Lew Crippen
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The only thing about "getting to the theater 10 minutes later" is that good seats can be hard to find (for in-demand films with good audience turnout), or some theaters won't sell you a ticket if you show up x minutes after that particular showtime.For a popular movie during its initial run, it really makes no difference if commercials are shown or not. If for example, a showing is scheduled at 7:00 p.m., and beings at that time, anyone who comes in at 6:55 or so, will likely not get a good seat. Which means that you must come in at 6:45 or so, to get the good seats. Now it may be great that there are no commercials, but the alternative is to sit in the theatre with inane quizzes on the screen for 15 minutes or so.
Anyway you slice it, the time is more or less wasted.
I’m not a fan of commercials, but their existence has nothing to do with how far in advance you need to arrive to get preferred seating for a film.