DP07 wrote:
Today when I was at Starbucks someone asked about one of the spelling words. The guy working there ended up bringing up the movie, but he sounded like he was being forced to do it. He told the guy that it's a good movie, and he should see it, but you could tell he didn't believe a word he was saying. The costumer didn't reply, seemed annoyed, and went on his way with his coffee. What's weird is that the conversation between the two was natural before that.
It just sort of reinforces what I thought before: this is not a good way to market a movie.
Thank you for saying that.
Turning the entire Starbucks workforce into studio plants, forced by their corporate masters to shill for a movie? That has got to be the most annoying thing ever. And if Starbucks is buying into the movie business, will the poor employees be stumping for EVERY movie? If I have to wade through knee-deep ad copy and listen to a sales pitch from the barrista every time Starbucks puts out a movie, I'll go to 7-11 for my coffee.
Is this movie like one of those overwrought in-your-face down-your-throat uplifting ABC AfterSchool Specials that I detested in high school? The posters sure looked like it.
