I Went, I Saw, I Needed Fries With That.
Well, after hardships untold and dangerous unnumbered, I fought my way to the Goblin City, to...oh, wait. Wrong movie! Anyhoo,
28 Days Later was at long last seen, and all in all I quite enjoyed it. Admittedly I think the North American hype of it was rather skewed; there's not that much run-from-the-zombie action, and more of the movie centres around the characters coping with an "end of the world" scenario. That isn't to say
28 Days Later lacks tense moments, gory moments, and just plain disturbing moments. You can just blame any disappointment on the marketing.
I also discovered why I now have an extra "emergency movie ticket replacement thingy" too. Apparently the projectionist in our theatre was rather new to the job, and managed to royally FUBAR things up in the booth. This news amused me greatly, especially coming from the guy at the ticket counter who also works in the projection booth. His confusion and exasperation at the whole matter (coupled with his extreme relief that he hadn't been working that night) was quite brilliant, since according to him the theatre hasn't had any sort of problem like that in...oh, 3 years.
So there you have it. I got to be a part of local cinematic history. Or infamy.
One of the two.
And I can't help but wonder if, by keeping true to the movie that was being shown in that theatre, the defective projectionist was torn to shreds and/or eaten by the theatre managers....
Today's Lesson: after viewing myself on the webcam, I must grudgingly admit that my fiancee was indeed right. There is no such thing as a "manly" dainty skip.
posted by Phillip at 7:16 AM
