This was the scene in front of the Metreon today at 10 a.m., for the 11:10 a.m. show of Superman Returns. As we had just finished gnashing our teeth over last night's texted invitation to a 10:30 p.m. private screening that we didn't recieve until 10:28 (thanks for ruining our life AGAIN, Cingular), we were tempted to join them, but the lure of Citizen Cupcake coffee (and our caffeine addict's headache) was just too strong.
That's a pretty decent line for a weekday, morning screening that's over an hour away, huh? Is Superman Returns really worth an hour at 4th and Mission? Friend of SFist James Rocchi seems to think so, and Nemesis of SFist Mick LaSalle sure doesn't. But, really, what do movie critics know? We'd much rather hear our readers' assessments of the film, and if we know y'all, we'll bet some of you have already seen the film. What did you think of the movie? Was it worthy of a Metreon lineup? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
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Went to a 10pm show last night and highly enjoyed it. Brandon Routh was a pleasant surprise. Good continuity/in-jokes from the first Superman movie. Definitely worth full price.
Ew. Citizen Cupcake may use Illy, but it's pre-ground nasty little pods. I always thought it was really, really weird tasting, and finally, I watched closely. There isn't any freshly ground coffee to be found in the place. I love the location and watching people, but alas I can't drink the coffee there anymore.
I paid $15 to see a 1:15 am showing in 3D. Not only did I loose a night's worth of sleep ( the movie didn't get out until 4 AM!), but the 3D effects just are not that spectacular. The movie is too long, and besides looking like Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh is pretty mediocre, Kate Bosworth is awful, and even Kevin Spacey just falls a bit short.
We had advance tickets to the 5:30 show. We got there at 4:30. We got in line after the other 600 people who had apparently camped there. We filed through the hot hallway zig-zag line like we were getting on Pirates of the Carribean, the ride. We enjoyed the refreshing lack of air conditioning in the hallway. We took our seats in the stratospheric top-row far corner of the auditorium. We enjoyed the 'Happy Feet' trailer. We waited while the Metreon fixed the film, which was apparently broken. We noted that while the microphone worked fine to request that everyone scrunch together to fit more asses into the theater, it seemed to have broken with the film. We wondered why the clear-spoken fellow with the mic had been replaced by someone with an impenetrable accent. And no mic. We went to the snackbar, ordered more $5 candy. We enjoyed 'Happy Feet' a second time. We waited some more. We enjoyed the spectacle of 700 people silently straining to glean verbal meaning from Mumbles the Metreon Guy. We had a lovely chat about the merits of various 'Star Trek' franchises with a friendly woman sitting next to us. We waited more. Around 7:30, some patrons stormed out and accosted employees, returned, announced that the showing was canceled. Mumbles mumbled soothingly. People began storming out with various degrees of theatricality. 3-D glasses were mangled, thrown. We sat around another 30 minutes, eating our $5 candy and hoping the refund line would dwindle. Finally, out of candy, we joined the stream of hot angry humanity pouring through the Metreon, where we found the refund line to be 500 strong, still. We sent out an envoy to corner a Metreon manager, who promised us that we didn't have to wait in line, that we could show our advance ticket stubs to the Guest Services desk on another day and mention we were at the 'Superman Disaster', and we would get replacement passes. We deemed the faint hope that this might be true to be better than wasting another 2 hours being angry in that seething stinkhole. We wondered what was so freaking amusing about a tap-dancing penguin, anyway. We paid for our parking and drove home to watch 'Lost' reruns.
The End.
You win this round, Metreon! *fistshake!*