Only once in my life I went to the movies without knowing which movie I intended to see, resulting in me seeing a movie on a date that I didn’t know anything about. It ended up being one of Jennifer Lopez‘s romantic comedies (damned if I know which one). That was the last date I went on with that girl. It was also the last time I walked into a multiplex “blind”, so to say.
But apparently that is common practice in England… after all, how else could you explain the story in The Telegraph revealing that some moviegoers are demanding their money back after buying tickets to see the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar favorite silent film The Artist because they didn’t know it was (mostly) a silent film?
A spokesman for Odeon Cinema admits there have been a few complaints, explaining, “Odeon Liverpool One can confirm it has issued a small number of refunds to guests who were unaware that The Artist was a silent film. The cinema is happy to offer guests a refund on their film choice if they raise concern with a member of staff within 10 minutes of the film starting.” There has also been complaints because the film is not in widescreen, which hadn’t been in wide use during the era of silent films.
I’m not quite sure how anyone could be unaware that The Artist is a silent film… that’s like not realizing that Jaws is about a shark or that the Saw movies aren’t about carpentry. The film’s trailer and television spots haven’t shown the characters speaking, and every review of the film has had to make some sort of reference to it being silent. This is even worse than the woman who sued over Drive not being more like The Fast & The Furious movies because at least the trailer had a car.
Folks, just like the weather and traffic, know before you go. With movie tickets being the price they are, why would you ever pay to see a movie you know little or nothing about?
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