The Royale Flush
It's not often that someone enters a casino and leaves disappointed. Well, that may not be true, but it was certainly the case on Saturday night when I went to see the much anticipated new Bond film, 'Casino Royale'.
My disappointment had nothing to do with the quality of the movie, though. To be fair, it's hard to comment on a movie that I haven't seen! Let me explain.
Nomes and I arrived at a very nice cinema in some fancy pants shopping complex on the other side of Hong Kong island. We were there on time and even had time for a pre-movie wee, which is always a plus. With arms full of popcorn and soft drink, we made our way into our seats. H12 and H13. Impressive. Right in the middle of the cinema, stadium seating and a nice big screen. I turned off the phone and got ready for a couple of hours of good old escapism. Things were looking up.
Seconds later, a man and woman approached with the line that all moviegoers dread...
Man: Excuse me, I think you're sitting in my seat?
Nick: Oh, really? Well, mine says H13 and this bad boy is H13.
Man: Yes, but mine says H13 as well. Oh, and look, my ticket is for tonight's show of 'The Curse of the Golden Shower' and yours is for next week's 'Casino Royale'.
Nick: Touche... (looks at Naomi, the genius who booked the tickets.)
Naomi: Whoops
Yesssssss... whoops indeed. Those who know me know how seriously I take the watching of a film. To be there, in the seat and to have it snatched away so cruelly. Well, I haven't been so disappointed in a cinema since 'Batman and Robin'.
4 comments:
bummer.
Tell me you just went to another seat and snuck in...
Liar liar style....
Ha! I remember that. Dandenong cinemas in about Year 11. Back in the days when you had to go to Dandenong to do anything. Dandy pool and Dandy cinemas. That was fine and dandy until Fountain Gate became the force that it is today.
Anyway, as I recall, we had tickets for 'The Castle' but we watched 'Liar Liar' instead.. twice. Everyone thought 'The Castle' would be crap. Whoops.
Oh, and there was no sneaking in involved this time because 'Casino Royale' doesn't open until later this week. We were a bit annoyed because we spent quite a bit of moneypenny getting out there in a taxi. Aiyaaaa....
What an entertaining (and highly grammatically correct) blog. Someone had a good English teacher once...
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