Tired of waiting 20 minutes for the movie to start?

Aren't you tired of showing up at the theatre for the 8 PM showing of "xlld8**4$$" and then having to wait through 6 previews and a couple of commercials before the movie starts?

Well, maybe that will end with a grass roots movement afoot to force theatres to post the "actual" starting time of the movies in their advertisements. Indiana Representative Duane Chaney plans to file a bill in the upcoming legislature to do just that but he might have a difficult time getting it passed. Earlier this year, Rep Andrew Fleischmann of Connecticut tried to get a similar bill passed but failed.

I have cut down on about 50% of my movie going experience for a variety of reasons but the commercials at the beginning was a prime motivator plus the fact that most films do not need to be seen in a large theatre to get the impact of the film, DVD on a home theatre system does the job just as well. On the other hand, films with great specail effects can only be enjoyed in the theatre and I'm there for them.