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Cory and I finally got a chance to see "Sideways" tonight. First of all, if you haven't seen it, I highly reccommend it. I laughed, I cried. Seriously.
But one really bizarre thing happened. The movie was scheduled for 9:30. Now, much like in most places, that means the movie will actually start sometime between 9:40 and 9:50, after about a zillion commercials and trailers. So, we always go to movies a little bit late. Every now and then we get burned and miss the first minute or two, but usually, we get to the movie ten minutes late and still have to endure about ten minutes of trailers. I remember one time, we arrived for a 9:30 movie (13 going on 30) and still waited until 10:10 for the actual movie to start.
But, since Cory and I have been eagerly anticipating this movie's arrival for months, and because only had to work a half day (a long story), we actually arrived at the Carmike 15 on time. We paid for our tickets, walked to the correct theater, and were stunned that the movie had actually already started by 9:32. Actually, we were a little pissed off that it had already started.
So, we found a couple prime seats right in the middle (though we had to cut in front of a couple of people to get there). We felt a little releived that another handful of people walked in a minute or two after we did, and that we weren't the only losers that missed the beginning of the film.
So, we watched for about five minutes. Then a funny thing happened. The screen went black, the house lights came up, and the credits started rolling.
That's right. The previous showing of the movie was just ending. We had watched the last five minutes of the film. But did anyone bother to tell us that they weren't seating for the next showing yet? Nope. Thank goodness it wasn't a mystery, or else we would have known who dunnit.
Of course, we double-checked our tickets. Just as promised, they were for 9:30. And yet, at 9:40, the previous showing had just ended. At least we weren't the only ones duped by it. We shared a laugh with the people in the row behind us, who had also just watched the end of the movie. All in all, there were about fifteen people in the theater who just had the same experience that we did.
Then we had to sit there for ten minutes, endure another fifteen minutes of trailers, and then watch the movie. And yes, it really, really, really bothered me that I already knew how it ended.
Cory and I finally got a chance to see "Sideways" tonight. First of all, if you haven't seen it, I highly reccommend it. I laughed, I cried. Seriously.
But one really bizarre thing happened. The movie was scheduled for 9:30. Now, much like in most places, that means the movie will actually start sometime between 9:40 and 9:50, after about a zillion commercials and trailers. So, we always go to movies a little bit late. Every now and then we get burned and miss the first minute or two, but usually, we get to the movie ten minutes late and still have to endure about ten minutes of trailers. I remember one time, we arrived for a 9:30 movie (13 going on 30) and still waited until 10:10 for the actual movie to start.
But, since Cory and I have been eagerly anticipating this movie's arrival for months, and because only had to work a half day (a long story), we actually arrived at the Carmike 15 on time. We paid for our tickets, walked to the correct theater, and were stunned that the movie had actually already started by 9:32. Actually, we were a little pissed off that it had already started.
So, we found a couple prime seats right in the middle (though we had to cut in front of a couple of people to get there). We felt a little releived that another handful of people walked in a minute or two after we did, and that we weren't the only losers that missed the beginning of the film.
So, we watched for about five minutes. Then a funny thing happened. The screen went black, the house lights came up, and the credits started rolling.
That's right. The previous showing of the movie was just ending. We had watched the last five minutes of the film. But did anyone bother to tell us that they weren't seating for the next showing yet? Nope. Thank goodness it wasn't a mystery, or else we would have known who dunnit.
Of course, we double-checked our tickets. Just as promised, they were for 9:30. And yet, at 9:40, the previous showing had just ended. At least we weren't the only ones duped by it. We shared a laugh with the people in the row behind us, who had also just watched the end of the movie. All in all, there were about fifteen people in the theater who just had the same experience that we did.
Then we had to sit there for ten minutes, endure another fifteen minutes of trailers, and then watch the movie. And yes, it really, really, really bothered me that I already knew how it ended.
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