+1 I friggin' hate that shit. And it's not just on official movie and video game stuff either... I've seen this crap used on the official sites of video game companies, too. Like, when I'm looking to check job oppurtunities and more about companies and whatnot. Has anyone ever gone to the official Rockstar site? GOD, that…
It's a movie and video game, people are going to the sites to expect flashy design and explosions and dumb stuff like that. Whereas with a portfolio, community, or informative site users are more likely to desire a quick and easy to access site. It's all for show.
A better question is: why are you going to an official product site of to get information? What is this, 80's AOL? That's the worst place in the universe to look. Officials sites are always full of marketing bullshit and rarely have anything worth looking at on them besides a trailer you can usually get faster and at…
It didnt take TOO long to load, but Im not really a fan of any flash sites or sites that require me to upgrade and or install a new version of x,y, or z every 3 months just to view it.
They are ridiculous! From Darksiders http://www.darksiders.com/#/media-videos to district 9 http://www.d-9.com/ Do they actually help movie/game sales? They seem expensive to make and are just annoying to me, takes ages to get to the content and stuff.