go to the bathroom, and by then I usually only have to see one or two.