| Sneaking a preview of Haunting in Connecticut | 3.28.2009 |
I got an email invite to the local screening of The Haunting In Connecticut. There were two people I considered going along with. One declined. One agreed. The preview was set to start at 7:30, so I met with my buddy Tim at the theater at 5:45. We were gonna grab a bite to eat first.
Just to be safe though, we went to the theater first. We had been anticipating a large group waiting for the movie. Looking through the windows we were surprised to see that the lobby was empty. Not a single person was there waiting for the movie. Wow. It had been a while since I had been to a preview, I guessed people were just going to wait to show up.
We ate directly across from the theater. I kept an eye on the entrance to see if people started arriving. Nope. No one. At 6:45 we crossed the street to what we were guessing would be an empty theater. Preview passes in hand we bypassed the ticket lady and entered the theater. She mouthed something through the window at us. It looked like she was saying "Sold out." But that made no sense. We looked at each other and went in anyway. Inside another employee approached us and explained how it was already full. "People were there at 3 waiting. Lined up around the outside of the building and down around the corner," she told us. "We let them into the theater at 6:30. No more seats available."
We both cried foul at this comment. We were here before 6:30 and not a single person was in the lobby much less wrapped around the building down the street. She gave us envelopes to put our names on to get a screener to another movie instead, while explaining that the people were actually all inside the building. And they had them tucked away on one side and up the stairs.
We calmly filled out our envelopes as other latecomers lined up behind us waiting for the pens to fill out their envelopes. And then it happened.
Two people came to the ticket entry area and were questioned by the ticket taker. They said they were inside with seats for the preview but had two seats saved for friends who were about to arrive. "You can't do that," she declared. "No seat saving. You have to be here to have a seat." With that she turned and pointed to us "You and you, there are two seats. Go on in."
My friend tried to protest that we had just given envelopes for a free pass to be given later as I looked on in shock. Shut the hell up, I was thinking. Don't give her a chance to change her mind. She waved us in.
At the actual screening room we encountered two security guards who were quite friendly to us. We explained that we had been told to come in. We stood with them as the press filled the remaining seats, content to stand and watch the movie. Happy to be inside at all. As it started, one guard showed me to a seat that was vacant. Tim was left to stand at the back for the duration. But he survived. And we made it through the film.
I wrote up a review of the movie. Go check it out.
Bloody MonkeyZ
Just to be safe though, we went to the theater first. We had been anticipating a large group waiting for the movie. Looking through the windows we were surprised to see that the lobby was empty. Not a single person was there waiting for the movie. Wow. It had been a while since I had been to a preview, I guessed people were just going to wait to show up.
We ate directly across from the theater. I kept an eye on the entrance to see if people started arriving. Nope. No one. At 6:45 we crossed the street to what we were guessing would be an empty theater. Preview passes in hand we bypassed the ticket lady and entered the theater. She mouthed something through the window at us. It looked like she was saying "Sold out." But that made no sense. We looked at each other and went in anyway. Inside another employee approached us and explained how it was already full. "People were there at 3 waiting. Lined up around the outside of the building and down around the corner," she told us. "We let them into the theater at 6:30. No more seats available."
We both cried foul at this comment. We were here before 6:30 and not a single person was in the lobby much less wrapped around the building down the street. She gave us envelopes to put our names on to get a screener to another movie instead, while explaining that the people were actually all inside the building. And they had them tucked away on one side and up the stairs.
We calmly filled out our envelopes as other latecomers lined up behind us waiting for the pens to fill out their envelopes. And then it happened.
Two people came to the ticket entry area and were questioned by the ticket taker. They said they were inside with seats for the preview but had two seats saved for friends who were about to arrive. "You can't do that," she declared. "No seat saving. You have to be here to have a seat." With that she turned and pointed to us "You and you, there are two seats. Go on in."
My friend tried to protest that we had just given envelopes for a free pass to be given later as I looked on in shock. Shut the hell up, I was thinking. Don't give her a chance to change her mind. She waved us in.
At the actual screening room we encountered two security guards who were quite friendly to us. We explained that we had been told to come in. We stood with them as the press filled the remaining seats, content to stand and watch the movie. Happy to be inside at all. As it started, one guard showed me to a seat that was vacant. Tim was left to stand at the back for the duration. But he survived. And we made it through the film.
I wrote up a review of the movie. Go check it out.
Bloody MonkeyZ
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