no trailers for passion of the chirst?
02-24-04 | 10:15 AM
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no trailers for passion of the chirst?
I was curious as to what trailer we would see. Wouldn't be too appropriate if they showed the Punisher, eh?
I asked someone who is the projectionist in a movie theater and who saw the film himself, and told me the studio requested that NO trailers be shown before the passion. Just wondering if anyone else heard this.
I asked someone who is the projectionist in a movie theater and who saw the film himself, and told me the studio requested that NO trailers be shown before the passion. Just wondering if anyone else heard this.
02-24-04 | 07:39 PM
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There were no trailers prior to the press screening I attended but that's not unusual. Infact at those screenings trailers are a bit of a rare occurance.
That being said I hope that there's no trailers or advertising prior to screenings of this magnificent film. I'd be interested in hearing if you encounter them. I know that when I go see it again that if there are commercials then I'll be writing a letter to the chain's head office. Trailers are reasonable but I don't think it's approriate for them to show ads before this movie.
Just under 4 hours untill I can publish my review
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That being said I hope that there's no trailers or advertising prior to screenings of this magnificent film. I'd be interested in hearing if you encounter them. I know that when I go see it again that if there are commercials then I'll be writing a letter to the chain's head office. Trailers are reasonable but I don't think it's approriate for them to show ads before this movie.
Just under 4 hours untill I can publish my review
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02-25-04 | 12:52 AM
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That will be strange. I've never seen a movie with NO trailers before it. In a way it's good (especially for the context of the movie), but in another way it's very bad. A lot of people get to movies late (plan it out so they arrive about 20 minutes late after the ads and previews). So, a lot of people could be coming into The Passion well into movie (which will REALLY irk me).
02-25-04 | 12:59 AM
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I don't agree with saying there should be no trailers because of the film's somber content. The trailers aren't what people are thinking about while the movie's watching.
Did they forego trailers for Schindler's List?
I think this is a bad move... and I don't want people walking into the film trying to find seats ten minutes in.
Did they forego trailers for Schindler's List?
I think this is a bad move... and I don't want people walking into the film trying to find seats ten minutes in.
02-25-04 | 01:52 AM
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02-25-04 | 04:29 PM
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There were trailers for Goodbye, Lenin! and Madison at my screening today.
02-25-04 | 04:53 PM
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there were no trailers when i saw it last night... which was announced before hand... and met with CHEERS from the audience. i had thought about it before hand and am glad there were no trailers or commercials.
02-25-04 | 05:14 PM
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We had a Kyocera Slider Phone commvercial (which I had woohoo), a slick nascar coke commercial, two brothers trailer(the lion movie, maybe wrong title), sky captain trailer, and a few others i forget.
02-25-04 | 11:48 PM
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I had one for The Alamo. That's it, aside from the other promo junk.
Oh, as long as we're on a related topic--anyone hate the MovieTickets commercial? The one with the three college males in the theater: "I bet a lot of them used MovieTickets to get their tickets..." blah blah blah "Yeah, but you're here!" blah blah blah "That's not a hotty that's a guy!" LAME.
Oh, as long as we're on a related topic--anyone hate the MovieTickets commercial? The one with the three college males in the theater: "I bet a lot of them used MovieTickets to get their tickets..." blah blah blah "Yeah, but you're here!" blah blah blah "That's not a hotty that's a guy!" LAME.
02-26-04 | 02:46 AM
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had about 5 different commercials, trailers for madison, two brothers, man on fire, the alamo, and hellboy (i shit you not).
had about 5 different commercials, trailers for madison, two brothers, man on fire, the alamo, and hellboy (i shit you not).
The Alamo
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Garfield
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spider-man 2
02-26-04 | 04:15 AM
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It would bother me if they didn't show trailers, simply because that would be saying, "Well, we respect Jesus (or, more likely, Mel Gibson) more than anything else we show." If anything, Return of the King shouldn't have had trailers, because it's already quite long, and we don't need ads and trailers adding another 20 minutes.
Or could it be that the chains are considering this a work of art and not just entertainment? In that case, why were there trailers before City of God? That movie is also quite harrowing and certainly art over entertainment, but I saw trailers before it. In fact, I saw a trailer for The Passion of the Christ before it.
Or could it be that the chains are considering this a work of art and not just entertainment? In that case, why were there trailers before City of God? That movie is also quite harrowing and certainly art over entertainment, but I saw trailers before it. In fact, I saw a trailer for The Passion of the Christ before it.