to not care about film credits?

[EricL]

There seems to be an alarming number of films recently where the opening list of credits is made into a really fancy sequence lasting forever. It really is mind-numbingly BORING.

It is nice to see the names of the actors and the director - but why the rest? It's so fucking tedious - i just have to fast forward to where the film actually starts.

In fact - why have any credits at all?

I really am not the SLIGHTEST bit interested to know the name of the guy who held the cables for the cameras. Who the hell is?

When i buy a TV i don't expect to see a list of all the hundreds of people who have been involved in making the damn thing - so why is Hollywood persisting in this annoying back-slapping drivel?

I quite enjoy reading the credits. And if you work in the film business I'd imagine they are quite important. And they give credit to the people who put the hard work into making the film. Why begrudge them their .05 seconds of fame?

If you went to see a play, would you get up and walk out as soon as the curtain came down, or would you stay and applaud the actors as they took their bows? Credits are the equivalent in film. And why shouldn't the crew get credited? After all, they have worked as hard as - often harder than - the actors, for almost certainly much less pay.

I once had my name in the credits of a student film - I made some props for it - and I was hugely chuffed.

Though I do agree that long-drawn-out credit sequences at the start of a film are a complete drag.

it really bugs me when they turn the lights on as soon as a film finishes, so everyone goes out whilst the credits are being rolled.

yes i like them at the start and finish, so yabu

We all know that making a film involves a lot of talented people and skill. I really don't want to be subjected to a long list though. It is just self indulgent tosh.

How about making a car? That's very skilled and involves years of effort and hundreds of skilled employees - yet you are not subjected to a list of who has fixed the rivet in that holds the digtal clock are you?

We just enjoy the final product and know that it took some effort. Buying the damn thing (or paying to see it) is the only confirmation of our appreciation they need really.

Some of the positions credited are intriguing -- 'best boy', 'key grip', etc. And in TV credits, there is often a credit for rostrum camera operator. And the person credited for this is always a bloke called Ken Morse. Always.

Is he the only one with a rostrum camera? Does he never lend it to anyone?

you can fast forward or just go though can't you so what's the problem. credits are a way for other film makers to find workers too.

my dad had his name credited in one film. we all cheered!

A lot of people are interested in reading the credits, if it was a well directed film with good acting then i would be interested to know who's work it was and who played which part etc, sound like you just being a grump, as pointed out already, you can fast forward them so what is the problem?

Film wouldn't get made without all those tedious little cable-holders.
I like reading them, especially for British and European films.
But then I'm interested not just in what I'm seeing but how it got there and whose graft made it possible.
I'm with Charlie Brooker - film and other credits being squeezed out on tv and in the cinemas is philistinic IMO
YABU
SEA I always keep an eye open for Mykola Pawluk, who must be knocking on 80 and still working hard in TV
Not to mention Colourist Vince Narduzzo

yes i've noticed mykola in lots of credits.

my dad never really made the credits in his tv work, mores the pity!

totally agree with charlie brooker too! love screenwipe

I read them avidly (I am a little weird).

And on Robin Hood last Saturday my dses were jumping about with exitement as the credits rolled - "look there's me!" "and me!" "and Mummy!" "and Daddy!" (first names, not surnames - that would be too much of a coincidence).

So, yes you're a grump - there are hours of family fun to be had in film and TV credits.

And I like it when they put lists of "production babies" in animated films

I like credits too.

I also HATE it when they bring the lights up and it is a film that has extra bits in the credits/at the end - it is still THE FILM

I can't remember if this is still true, but at some point the unions in the US had some sort of stipulation saying that credits were a necessity. Before and after. My brain is a bit swiss-cheesed at the minute or I'd be able to remember more.

Agnes

Credits are endless fun. It's alwys interesting to discover that a child character was actually played by identical twins to get round legal controls on max working hours for children. Or that Eddy the dog was played by three dogs.

And I loved the 1950s-style credits like 'Miss Day's gowns/hair by...'

Credits are important to those involved in making films/TV progs but not necessarily of interest to the viewer.

I personally find them interesting, but if you feel they are too invasive, contact the production company maybe?