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Spend more on snacks than what it cost to get in, cause you're at the [Movies]
There's a Kerasote Icon Showplace in my town that has a full bar and serves, like, full size pizzas. Their VIP seating is essentially the Executive Make-Out Room.
Finally saw Amazing Spider-Man 2. I'm way behind on superhero movies from the last year.
I didn't hate it, but it really wasn't compelling. I agree with friends and critics that the romance stuff was the best bits of the film, but really, it was just too scattershot to make me care.
The fact that they followed up all that really good romance stuff with
fridging Gwen just made me very very angry.
I was legitimately going "Oh no you do not, DO NOT DO THIS, MOVIE
And then they did, and I was basically just waiting for it to end after that.
The overhyped fight with Rhino literally being nothing more than a closing shot of the film that leaves us without an actual action was just icing on the shitcake.
Everything up to when Gwen got kidnapped was acceptable. Movie had a lot of problems, but it was enjoyable in spite of them up until then. That really soured the whole experience for me.
There's a Kerasote Icon Showplace in my town that has a full bar and serves, like, full size pizzas. Their VIP seating is essentially the Executive Make-Out Room.
I worked at one of these once.
We sprayed down all that VIP seating with disinfectant.
I wish I could find the story but Marketplace on NPR covered the cost of concessions awhile ago and how Movie theatres are actually in the popcorn business, not the movie business.
It was interesting how the Studios can mandate how many screens have to show their film at the theatre or they have to show other movies by the studio or the studio can say "Guess what, we're not giving you any more of our movies to show". So they may have to screen a shit movie that no one will see and they'll lose money on an empty theatre just to show a movie people actually want to see.
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If you want to use products in movies you must get a license from the manufacturer. So for every brand of soda or beer your main character drinks you'd need a license. For every shot of a full fridge, you'd need a license for all the food inside. This gets expensive fast, and there's no guarantee the company will say yes.
This is where SMEAT comes in.
There is a small company called Earl Hays Press in Hollywood, and they made every product in that fridge. It's cheaper and easier to buy a prop from them than it is to get a license, which explains why people have been reading the same newspaper since the 1960s.
Isn't this all free advertising? Why do you gotta pay the food companies in half the films and in the other half they'll pay you?
Because companies don't like Buffalo Bill enjoying a Coke. Like, if you're making the next Hostel, they're going to A. turn you down or B. make you pay through the nose and put limits on what scenes their products are in.
Easier and cheaper to pay $5 a can for generic soda.
Television hits that magical New York quality a lot better these days. Girls, Don't Trust the B, Brooklyn 99. TV has a long history of doing this with its sitcoms though.
yeah I remember thinking that the opening scene of GotG is really really heavy. much more so than expected, and I wondered what it'd be like for someone who's been in that situation.
that said it does make quite a number of aspects of the movie more meaningful as a result, with some big emotional pay-offs
It's really weird
Because I've seen a lot of criticism of the movie about how that stuff is not emotionally paid off in any way whatsoever
I thought it did and I'm the one whose opinion matters in the world of My Personal Enjoyment of Movies (TM) so eh
I also thought it super duper did!
People think a lot of things about that movie and I think they are crazy for thinking them!
Television hits that magical New York quality a lot better these days. Girls, Don't Trust the B, Brooklyn 99. TV has a long history of doing this with its sitcoms though.
yeah I remember thinking that the opening scene of GotG is really really heavy. much more so than expected, and I wondered what it'd be like for someone who's been in that situation.
that said it does make quite a number of aspects of the movie more meaningful as a result, with some big emotional pay-offs
It's really weird
Because I've seen a lot of criticism of the movie about how that stuff is not emotionally paid off in any way whatsoever
I thought it did and I'm the one whose opinion matters in the world of My Personal Enjoyment of Movies (TM) so eh
I also thought it super duper did!
People think a lot of things about that movie and I think they are crazy for thinking them!
This is the only Half in the Bag I actually like because it points out how disgusting the cash grab in Jack and Jill is
Also, another reason it's hard to give products free advertising is when the movie appears on TV and the products conflict with the sponsors. I remember on Richie Rich, they blurred out Nutrageous
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We've got a few theaters around my area that serve full meals at your seat.
i think the first place i ever saw it was like coquitlam silvercity or something
I didn't hate it, but it really wasn't compelling. I agree with friends and critics that the romance stuff was the best bits of the film, but really, it was just too scattershot to make me care.
I was legitimately going "Oh no you do not, DO NOT DO THIS, MOVIE
And then they did, and I was basically just waiting for it to end after that.
The overhyped fight with Rhino literally being nothing more than a closing shot of the film that leaves us without an actual action was just icing on the shitcake.
Everything up to when Gwen got kidnapped was acceptable. Movie had a lot of problems, but it was enjoyable in spite of them up until then. That really soured the whole experience for me.
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This is my favourite one.
This is one about of my favourite director.
I worked at one of these once.
We sprayed down all that VIP seating with disinfectant.
It was interesting how the Studios can mandate how many screens have to show their film at the theatre or they have to show other movies by the studio or the studio can say "Guess what, we're not giving you any more of our movies to show". So they may have to screen a shit movie that no one will see and they'll lose money on an empty theatre just to show a movie people actually want to see.
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/ive-always-wondered/why-does-popcorn-movies-cost-so-much
Like, when I worked concessions they told us they made the vast majority of their money on snacks the very first day
First one I looked for is All Dogs go to Heaven. Surely I'm not the only one.
Yeah I checked for it.
I checked for a lot of classically animal-positive movies which do involve animals getting hurt or dying.
I also checked to see if there was ever an Air Bud movie in which the dog dies.
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This is where SMEAT comes in.
There is a small company called Earl Hays Press in Hollywood, and they made every product in that fridge. It's cheaper and easier to buy a prop from them than it is to get a license, which explains why people have been reading the same newspaper since the 1960s.
Because if you don't pay the food companies then they can dictate how the product is used. How prominently, how often, if it's mentioned by name...
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Because companies don't like Buffalo Bill enjoying a Coke. Like, if you're making the next Hostel, they're going to A. turn you down or B. make you pay through the nose and put limits on what scenes their products are in.
Easier and cheaper to pay $5 a can for generic soda.
the most egregious i can remember is skyfall and heineken. i know bond has always been a perfect Brand Partner but it was handled really ineptly
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I don't know!
I DON'T KNOW!!!!
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This is worth a look for a good example on ridiculously egregious placement:
Specifically starting at 8:29
Err, i was thinking more like 6:20 of part 2.
It's one damn fine jacket...
This is pretty much my impression of New York
This is the only Half in the Bag I actually like because it points out how disgusting the cash grab in Jack and Jill is
Also, another reason it's hard to give products free advertising is when the movie appears on TV and the products conflict with the sponsors. I remember on Richie Rich, they blurred out Nutrageous