Sunday, February 19, 2006

Movies, or There's One Born Every Minute

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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How was the movie?