Time is expensive, and that is especially true for a legislator in Connecticut.
According to a report in Register Citizens of ConnecticutA state legislature proposes a bill that would require Cinemas To publish the actual start time for a movie – after all the trailers, ads and other campaigns that are usually run first. (We’re Looking at you, Nicole Kidman!)
Senator Martin Looney from New Haven, Connecticut suggested the bill on January 21, and that specifically aimed at “Require that each movie nonsement or list includes and separate the list, the scheduled start time for (1) movie trailers and ads preceding the advertised or listed film, and (2) the advertised or listed film.”
“It seems to be an abuse of people’s time,” Looney told the register citizen. “If they want to get there early and look at the campaigns, they can. But if they just want to see the function, they should be able to get there just in time for it. “
Don’t have to be as much going on in Connecticut, be Martin? But hey, we can sympathize. Barn guards come per hour – and no one wants to rush their dinner reservation just for Noovie. (Unfortunately, Maria Menouos.)
When you buy tickets on the AMC website or its app, a small question mark that you can mouse over next to a movie listed driving time says “Please allow about 20 extra minutes for pre-show and trailers before the show starts.” AMC is the world’s largest film exhibitors, but it is not at all the only one with such a warning.
Register Citizen spoke to some mother-and-pop theater owners who said the proposal can be bad for small businesses like theirs. And as we wrote in May 2023: Driving a cinema is more expensive than you can imagine.
“To announce the start time for the actual film would definitely hinder our business partners’ video messages that would have a direct negative impact on our financial stability in an already so challenging environment,” Peter H. Gistelinck, CEO of Avon Theater in Stamford said CT to the citizen.
