Too many Trailers!!!
 

So i just got back from seeing Don't be afraid of the dark. I checked the time at the end and there was twenty minutes worth of movie trailers! It felt like 7-10 previews were shown. It got to the point where i wanted to break into the projectionist room :lol:

I remember years ago there were maybe ten minutes worth of trailers shown. This has just gotten out of hand. Even my parents were getting annoyed at how many trailers were being shown.

Anyone else think the theaters are showing too many movie previews? Or is it a studio mandated number of trailers being forced down our throats?

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Personally, I disagree. The Trailers are a legit part of the movie going experience for me and I enjoy seeing promos for movies coming down the line.

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I honestly think it's a result with a saying many people had almost 20 years ago:

"The best part of going to the movies is the previews!!"

Too many trailers nowadays prob would have ended a while ago but with how much it costs to go see a film and barely anyone going to the theaters anymore.....they prob rely on it a bit.

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20 minutes of previews is pretty much standard. Been that way for quite some time.

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20 minutes is too much. I'd say 10 minutes is just about right.

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I think you're overthinking this a bit.

Normally when I got a movie theater it's like...4 or 5 trailers and then the movie. THOUGH...when I saw the new Apes flick..it clocked at little over 16 mins of trailers. It was odd but whatever.

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I remember in the days before they started "First Look" it was standard to see about ten minutes worth of advertising plus fifteen to twenty of previews. I don't mind the previews unless they're all for stuff I don't care to watch. Most of summer tends to yield weak trailers as it is all for stuff for late summer/early fall which tends to produce crap. This time of year tends to have good previews as a lot of them are late fall Oscar bait types mixed with a few holiday blockbuster teasers. Of course you get a lot of crappy looking horror movie ones as well.

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I love trailers, absolutely hate missing them when I go see something. I don't mind if they run long, but it only becomes an annoyance when they all totally suck.

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I'm a movie-going fan and enjoy trailers but even I think it's in excess, especially nowadays when you can catch them on the Internet and such. 4 max is fine by me. I also hate First Look or whatever it's called.

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I'm a big fan of trailers. I always like to see what's coming up in the future. It does suck when the only trailers are ones I've seen numerous times on tv already and/or ones that I couldn't care less about. It's really cool to see a totally new trailer though. I don't spend any time looking at trailers online so the only time I see them is on tv or when I actually go to the theater, so I do tend to see some new ones at the theater, which is really cool.

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I remember last year I could not got to any movie from early July to early September without seeing a trailer for Devil.

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I only get exhausted by trailers if it's a movie I really want to see but if it's something where I just go cause I'm bored I don't mind.

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Since I go to movies so selectively these days, I'm usually in a particular mood for a particular movie and the trailers tend to throw me completely out of that mood. It's only when someone has thought it through and placed trailers somewhat akin to the movie playing that it doesn't bother me. For instance, when I went to see BRIDESMAIDS, the trailers were for THE CHANGE-UP and some other comedies, so I didn't mind so much. But seeing trailer after trailer filled with nonstop CGI drives me nuts. Y'know, like THE IMMORTALS or CONAN or JOHN CARTER or...whatever else like that they're previewing now.

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My wife tends to zone out during the trailers. Often they go on so long that I have to wake her up to tell her that the movie is finally starting. I don't mind a few, but when they last longer than a 1/3 of the running time of the film that you're seeing, it is a bit much.

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Dude, this is when you send her out for Popcorn and Soda.

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My theater usually has 2 or 3 trailers before the movie starts. I actually wish there were more.

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Everyone wants less trailers, but no-one wants to pay more for their tickets. Same whinging as always.

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Wrong. Did you read all the posts?

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Are you sure you're seeing 20 minutes of trailers, and not 15 minutes of "pre-show entertainment" (which often includes trailers), and then 10 minutes of trailers?

At my theater, they play pre-show entertainment, which has ads and trailers, then they play a straight set of ads, many of which were in the pre-show, and then trailers, many of which were also in the pre-show. My roommate complained to me about it last time he saw a movie at my theater and I told him to just see movies in the IMAX, where we have no ads and only a few trailers.

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disagree. I love trailers and am pissed if I miss even one.

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Plenty of times I have seen 20 minutes of Trailers, after the "pre-show entertainment" (which ends at the time the movie is listed as starting). I haven't very often seen the same trailer during the pre-show and then again during the regular trailers though.

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20 minutes of trailers is normal. They don't start until the movie's listed start time. They're not part of the pre-show entertainment, which is why I think it wears on me. I've already sat through 15 minutes of promos and ads, now I got to get through 20 more minutes trailers before the movie starts. I'd rather they drop the pre-show and start showing the trailers then. I'd enjoy them a lot more.

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Trailers are great and there can almost <i>never</i> be too many of them.

<i>Other</i> commercials, on the other hand... :down:

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I don't think I've ever thought there were too many trailers. It's part of the experience, and I enjoy them.

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Ever since Youtube I could care less about trailers I just hate missing the beginning of movies. I try and get popcorn during them.

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I wouldn't mind so many trailers before a movie if they weren't all so cookie-cutter. You know when a soundbite is coming, you know when the music change is coming. The pounding sound effects, the flash transitions.They are ALL the same these days.

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...all? That's a bit much.

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I wish they would bring back the trivia cards they used to play beforehand (and not the ridiculously easy ones they throw in between the "pre-show entertainment"). I'd rather have fun doing that than watching a "behind the scenes" promo for some show on TNT that I have absolutely no interest in tuning in for.

I get that the element of surprise is somewhat diminished when I've already seen the trailers online before going to the theater but seeing them on a big screen still far outweighs watching them on my computer monitor.

You might want to take your wife to the doctor, that doesn't sound normal. :)

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The big one that's bothering me lately is that extended commercial where they throw the laptop computer out of the airplane to show how fast it boots up. In all the time they show us how they pulled off the stunt they could have just booted the computer right in front of us in real time and let us see for ourselves!

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Agreed. I hate being late for the trailers. But if I can time it so I miss the commercials, that's ideal.

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i enjoy trailers. i mainly watch horror at home so its nice at the movies to see what else is coming and just seeing them on he big screen just makes me wanna see stuff more compared to on my laptop

however one place by me takes it to a whole new level. they start by playing a 3 commercial loop then a trailer then the same commercial loop then a trailer and they repeat this between each trailer and end with the loop. so if 3 trailers your sitting thru the same three commercials 4 times.. i dont mind the length as i show up 30 mins before the movie time i just wish they alternated commercials.

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Yet another reason I don't go to the theater. I avoid trailers at all costs because they give away way too much...all the best action bits, all the best jokes, even the entire movie many times. My brain is too efficient at assembling all the pieces together, and trailers have ruined too many movie experiences for me.

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I agree that can happen, but for me personally I don't see movies unless I like the trailer. That way I'm rarely disappointed because I know what I'm getting into nearly every time I go to the theater.

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I think the sweet spot for trailers is five. Five trailers before the film starts. No more, no less.

There's also some chains now (Rave and Regal) that are now showing commercials in-between the pre-show (Screenvision and First Look respectively) and the actual trailers. Now that's bullshit. Keep the commercials to the pre-show before the advertised movie time.

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Love the trailers. Hate the tired old THX bullshit between the trailers and the movie.

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I don't mind the trailers, because I have to watch them so I can get to watch the ending credits of the movie I'm paying to see.

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Except for the one time I saw the Simpsons one...that was awesome.

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I haven't seen a THX intro in years.

And playing commercials between the trailers? That's bullshit and probably where I'd draw the line and complain. Luckily, none of the theaters around me have pulled that shit yet.

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Our theater regularly shows the lightning ball / liquid metal one.