Matt Van Stone

So my girlfriend got tickets to the preview of Nacho Libre last Wednesday. I thought it was a pretty funny movie. It wasn’t quite as good as Napoleon, but Jack Black’s dialog and his facial expressions made the movie.

Anyway, asside from the point that its a good movie we had the lamest projectionist ever showing the film. I don’t know if everyone knows but the movies come on a few reels which the projectionist has to switch throughout the movie. That is their job. You know its time to switch the reel when you see that little black circle flash in the top right hand corner of the movie. So twice when the reel is switched, for about 10 minutes the screen was off center and everybody’s faces were cut off. Finally whoever was in that booth realized and fixed it. It really put a damper on the whole experience though. The lame thing was we couldnt really ask for our money back since the movie was free in the first place.

On a side note… I hate how going to the movies is really a gamble. You pay $10 at least to get in and more if you want a snack. Then depending on what movie you see and when you have to put up with dumbass teens who think its cool to talk through the movie, or you take your girlfriend to Madagascar at 10pm and there’s still little children who are clearly up 2 hours past their bedtime anyway. If there’s one thing I hate it’s when you go to an 18A movie and walk in to find the place is filled with 14 year olds who think its cool to talk through the entire movie. Then you have 14 year old A yelling at 14 year old B to shut up and then B’s boyfriend yells back at A telling her not to talk to his girlfriend, then A’s boyfriend yells at B’s boyfriend asking if he wants to start something. Basically the whole thing ends up in a bunch of other 14s yelling at the 4 of them to shut up until everybody feels like they got their last word in. If I want to talk through a movie I stay home. This is all if the projectionist is doing their job too…