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Nothing about the movie theater experience draws me in anymore. The exception being Alamo Drafthouse. Last time I went to a Regal theater they had legitimately 15 to 20 minutes of straight up fucking commercials before the showing, before the trailers. I'm already paying out the ass for the ticket and food and you're still showing me commercials? Nah. That alone is enough to turn me off to it. Alamo Drafthouse on the other hand may be a little more pricey, but it's god great food and drinks and no fucking ads. They also have a high respect for no talkers in the theater and adults only on most showings or require an adult with them. End rant.
Alamo Drafthouse FTW
I'm always taken aback by people who complain about the leading ads. Been going to movies 20-minutes late for over 20-years. Yet everyone acts surprised and annoyed that ads lead in.
But yeah, I'd love an Alamo around here. We had a place with $1 movies. You could eat and drink, move your chairs around, all that. :(
My gripe, at least with amc is that the ads/trailers start at the "showtime" and are still 30 mins. The "showtime" should be when the actual movie starts. I show up 25-30 mins after posted time to skip most ads. It just doesn't make sense to me. I'd honestly prefer a trailer free movie experience.
Legitimately it may have been that I missed when they decided to make that change as I hadn't been to a mainstream theatre in years and took my kids to see something.