It seems almost strange to venture out to a theatre to sit through 100 minutes of TV commercials. Aren't these the self same things we complain destroy our viewing at home?

Not exactly.
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The Cannes 2000 World's Best Commercials is the second batch of big-screen advertisements opening in theatres this weekend, what with the 1999 incarnation of this event on over at the Princess Theatre.

Other than the commercials themselves, there's not much to distinguish one set from the other. The 2000 commercials, playing at the Whitemud Crossing, have perhaps a few more truly funny entries, especially in the coveted Gold Lion category, but it lacks the selection of more powerful public awareness messages seen in the 1999 batch. (The 2000 Cannes commercials will also show at the Princess in March.)
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