I also saw Hail Mary at a local AMC and had the same experience. 25 minutes of previews, $25 for a small popcorn and drink, 25 people in the theatre, 25 lights on the ceiling, 25% battery life on my phone. Would rate the whole experience 25/100.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm not even all that picky. Two or three trailers and a couple of ads, I get it. The butts are in the seat and it's pollyannaish to assume the suits won't leverage that. Sometimes I even see a trailer for an interesting-looking movie that I didn't know was in the pipeline. It's just such a beatdown the longer it goes, and by that I mean the literal time commitment, yes, but also the sense of the social contract being violated, the tonal whiplash, and the clear diminishing returns on picking their audience demographics.