Comment Re:barrage of ads; been to the theater lately? (Score 0) 156
I disagree...
Darkened room, less than dexterous people brushing by with arms full of calories, fats, and sugars, and people coming in late are all reasons why I wouldn't want reserved seating in theaters. If you are worried about getting the perfect seat in the middle of the row that is the perfect distance away from the screen; then coming 10 hours early to your next Harry Potter movies is the price you have to pay for seeing it opening night. Go three days later instead and catch an afternoon showing.
I don't mind trailers before the movie. They often are longer and sometimes give you more insight into a movie than you would see on TV commercials, and they are fairly spot on as far as targeted advertising goes. You're obviously someone willing to see a movie in a theater if you are in a theater watching a movie. I don't know what the magic number is (42 seems to be too many) but 3 doesn't seem like that many. I would give it a time length, like 5-10 minutes before I just want to get on with it.
As long as the commercials are in the down time between movies, when the lights are still up and not in that 5-10 minute window before a movie, where you would expect to see trailers, I'm not absolutely against them, however I am in no way endorsing them