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Re: Inception

#101 Post by Beate » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:24 pm

Yes the ushers were a bit annoying. Everytime I went in I was told to switch my phone off even though no one really checked this afterwards, people were told to move along in some rows and during the film there were two of them wandering up and down the side aisles with night goggles!
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Re: Inception

#102 Post by soonforgotten » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:28 pm

It was definitely a shit theatre. I can understand not allocating theatre 1, as they probably didn't feel the need to give away 1300 tickets for such an amazing film, but damn was it ever cramped in there with a horrible sightline. I was maybe 4 rows from the front and missed some of the subtitles myself. Still, I think we're lucky to have gotten this one for free.
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Re: Inception

#103 Post by a_person » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:34 pm

Beate wrote: When a_person sent me a narked off text from the front rows, I enquired again.
I never sent you a narked off text!!! You read it wrong! :nono:

At least you guys were somewhere near the back, I'm short as it is and I had someone who was 6' 2" sitting in front of me! :mad: So I barely saw anything. :x

Anyway it was better that I sat away from you Beate, I really needed leg space today so fidgeted fidgeted and fidgeted. And that screen was just so shit. When I was walking in I heard the manager say, "strictly no late admittance, movie must start 6:30pm pronto" and STILL people came in late :angry: I was really annoyed that when I came in the guy made me walk on the other side and then told me to sit anywhere and the ones who came in the end who wanted to sit at the back... everybody had to move for them!
Beate wrote:Yes the ushers were a bit annoying. Everytime I went in I was told to switch my phone off even though no one really checked this afterwards, people were told to move along in some rows and during the film there were two of them wandering up and down the side aisles with night goggles!
I was using my phone in the middle since Gainsbourg popped up. Then some dudes kept coming down and using their binocular style thing! :shifty:
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Re: Inception

#104 Post by Beate » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:36 pm

It was definitely narked off, maybe not with me but just generally about having to sit at the front!
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Re: Inception

#105 Post by a_person » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:37 pm

soonforgotten wrote:It was definitely a shit theatre. I can understand not allocating theatre 1, as they probably didn't feel the need to give away 1300 tickets for such an amazing film, but damn was it ever cramped in there with a horrible sightline. I was maybe 4 rows from the front and missed some of the subtitles myself. Still, I think we're lucky to have gotten this one for free.
I was also four rows from the front too! Hardly any leg space at the front. At one point I felt the ushers would have been happier, if we just sat on top of each other and watched the movie.
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Re: Inception

#106 Post by a_person » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:40 pm

Beate wrote:It was definitely narked off, maybe not with me but just generally about having to sit at the front!
Next time I'll make sure I put loads of exclamation marks for you so you don't take it in a narked off way! Hardly had time to send you a text properly when the usher kept coming every few minutes, had to make do with what I could do - it is touch screen after all!

And of course I wasn't chuffed about sitting at the front but thats what you get for coming late. :rolleyes:
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Re: Inception

#107 Post by superhero » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:41 pm

Imagine if they put u in screen 3 or 4 or 5, those even smaller ones!!

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Re: Inception

#108 Post by a_person » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:42 pm

Seriously, how much smaller can it get? Did you not come sh? :(
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Re: Inception

#109 Post by Sydney_Bristow » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:45 pm

We almost had to sit separately cos got there at 6.20 :eek: but thanks to a sweet lad who moved after coming back with popcorn ended up alright although twas annoying that the eejit behind kept kicking bf's seat :wall:

Film was really gripping but, like someone already said, you really needed to use your brain - definitely not some silly romcom - and my wee brain hurt. Of course, I recorded Eastenders earlier and just watched it so my brain is getting better - Lucas is such a bloody liar!! :roll:
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Re: Inception

#110 Post by Sydney_Bristow » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:48 pm

a_person wrote:Seriously, how much smaller can it get? Did you not come sh? :(
Really small. Believe me, I saw Easy Virtue at the Odeon Leicester Square and the screen was maybe just double the size of our telly so maybe 60" max. Definitely not a proper cinema experience. It sucked!
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