Demosthenes here … I’m about to rant. And while it might not be the opinion of the entire site … I’m still going to rant!<\/p>\n
Some people have been ‘lucky’ enough to see Two Towers courtesy of MTV’s Movie House<\/i>. I use quotes because MTV apparently decided it would be a very cool thing to walk in on the climax of the film and begin interviewing people while the film was still running. <\/p>\n
I don’t think words begin to explain exactly how furious and frustrated some of those people are this morning. Apparently, AICN has received a minor flood of complaints about this. To give you an idea, here’s an excerpt from one unfortunate viewer:<\/p>\n
Now I guess I’m not supposed to complain because they did provide me with a free movie, but can we please talk about the sheer stupidity of having a show where the movie-goers are interrupted DURING the film to see what they think!? <\/p>\n
OK, ok…if that’s what they want their show to be about, who am I to stop them….but COME ON – how about a night-vision camera…..and if that IS what they use…how about a night-vision camera that doesn’t need a big, bright freakin’ light on it that shines RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE AUDIENCE!<\/i><\/p>\n
You can read more firsthand experiences at AICN here<\/a>. Be warned in advance though, a lot of these people didn’t exactly hold back. If strong languange bothers you, you might like to skip it.<\/p>\n I wouldn’t normally call any moviegoer who saw Two Towers early unfortunate, but I’d prefer to wait (for months if I had to!) rather than be put through that sort of irritation.<\/p>\n It is, of course, true that MTV put on this screening. So in one sense they can do whatever they like … and, at the end of the day, they’re there to make ratings and money, not to be a charity. But aren’t they just shooting themselves in the foot? Isn’t this simply downright rude? <\/p>\n MTV obviously doesn’t care for The Two Towers … but I find it odd – and highly disappointing – that they obviously don’t care about the moviegoing experience either.<\/p>\n I mean, it’s kind of hard to enjoy a film when a camera light is doing awful things to the screen or some guy is next to you whispering questions into your ear.<\/p>\n What do you think? Is this one of the worst TV ideas ever, or am I off my rocker and not quite with the modern moviegoing experience? Go to our message boards and sound off here<\/a>. <\/p>\n NB: you need to register to post on these boards, but it’s simple (honest!) and costs you nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Demosthenes here … I’m about to rant. And while it might not be the opinion of the entire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-special-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t