Why do we have to watch commercials in movie theaters?

Jango Fett said:Does anyone know if there’s actually any legal ground to file a complaint about AT&T and FOX ads running right before movies at AMC Theatres?

Honestly—it feels like we're just getting robbed blind at this point. $10 As for the ticket—honestly, sometimes you just pay up. $12So, I’m supposed to sit through fifteen minutes of commercials for AT&T or FOX right before the movie starts? Great. Look, I get the whole "if you don't pay, you get ads" logic—that's how FOX works—but when they start shoving ads for services I already pay a premium for onto my paid screen... that's a pretty bold way to treat customers.

I’d sue them—honestly, it’s just the height of audacity.

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I'm in! Count me in.

People claim they hate ads—yet somehow, we still let them beat us over the head with them every single day.😕 Why isn't there a law against this? I don't pay an AMC Theatres ticket just to sit through a mountain of garbage commercials.👎

Chicago Blackhawks fans said:So, I finally hit up AMC Theatres today after a while, and I actually sat there counting:
The movie was scheduled for 21:10, but the actual trailers didn't even start until 21:12. By the time we hit 21:21, we’d sat through 14 commercials. That's, what, 9 minutes of my life gone?

P.S. I wasn't counting the trailers—I actually enjoy those, helps me see what else is coming out. This just refers to the endless ads for Coca-Cola and other random junk 🙄

I was at that same AMC recently too, and man, those ads are annoying. They really try to shove it down your throat!😠

Does it even make sense to start flooding them with complaint letters? Even if it feels a bit low-level—it honestly makes me sick... ticket prices at AMC Theatres can climb up to $17 and then they just assault us with commercials for 20 minutes straight (yesterday, we were stuck for exactly 20!)!!!

Honestly, it’s getting exhausting. Just this past Friday, I was sitting there at AMC Theatres, and it felt like the previews alone dragged on for twenty-five minutes.

Maybe we should all just coordinate and show up twenty minutes late to the movie together...

swiftcrane96 said:It’s honestly exhausting. Just this past Friday, I was sitting in AMC Theatres and the trailers alone dragged on for about 25 minutes.

Are we talking actual commercials, or just endless movie trailers?

Has anyone been to a movie theater in England lately?

The amount of ads they shove down your throat is such a massive pain in the ass. Honestly, America is much more pleasant by comparison.

A solid half hour 🙄 and I’m not even talking about the trailers, just straight-up commercials. It’s mostly just mobile carriers and those annoying anti-piracy spots.

I was honestly on the verge of just getting up and walking out mid-screening.

What's up. Honestly, who actually hates watching movie trailers? I don't get it. For years now, if you're a chill person, you probably show up to the AMC Theatres about 10 minutes late anyway, so those ads are basically a gift. It’s like a little mental reset before the show starts. Plus, whenever I'm meeting up with a buddy and drag them to the theater just so we don't have to spend an hour talking over coffee, those ads give us a perfect window to catch up quickly. Long live the commercials. 👍

Jerry Adams71 said:Are we talking about actual commercials here, or just some high-budget movie trailers?

Probably both.