We went to see the new Pink Panther remake this afternoon. Funny movie, but nothing terribly special except the title sequence, which was among the best in a movie. They brought back the Friz Freleng/David DePatie animated Pink Panther. I must admit, it was a little odd hearing the Pink Panther theme in its native habitat. I've heard it played on a pipe organ in a pizza parlor, on the cartoons, and as the alarm tone on my PDA warning me to get going to appointments, but this was the first time I had heard Henry Mancini in the theater.
About seven minutes into the preliminaries, we realized we had just paid $5 (matinee) for the privilege of watching a 15 minute block of ads, followed by an hour and a half of product placements. The placements weren't as obvious or prolific in Pink Panther as they have been in some movies, but I spotted a few. We got in just in time, or we would have seen the parade of on-screen ads for local vocational schools and real estate agents. Advertisers don't have to worry about us skipping commercials until we stop paying to take our dates to see them.
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How was the movie?
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