Twilight (not that one unfortunately)
So the reason I haven't been around is a simple one.
Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 1 came out.
Stephanie Meyer, my old nemesis, we meet again.
So needless to say I have been having the worst, worst, WORST shifts at work. Seriously. I should be at work right now, part of a 14 hour retail shift, but luckily I got some cover.
Midnight screening was not as bad as I thought it would be. I was expecting screaming, crazy teenage girls and a living nightmare from which there was no escape.
I did have people trying to wait in the empty screen for the midnight screening at 10:30. I asked them to leave, saying it would be a health and safety issue in the event of an evacuation (never been told this, but it probably would be).
Twi-hard: Can't we just leave our bags to save our seats?
Me: No, sorry. You need to go downstairs and wait with everyone else. Besides, not much fun to sit around in an empty screen for an hour and a half.
Twi-hard: *doubtful* I dunno.
Me: *mental facepalm*
We also had to give out a Twilight bag with every popcorn combo, which was increased by £1. This to me didn't seem fair. It meant that people who didn't want the crappy bag which smelled like a damp hobo HAD to take one and be charged for it even if they didn't want one.
Orange Wendesday (a day where you can get 2 for 1 on tickets if you have a mobile phone contract with the company Orange) was expected to be insane, but wasn't. I guess because we had showings every half hour *shudder* so that spread it out. But even on retail it wasn't bad. It was so quiet (for a Wendesday) that I actually got nervous. I was expecting the music cue to come in and the hoarde from L4D to attack.
Also, am I a bad person that I can't help but enjoy the moments when the twihards are all "oh, have you read the books? they're SO good" and I point out how badlt written they are.
Yes, I know, that's an immature "hater" approach, but dag nabbit I'm still an English graduate and need to point out the lack of literary merit in how those books are written *action pose*.
And yes, I have watched pretty much all the film due to ushering. I'm not sure if there's anything I can say about it which hasn't already been said by people far more creative in their rants than I. I will tell you about my favourite scene though. It's in the end credits and features Michael Sheen as one of the vampire kings or whatever and he is just like "I know I'm in a pile of shit film, so I'm gonna have fun with it and chew this scenery like it's my own personal buffet". It is glorious.
Overall though it's more of the same with some "WTF?" moments concerning the birth. Also hearing the name "Renesme" being said out loud is hilarious.
There were also two moments which in another film would have been pretty good. First was a little exchange where Jacob and Edward are talking from a great distance apart. It was a nice little nod to how they both have extra sharp senses as supernatural creatures and wasn't too forced or emphasised. The second was when Rosalie (one of the Cullens) was holding the baby. Now you found out previously that she had been raped and left for dead by her fiance before being turned and going on a rampage of revenge whilst wearing her wedding dress (yeah, all the Cullens have much mroe interesting backstories than Edward and Bella). The thing she only ever wanted was a family and that was taken away from her, so to see her contentedly holding a baby was sweet and, again, not emphasised.
Definately nothing to warrent a second viewing though. Or 5 viewings in 4 days as one lady was going for. I can't think of any film I would want to watch that many times in that many days in the cinema.
I also said (in a nice way, I swear) that there wasn't much for a second viewing to my Twi-hard general manager.
Hmmm, maybe that has something to do with my bad shifts.
But I survived the opening week, and will be getting a lot of money due this film and all the shifts I've been working because of it.
Next time will talk about something awesome I did recently, some videogames I've actually been managing toplay (or re-play) and some music I've been listening to.
Peace out.
Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 1 came out.
Stephanie Meyer, my old nemesis, we meet again.
So needless to say I have been having the worst, worst, WORST shifts at work. Seriously. I should be at work right now, part of a 14 hour retail shift, but luckily I got some cover.
Midnight screening was not as bad as I thought it would be. I was expecting screaming, crazy teenage girls and a living nightmare from which there was no escape.
I did have people trying to wait in the empty screen for the midnight screening at 10:30. I asked them to leave, saying it would be a health and safety issue in the event of an evacuation (never been told this, but it probably would be).
Twi-hard: Can't we just leave our bags to save our seats?
Me: No, sorry. You need to go downstairs and wait with everyone else. Besides, not much fun to sit around in an empty screen for an hour and a half.
Twi-hard: *doubtful* I dunno.
Me: *mental facepalm*
We also had to give out a Twilight bag with every popcorn combo, which was increased by £1. This to me didn't seem fair. It meant that people who didn't want the crappy bag which smelled like a damp hobo HAD to take one and be charged for it even if they didn't want one.
Orange Wendesday (a day where you can get 2 for 1 on tickets if you have a mobile phone contract with the company Orange) was expected to be insane, but wasn't. I guess because we had showings every half hour *shudder* so that spread it out. But even on retail it wasn't bad. It was so quiet (for a Wendesday) that I actually got nervous. I was expecting the music cue to come in and the hoarde from L4D to attack.
Also, am I a bad person that I can't help but enjoy the moments when the twihards are all "oh, have you read the books? they're SO good" and I point out how badlt written they are.
Yes, I know, that's an immature "hater" approach, but dag nabbit I'm still an English graduate and need to point out the lack of literary merit in how those books are written *action pose*.
And yes, I have watched pretty much all the film due to ushering. I'm not sure if there's anything I can say about it which hasn't already been said by people far more creative in their rants than I. I will tell you about my favourite scene though. It's in the end credits and features Michael Sheen as one of the vampire kings or whatever and he is just like "I know I'm in a pile of shit film, so I'm gonna have fun with it and chew this scenery like it's my own personal buffet". It is glorious.
Overall though it's more of the same with some "WTF?" moments concerning the birth. Also hearing the name "Renesme" being said out loud is hilarious.
There were also two moments which in another film would have been pretty good. First was a little exchange where Jacob and Edward are talking from a great distance apart. It was a nice little nod to how they both have extra sharp senses as supernatural creatures and wasn't too forced or emphasised. The second was when Rosalie (one of the Cullens) was holding the baby. Now you found out previously that she had been raped and left for dead by her fiance before being turned and going on a rampage of revenge whilst wearing her wedding dress (yeah, all the Cullens have much mroe interesting backstories than Edward and Bella). The thing she only ever wanted was a family and that was taken away from her, so to see her contentedly holding a baby was sweet and, again, not emphasised.
Definately nothing to warrent a second viewing though. Or 5 viewings in 4 days as one lady was going for. I can't think of any film I would want to watch that many times in that many days in the cinema.
I also said (in a nice way, I swear) that there wasn't much for a second viewing to my Twi-hard general manager.
Hmmm, maybe that has something to do with my bad shifts.
But I survived the opening week, and will be getting a lot of money due this film and all the shifts I've been working because of it.
Next time will talk about something awesome I did recently, some videogames I've actually been managing toplay (or re-play) and some music I've been listening to.
Peace out.