The Dark Knight : Trinoma Cinema FAIL!
[Part 2 of August 2, 2008: Food Review: Cyma Greek Taverna]
After lunch we headed back into the mall to get tickets to The Dark Knight. Finally. FINALLY I was able to watch it. And even though the movie was great, the experience was a FAIL that could well fit in the FAILblog if only it were a photo. Read full post...
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Let's go back to when we were walking leisurely to buy the tickets. When we got to the ticketing area, the place was CROWDED. I mean the lines are, like, longer than I've EVER seen them in Trinoma, and the place was just insane! It turns out that the long lines were all for this new local movie, A Very Special Love, which we really didn't want to watch that very moment. We (or at least I) nearly gave up.. but then we noticed this short line off the side. It only had two people in line and when we looked closer the sign said:
LOLs! I realize now that I should have taken a photo of that sign. Ah, well. So we got in line and bought our tickets. The show wasn't until two hours so we decided to go to Starbucks (after goofing around with theHigh School Musical stand-ups) and kill time. So we got our coffee, tea and milk... I, of course, had my favorite Hazelnut Mocha latte, and, with the ever-lovable Starbucks lighting, we couldn't resist taking photos~
Before we knew it, it was time to go back to the cinema. The movie was, as many of you know, awesome. I could write a lot about my thoughts about The Dark Knight: about how Heath Ledger had a great performance, as usual. About how, as much as Katie Holmes can be a good actress, I'm actually glad Maggie Gylenhall replaced her in this movie. About how Aaron Eckhart amazed me. About how Christian Bale's portrayal of Batman and Bruce Wayne is even better than the last. About how the writers just ROCKED.
But I don't think I'm going to do that right now, since this post is about Trinoma Cinema's EPIC FAIL.
Just to make one thing clear: I actually like the Trinoma Cinemas. I LOVE them. I love how comfy the seats are, I love the sound quality, I love how clean the place is, I love the punctuality. But this time they disappointed me big time because right smack in the middle of the movie, right when the climax was building and everyone's eyes were glued to the screen....
the
audio
turns
off.
HU-WHAT?!
For about three seconds nobody actually complained out loud. I think we were all caught unawares, and we were all thinking that "Oh, y'know, technical difficulty, the sound's gonna go back right away."
It didn't.
And worse, the video kept going! So we were seeing what was happening, we could see Christian Bale's reaction to something, and we see people in the movie panicking, but we had no idea what on earth was going on.
FAIL!
This goes on for the next full minute or two. By this time, people were complaining big time, and I was already composing this blog post in my head.
When the audio finally comes back on, we had already missed a HUGE chunk of information. Plus, of course, we were totally yanked out of the zone!!! I was expecting for the operators to stop the movie and rewind it to where the audio was lost...
Didn't happen.
With a sigh, I resigned to watching the rest of the movie and try to enjoy it. The rest of the audience was doing so, as well... Sara (who had watched the movie before) filled in the blanks for me and Mi, and the show went on for the next 30 minutes or so. And then, just when another critical part of the movie arrives, and Gordon was talking to two of his people, the sound goes weird and becomes muffled, as if someone had put their enormous hand over the cinema speakers. Take note that this is a dialogue scene. DIALOGUE!
And then, the lights go on and the movie stops.
FAIL!
By this time, our reaction times were faster, and there was a collective exclamation of "WHAT?!" and "COME ON!!!"
Several seconds ticked by, an audio recording of "Sorry, we are experiencing technical difficulty" played in a lopp, Mi was laughing in exasperation beside me, I was continuing this blog post in my head... and then the movie came on again. But not where we dropped off. Oh, no.
They had rewound the film back to where the audio first tripped.
That scene 30 minutes earlier? Yeah, that one.
FAIL!!!
Okay, so we finally got to fully understand what we initially missed, and okay, so the part we watched twice was a really really good part, but ARGH. It was really disappointing. I mean, of all movies to screw up on, it HAD to be The Dark Knight. And, okay, fine, accidents happen, and it's not like the movie operators wanted this to happen, but... ARGH!
At the end of the movie, I was half-expecting some executive-looking guy make an appearance and tell us that we had a free movie as a repayment for the inconvenience but no. The only apology we had was that audio recording played in loop.
But don't get me wrong: it's not like I'm holding a grudge against Trinoma now. I'm actually going to go back there on Monday to watch Mamma Mia (and get on that short, special line). I'm just wishing that the cinema people handled this better. And I'm hoping that this won't happen to anybody else again.
All that aside, the movie was awesome, which really made up for the "technical difficulty". And we had a really nice day, so I was able to go home with a smile on my face. Hehe. And, really, we laughed about what happened as we walked out of the mall. All in all, I think this Girls' Day Out was a success. :)
After lunch we headed back into the mall to get tickets to The Dark Knight. Finally. FINALLY I was able to watch it. And even though the movie was great, the experience was a FAIL that could well fit in the FAILblog if only it were a photo. Read full post...
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Let's go back to when we were walking leisurely to buy the tickets. When we got to the ticketing area, the place was CROWDED. I mean the lines are, like, longer than I've EVER seen them in Trinoma, and the place was just insane! It turns out that the long lines were all for this new local movie, A Very Special Love, which we really didn't want to watch that very moment. We (or at least I) nearly gave up.. but then we noticed this short line off the side. It only had two people in line and when we looked closer the sign said:
EXPRESS LANE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
and
The Dark Knight
and
Mamma Mia
and
The Dark Knight
and
Mamma Mia
LOLs! I realize now that I should have taken a photo of that sign. Ah, well. So we got in line and bought our tickets. The show wasn't until two hours so we decided to go to Starbucks (after goofing around with theHigh School Musical stand-ups) and kill time. So we got our coffee, tea and milk... I, of course, had my favorite Hazelnut Mocha latte, and, with the ever-lovable Starbucks lighting, we couldn't resist taking photos~
Before we knew it, it was time to go back to the cinema. The movie was, as many of you know, awesome. I could write a lot about my thoughts about The Dark Knight: about how Heath Ledger had a great performance, as usual. About how, as much as Katie Holmes can be a good actress, I'm actually glad Maggie Gylenhall replaced her in this movie. About how Aaron Eckhart amazed me. About how Christian Bale's portrayal of Batman and Bruce Wayne is even better than the last. About how the writers just ROCKED.
But I don't think I'm going to do that right now, since this post is about Trinoma Cinema's EPIC FAIL.
Just to make one thing clear: I actually like the Trinoma Cinemas. I LOVE them. I love how comfy the seats are, I love the sound quality, I love how clean the place is, I love the punctuality. But this time they disappointed me big time because right smack in the middle of the movie, right when the climax was building and everyone's eyes were glued to the screen....
the
audio
turns
off.
HU-WHAT?!
For about three seconds nobody actually complained out loud. I think we were all caught unawares, and we were all thinking that "Oh, y'know, technical difficulty, the sound's gonna go back right away."
It didn't.
And worse, the video kept going! So we were seeing what was happening, we could see Christian Bale's reaction to something, and we see people in the movie panicking, but we had no idea what on earth was going on.
FAIL!
This goes on for the next full minute or two. By this time, people were complaining big time, and I was already composing this blog post in my head.
When the audio finally comes back on, we had already missed a HUGE chunk of information. Plus, of course, we were totally yanked out of the zone!!! I was expecting for the operators to stop the movie and rewind it to where the audio was lost...
Didn't happen.
With a sigh, I resigned to watching the rest of the movie and try to enjoy it. The rest of the audience was doing so, as well... Sara (who had watched the movie before) filled in the blanks for me and Mi, and the show went on for the next 30 minutes or so. And then, just when another critical part of the movie arrives, and Gordon was talking to two of his people, the sound goes weird and becomes muffled, as if someone had put their enormous hand over the cinema speakers. Take note that this is a dialogue scene. DIALOGUE!
And then, the lights go on and the movie stops.
FAIL!
By this time, our reaction times were faster, and there was a collective exclamation of "WHAT?!" and "COME ON!!!"
Several seconds ticked by, an audio recording of "Sorry, we are experiencing technical difficulty" played in a lopp, Mi was laughing in exasperation beside me, I was continuing this blog post in my head... and then the movie came on again. But not where we dropped off. Oh, no.
They had rewound the film back to where the audio first tripped.
That scene 30 minutes earlier? Yeah, that one.
FAIL!!!
Okay, so we finally got to fully understand what we initially missed, and okay, so the part we watched twice was a really really good part, but ARGH. It was really disappointing. I mean, of all movies to screw up on, it HAD to be The Dark Knight. And, okay, fine, accidents happen, and it's not like the movie operators wanted this to happen, but... ARGH!
At the end of the movie, I was half-expecting some executive-looking guy make an appearance and tell us that we had a free movie as a repayment for the inconvenience but no. The only apology we had was that audio recording played in loop.
But don't get me wrong: it's not like I'm holding a grudge against Trinoma now. I'm actually going to go back there on Monday to watch Mamma Mia (and get on that short, special line). I'm just wishing that the cinema people handled this better. And I'm hoping that this won't happen to anybody else again.
All that aside, the movie was awesome, which really made up for the "technical difficulty". And we had a really nice day, so I was able to go home with a smile on my face. Hehe. And, really, we laughed about what happened as we walked out of the mall. All in all, I think this Girls' Day Out was a success. :)
Happy Birthday, Loraine!
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Sarah's Top 5 Addictions
Mi posted her top 5 addictions and decided to tag me. So, as if this was a follow-up to a similar previous post, I write.
These are my top 5 addictions at the moment. Some of them may have been addictions for a long time now (and will still be for a very long time), but some of them aren't. So...yeah.
Blogging
As if this isn't obvious.
Even when no one was reading my blog, I wrote almost everyday unless school kept me from it. And at times that schoool did keep me from it, I practically had withdrawal symptoms. Haha! So I snatch my old journal (the old school paper one) and write on there instead.
Hm. But then again, I think I wrote in my old school journal even at times that I do get to blog. Ahehehe. Yeah. Addicted to writing, I am.
Pinoyblogero wrote the other day that, before, there was this mentality that blogging was for people in high society. From the comments on the post, it seemed like a lot of people agreed, saying that rich people were the ones who had the luxury (in terms of time, money, and internet access) to blog. Well, I started blogging right around that time (I think). But I wasn't rich. Ahehe. Either (a) the observations were wrong [which I doubt they were], (b) I'm weird [hm... that's likely], or (c) that just shows how addicted to writing and the Internet—and, therefore, blogging—I was, and still am. ^_^
I think I'll go with (c).
Google
I'm a Google-phile, I think most people know that by now, especially if you read my post on the iGoogle teahouse ghost. Hehe.
When I log on the Internet (which I do everyday), the first thing I do is log in to iGoogle and GTalk. From there, I go and use all the other Google services I've got. GMail (mine and the Google App for PinoyBlogosphere), Analytics, and Blogger. I use Reader and Calendar from iGoogle so I don't go on over to their homes unless I really have to. I use Google Docs and Spreadsheets often, and I occasionally check my AdSense and crawl stats in Webmaster Central. I haven't been uploading photos into my albums recently, but if I did, I'd use Picasa. What else? Oh yeah, I've installed the Notebook on my Firefox, too. Heeheehee.
C2
This began back in 2005, when I was practically melting in the sweltering heat (not to mention classic Los Baños humidity) while waiting for my Speech Communication class to begin. I had wanted to get a Coke, but since the nearest store didn't have cold Cokes—"INJUSTICE!!! They have no honor!!!"—I decided to try whatever cold drink they had, which turned out to be C2. Apparently, not many people were buying it because nobody knew it existed.
And so I tried it. And I got hooked. I turned into an endorser in a matter of seconds.
Thus began the tradition of me always having a C2 in my hand, and/or in the fridge.
Tazo® Green Tea Frappuccino® Blended Crème
I'm not much of a coffee person, even though I LOVE the aroma of coffee. Before Green Tea Frapp, I always went for the mocha Frapp on those rare times I could afford to go to Starbucks. But when Green Tea Frapp came to be, that became my usual. And now that I can afford to go to Starbucks every week... Hehehe. Green Tea Frapp luuuuuuuuv.
It's sad to say that a lot of my friends look at me weirdly whenever I order this. Not many of the people I know enjoy my Frapp. They say it tastes weird. Yeah, well, to each his own, I guess. ^^
Blue + Star
Blue = love.
Stars = love.
Put them together and you get a giddy Sarah.
I won't even attempt to explain.
These are my top 5 addictions at the moment. Some of them may have been addictions for a long time now (and will still be for a very long time), but some of them aren't. So...yeah.
BloggingAs if this isn't obvious.
Even when no one was reading my blog, I wrote almost everyday unless school kept me from it. And at times that schoool did keep me from it, I practically had withdrawal symptoms. Haha! So I snatch my old journal (the old school paper one) and write on there instead.
Hm. But then again, I think I wrote in my old school journal even at times that I do get to blog. Ahehehe. Yeah. Addicted to writing, I am.
Pinoyblogero wrote the other day that, before, there was this mentality that blogging was for people in high society. From the comments on the post, it seemed like a lot of people agreed, saying that rich people were the ones who had the luxury (in terms of time, money, and internet access) to blog. Well, I started blogging right around that time (I think). But I wasn't rich. Ahehe. Either (a) the observations were wrong [which I doubt they were], (b) I'm weird [hm... that's likely], or (c) that just shows how addicted to writing and the Internet—and, therefore, blogging—I was, and still am. ^_^
I think I'll go with (c).
I'm a Google-phile, I think most people know that by now, especially if you read my post on the iGoogle teahouse ghost. Hehe.
When I log on the Internet (which I do everyday), the first thing I do is log in to iGoogle and GTalk. From there, I go and use all the other Google services I've got. GMail (mine and the Google App for PinoyBlogosphere), Analytics, and Blogger. I use Reader and Calendar from iGoogle so I don't go on over to their homes unless I really have to. I use Google Docs and Spreadsheets often, and I occasionally check my AdSense and crawl stats in Webmaster Central. I haven't been uploading photos into my albums recently, but if I did, I'd use Picasa. What else? Oh yeah, I've installed the Notebook on my Firefox, too. Heeheehee.
C2This began back in 2005, when I was practically melting in the sweltering heat (not to mention classic Los Baños humidity) while waiting for my Speech Communication class to begin. I had wanted to get a Coke, but since the nearest store didn't have cold Cokes—"INJUSTICE!!! They have no honor!!!"—I decided to try whatever cold drink they had, which turned out to be C2. Apparently, not many people were buying it because nobody knew it existed.
And so I tried it. And I got hooked. I turned into an endorser in a matter of seconds.
Thus began the tradition of me always having a C2 in my hand, and/or in the fridge.
Tazo® Green Tea Frappuccino® Blended Crème
I'm not much of a coffee person, even though I LOVE the aroma of coffee. Before Green Tea Frapp, I always went for the mocha Frapp on those rare times I could afford to go to Starbucks. But when Green Tea Frapp came to be, that became my usual. And now that I can afford to go to Starbucks every week... Hehehe. Green Tea Frapp luuuuuuuuv.It's sad to say that a lot of my friends look at me weirdly whenever I order this. Not many of the people I know enjoy my Frapp. They say it tastes weird. Yeah, well, to each his own, I guess. ^^
Blue + StarBlue = love.
Stars = love.
Put them together and you get a giddy Sarah.
I won't even attempt to explain.
Labels: addiction, blogging, blue, c2, frappuccino, google, green tea, meme, star, starbucks, top 5
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Blue. Stars. Sky. Jazz. Choklit. Pasta. Sashimi. Green tea Frapp. Aroma of coffee. Books. Movies. Fanfics. PC. Google. Mobile phone. Mp3 player. Sleep.
Cockroaches. Shopping. Humidity. Migraines.
