Okay, a rant here. Not about the movie itself, but more like the surroundings. A few weekends back, we all went out to see Superman Returns. Not that bad of a movie actually, but 2 things stood out that bugged the hell out of me:
1. The pre-movie advertisements … Okay, I realize that advertisement makes the money go around, but seriously, do I need to see (not one but) TWO ads for hairspray, an ad for Mt. Dew, Nike, some other shoe commercial, and ads for new vehicles, like the toasterific Scion T2B? I like seeing previews for movies, since I don’t get out to them too much, I don’t have cable, and see what’s coming out on the big screen. I already know these products exist. Hell, some of the time (Mt. Dew, especially) made several appearances in the movies! Is this why we are paying almost 2x as much compared to years ago for a movie, because the actors are getting paid 30+ million to run around in Nike’s and drink Mt. Dew?
and speaking of people that do not need sugar…
2. Kids that won’t shut the hell up … and the parents that won’t do shit about it. All the time duringthe movie, a 6-year old chaterbox talked his way through the entire movie. Superman would come up on the screen (Superman, being appealing to kids, being easily identifiable, and a blockbuster at halloween-time.) he would repeat over and over and over again; “Is that Superman? Is that Superman?” …I didn’t want to be “the one’ to go over and shut him up, I would feel that it would be the parent/guardian/kidnapper’s job, but “Grandma” found it perfectly acceptable whilst her 6-year old grandkid had enough Mt. Dew in him to start running up and down the side aisles screaming and yelling the entire time. Seriously. I had to deal with Kevin Spacey “sleep” his ay through the role of Lex Luthor, I shouldn’t have been subjected to a sugar-rushed problem child.
..and the MPAA wonders why people download movies off the internet. At least those come commercial-and-audience-free.