7月9日
'Transformers' Number One, Not Good Time
Since I'm currently on vacation in the middle of rural Pennsylvania, I haven't seen the picture yet but
Cinematical's Erik Davis was kind enough to give us a taste of his big screen experience:
"Instead of checking out an advanced critics screening of 'Transformers,' I decided to pony up some cash and see it along with the rest of the country after it officially opened in theaters. And since my friends and I wanted a decent seat, we played it safe and arrived two hours prior to the show. Two freaking hours. And guess what -- there was already a line. So not only did I pay around 20 bucks (for a ticket, soda and popcorn), but I had to stand in a pen for two hours before I was allowed into the theater. Oh, and then as the previous screening let out, the guy next to me insisted upon asking everyone what they thought of the film -- "What was your favorite part," he asked one dude. Thanks, it's bad enough I have to stand here for two hours in a crowd, but now I get to have the movie ruined for me too. And all it cost was twenty dollars! Sweet!
"Four and a half hours later, I practically crawled out of the theater -- waited fifteen minutes to use the bathroom, while listening to some guy yell into his cellphone 'That sh*t was a thousand times better than '300'!!!' -- and smelled worse than I did after Woodstock '99. I find it funny how in this day and age, where 'waiting times' have decreased significantly for practically everything, it's getting worse and worse at the local theater."
Dear Lord. That tick I had to dig out of my leg doesn't feel so bad now.
--posted by Kim