I'm back from the 9:30 showing of PRIDE & PREJUDICE, which was fine, except my feelings are colored by the worst ever nadir experience at a Loew's complex: I bought the tickets on Sunday, and the tickets said the showing was in the "Olympia" on the top floor. Charlotte and I were seated in an empty theatre by 9:15 enjoying our company and snacks. When we got to the Olympia, the sign above the door did not say PRIDE & PREJUDICE at 9:30, it said something was showing at 12:05 am, so I asked an employee walking by if we were at the right place. The person said we were at the right theatre so we went in.
At 9:30 the lights dimmed and for 5 minutes I watched "Loew's Cineman" flash on and off the screen. I went out to the concession stand and inquired about the film. The clerk said the movie would be starting shortly and my bitchy reply was that it was already late. So, Charlotte and I watched the flashing Loew's Cinema logo for another couple of minutes and I went back out yelling for a manager. The concession clerks were angry that I was disturbing their partying, and I finally accosted a young man and insisted on seeing a manager. He founda lady who took my tickets, went to a computer, told me the theatre had changed, and the film had already started in a theatre in the fucking basement!
We got to the theatre, which was packed, missed the opening minutes and sat in the damned second row at the side so everything was distorted by the perspective. Everything about the film was colored by my entire experience under the helpful employees of Loew's. On the bright side, after the film I asked at the box office for a manager, bitched him out and got four free passes. I think it might be a good film.