[jwnin]

This is why reserved seating is the best thing to happen to movies. I leave for the theatre almost at the time the movie 'starts', get my popcorn/soda, and sit down as the last trailer begins.

This failed me once where for some odd reason the movie actually started on time, but 1-2% failure rate is mostly acceptable.

[mrweasel]

A friend of mine REALLY wanted to see Transforms, when it was first released. He had it all planned out, we'd met up and get the ticket, 90 minutes before the movie started, go in, and wait, because he didn't want to miss anything. My girlfriend and I was less thrilled with that idea, so we went to get the tickets, got ours and went to dinner. We showed up at our seats 20 minutes after the movie was scheduled to start and didn't miss anything. The rest of the group had waited for almost two hours for a stupid action movie that isn't even all that good.