Comment Re:When I was a kid (Score 2) 120
"... the ads last FOREVER..."
If by "ads" you mean movie trailers then I gotta say *I* like that part of the "theater" experience. I look forward to it, arrive before show time and get annoyed when people chit-chat or turn their phone in to a "glow worm" during the trailers.
That said, much of the crap hitting theaters would qualify as straight to video quality about 20 years ago. I have no idea why that stuff gets screen time today. I find myself hitting vintage theaters more today to see films from across the 20th century than back in the 80s when it was midnight showings of Bill and Ted, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Rocky Horror, etc.
Example:
https://thenewbev.com/schedule...
Sometimes it's nice to find an old favorite from before I was born and see it in a real theater for the first time.