Bad Movie Websites
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One thing I love on movie websites is simple schedules of release dates in cities. I live in a small-market city and many small to mid-size movies open a little later than they would in NY, LA, Toronto, etc. The release information for individual cities is surprisingly difficult to find online until about 5-10 days before it opens. I've missed a few films that had short runs here because I didn't look at the right time.
Another nice thing is production notes about presentation. Probably not too many people care, but I really like learning what formats will be presented it which theatres/cities. The Interstellar site, for example, had listing for theatres that would show it in 70mm film (which is a huge deal and extremely rare in N. America) as well as explaining why you might want to see the 70mm print.
This kind of site could cost next to nothing. Could be done with a free Wordpress theme, for all I care. I just want that info.
- You plan movie nights weeks in advance?freedom
- No, but if I hear about a movie opening in NY & LA, I have no idea when it's coming to my city. Sometimes they're only here for a week.nb
- a week. e.g.: Reggio's Visitors. Waited months to see it, it only played a week, I missed it!nb
- If I knew when it was coming, I'd have planned to see it and marked it in my calendar. So yeah, sometimes I do.nb