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Dec. 27th, 2008
DH has been positively slavering over the idea of going to see The Spirit when it hit the theater.
He checked the online schedule for the 25th and we drove to Monett for the first show (1330 hrs). Now, he checked online and this was scheduled to go on, got that? And you can see where this is going. Yup! Closed, note on the door saying they'd be open from 1500 - 0030.
NOT on the WEBSITE nor in the newspaper...just on the DOOR. Real professional there, folks.
So we tried again today. Open and all, no line even for tickets or snacks. We get in, sit down, get all nested in and the commercials start -- and OMFG it HURT. It was so LOUD. I've been to Ted Nugent concerts that weren't that loud and I was 50 feet from the speakers. DH has a certain amount of hearing loss, and what he usually prefers is near my pain threshold on the TV at home or the radio in the truck, but this was painful for HIM. We hit the lobby gasping and (in my case) tearing, and asked if it could be turned down to a reasonable level -- they claimed it was set by the company that brought the films around and if they changed it, they'd get in trouble. They "turned it down as much as we're allowed" for us and STILL it hurt. I don't know how the 4 other people in there could stand it if it was too loud for DH.
Now we've been to this theater a couple of dozen times in the last few years. It's closer than Springfield and generally has the same movies at maybe 50c less. (They don't have the hotdogs at the snack bar, though, that he likes and that's the reason if we drive to Springfield!) Not the customers they rely on to keep the doors open, but enough to have watched it add on two screens and improve the snack bar. And it has never been this loud, not for Batman or Die Hard or Sin City. Just OW.
Didn't see any of the movie or previews, the usher said it was about the same volume for the commercials as for the show so we got refunds and left.
DH is disappointed 'cause he WANTS to see it in the theater, and I'm disappointed on his behalf (I have no knowledge of this show/comic/whatever, but I'm willing to watch it with him).
Anyone who has seen this: is it REALLY set that loud, or were they just being assholes?
He checked the online schedule for the 25th and we drove to Monett for the first show (1330 hrs). Now, he checked online and this was scheduled to go on, got that? And you can see where this is going. Yup! Closed, note on the door saying they'd be open from 1500 - 0030.
NOT on the WEBSITE nor in the newspaper...just on the DOOR. Real professional there, folks.
So we tried again today. Open and all, no line even for tickets or snacks. We get in, sit down, get all nested in and the commercials start -- and OMFG it HURT. It was so LOUD. I've been to Ted Nugent concerts that weren't that loud and I was 50 feet from the speakers. DH has a certain amount of hearing loss, and what he usually prefers is near my pain threshold on the TV at home or the radio in the truck, but this was painful for HIM. We hit the lobby gasping and (in my case) tearing, and asked if it could be turned down to a reasonable level -- they claimed it was set by the company that brought the films around and if they changed it, they'd get in trouble. They "turned it down as much as we're allowed" for us and STILL it hurt. I don't know how the 4 other people in there could stand it if it was too loud for DH.
Now we've been to this theater a couple of dozen times in the last few years. It's closer than Springfield and generally has the same movies at maybe 50c less. (They don't have the hotdogs at the snack bar, though, that he likes and that's the reason if we drive to Springfield!) Not the customers they rely on to keep the doors open, but enough to have watched it add on two screens and improve the snack bar. And it has never been this loud, not for Batman or Die Hard or Sin City. Just OW.
Didn't see any of the movie or previews, the usher said it was about the same volume for the commercials as for the show so we got refunds and left.
DH is disappointed 'cause he WANTS to see it in the theater, and I'm disappointed on his behalf (I have no knowledge of this show/comic/whatever, but I'm willing to watch it with him).
Anyone who has seen this: is it REALLY set that loud, or were they just being assholes?