Posts Tagged ‘AMC’

500 Days of Summer

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

I’ve been trying to see this film for about 2 weeks, it officially came out on July 17th and since then it has been nearly impossible to locate. I actually tried to see it the weekend that it hit theaters with my girlfriend in Sarasota, Florida, no luck… no theater was playing it for 100 miles. Finally I came back to Jacksonville and figured that I would be able to catch the film here, and probably be able to catch it for only 5 bucks at AMC… no luck … the limited release even skipped Jacksonville, which isn’t that surprising but for how many commercials I had seen for the film I figured we’d have been on the list of limited theaters. Finally as I was getting ready to head to Gainesville my buddy at work told me he was going to see a movie, I asked him which one and sarcastically suggested 500 Days of Summer, knowing that it wasn’t released in Jacksonville… he said oh yeah that’s the one that we’re going to see. So I checked online and sure enough the movie had finally been released everywhere, I was pleased.

Saturday rolls around and my girlfriend and I make plans to see the film in Gainesville, we were both pretty excited and finally got to see the film that had been eluding us for such a long time, of course we still had to pay full price but I think it was worth it.

After seeing the film I was pretty happy with my decision and persistence to actually go and see it. The film offered a very humorous story with great direction and a fun and interesting back-and-forth style timeline.

If anyone hasn’t seen this film I really suggest you check it out, I’d have to say it’s definitely one of the best I’ve seen all year, it’s charming, has a lot of humor, and doesn’t leave you feeling as empty as you’d think (kind of sad but true).

Now the only thing to really look forward to is District 9, I’ve been checking the ratings all week and have noticed that everyone’s review has something in common, they are all showing very positive things. District 9 comes out this Friday, August 14th and should be just about everywhere movies are shown =)

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Harry Potter and the Half-Agitated Me

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

After work yesterday I headed to AMC theatres to pick up my ticket for Harry Potter, my friend had already ordered his tickets a few days before and I didn’t want to get stuck not being able to see it. So I stroll up to the ticket purchasing kiosk and notice that the film is showing it 5 theaters, the first two, which are sold out, were the larger theaters and were obviously more in demand. So I noticed that the 2 main theaters were numbers 13 and 14, I go up to the lady at the front desk and ask her if there’s anyway that I can get in the bigger theaters with my friends when the time comes, she assures me that there isn’t and instructs me to have them change their tickets so that we can all see it together, in a smaller theater. Frankly I don’t care too much if I’m not in the biggest theater, I did pay 10 bucks and wouldn’t mind it but I figured I could just come back to the theater a little early and try to do my best to sneak in with my friends. So I headed back to the kiosk and picked up a ticket for auditorium 4 hoping that I could use that ticket to somehow sneak into the nicer theater with my friends.

The time came and I headed up to the theater, I must have really underestimated the popularity of the film because my version of getting somewhere early wasn’t exactly practical for this situation, I guess it had been a long time since I’d seen a movie on opening night at 12:01. So I meet up with my friends and I try to put my plan in action and sneak into my desired theater. I see my target, a short, slightly portly boy probably 16, guarding my goal. I proceed by placing my thumb close to the 4 so that upon first glance my ticket appears to be for the theater I’m entering, of course it is not. I’ve made it, and actually it was quite easy, now there is only one more problem, I got there at 11 o clock… apparently every other person who intended to see the movie got there at 10 o clock, the place was completely packed. We would be lucky to find 4 seats together at some of the worst spots in the theater, but don’t worry we did exactly that. You know those 3 rows of seats that have that annoying horseshoe shape in the very front? Those seats that you look at and ask, hey why are those seats in a semi circle and mine aren’t? Well there is a simple explanation for this, the explanation is that you’re so close to the screen that by putting you on a curve you can effectively see 3/4ths of the screen rather than just 1/2.

Anyways the movie wasn’t bad, it wasn’t great or anything but I was also in a pretty bad mood due mostly to my raging hunger and horrible seating, oh and my neck was absolutely killing me! I guess I’m just going to have to go home and download the bootlegged film from surfthechannel and see if it’s truly the proclaimed, best movie of the series.

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Year Numero Uno

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

I’m sure everyone reading this has seen atleast 5 ads for the new funny film, Year One, coming to theaters this Friday, I know if you watched the NBA Finals you were probably watching the advertisements more than the Magic but that’s a different story. Upon first seeing the poster in a movie theater I was pretty skeptical, I love Jack Black and Michael Cera usually does a good job playing an awkward kid but I know how often both of these actors play the exact same role, always. What added another level of skepticism is the fact that they are blasting advertisements all over the place, and in my experience most of the funny films that run a ton of advertisements tend to fall flat, with the recent exception of The Hangover. I decided that I would do a little research on the film to see if there were any other reasons to see it other than that the previews, as overplayed as they are, are hilarious, and there is! Harold Ramis is directing it and co-writing it with Gene Stupnitsky, I know neither of these names probably ring a bell but don’t worry because I had no idea who they were until I checked on imdb, Harold Ramis is the guy who plays Dr. Egon, the ghostbuster who isn’t Bill Murray or Dan Aykroyd, Ramis also wrote Caddyshack, Back to School, Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Stripes and Animal House, all movies that are 80′s classics and worth watching multiple times. Stupnisky is a major writer for The Office, one of NBC’s best shows running right now, both Stupnisky and Ramis are also currently working on a Ghostbusters 3 that will include all of the original cast.

So with all this said I think the writing and the direction will give the actors some pretty good lines, and some even more humerous situations. Year One comes out tomorrow and if you’re willing to head to AMC to drop 10 bucks or Tinseltown to drop 9ish you should definitely hit it up, even if it doesn’t trump this years The Hangover it will most certainly provide each member of the audience a slew of funny lines to recite throughout the next few weeks until Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno hits us in July.

If you haven’t already seen it a dozen times check out this clip for the film Year One, in theaters June 19. Actually I’ve never seen this trailer and it now officially looks funny =P

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Drag me to hell!

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

You can ask anyone who knows me, I’m not much a fan of horror films, perhaps it’s the disturbing images that follow you to bed at night or maybe it’s all the creepy music followed up by intense scenes that send you flying out of your seat, either way I always find myself fighting to see the new James Bond movie over the horror flick of the week, and if they do get me in to the theater it’s always a little unpleasant watching half the movie through the cracks in my hands that cover my face. I know you’re thinking, damn he’s a chicken but c’mon! wouldn’t you like to go home that night and not have to check under the bed and in the closet to assure yourself that no new found demons plague it, or no axe-wielding marauder waits for you behind a half-closed door?

Anyway, the first time I saw the clips for Drag me to Hell I was impressed, that must have been the very first time in my human life that I uttered the words, “Damn, I really want to see that horror movie!” Well the movie is out now and I still haven’t seen it, I’ve been busy trying to pocket the little bit of cash that I have, and haven’t quite had the 10 dollars to run out to AMC and indulge in a film. I think the reason that the film sparks my interest is that the event of why the horror and suspense occurs is pretty funny, and the over-the-top effects make it even more comical.

So when I finally get enough cash to check it out I’m sure that my horror loving friends will jump at the chance to go and see a horror movie where I wasn’t dragged to my seat and forced to watch as some monster jumped out at an unsuspecting “good guy” and was subsequently torn to shreds as all monsters tend to do to their victims.

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