11. The movie did not begin at the time scheduled. Instead, at 4:45 p.m. Loews showed a stream of advertisements, product placements, and promotions prior to the actual feature film, including the following.
(a). Commercial Message No 1: commercial for Coca-Cola, in which two adolescent boys meet up with two adolescent girls outside in front of a Coke machine; the boys make small talk with the girls that includes their explaining to the girls, "In Thailand, it's illegal not to wear underwear";
(b) Commercial Message No. 2: commercial for Cingular Wireless, which consists of little more than a giant image of Cingular Wireless' logo;
(c) Commercial Message No. 3: commercial for Fandango, an internet service company allowing moviegoers to purchase their tickets ahead of time; commercial revolves around a young man driving up to a movie theatre (a miniature Buddha-like figure hanging from his rear-view mirror) who is refused admission to the movies due to it being sold out and his not having bought his tickets ahead of time from Fandango; and
(d) Commercial Message No. 4: commercial for the National Advancement of Color People (NAACP) that shows images of Black civil rights leaders and police officers and notes that the NAACP is "still leading the fight to bring justice and equality to everyone."
12. The actual feature film began at 4:49, four minutes later than the posted starting time.
If you have time, read the link. It's pretty funny...
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