and i thought delays only happend to airline flights.
but this was not the case when we went to gateway to watch a movie last night.
my dad got free passes to see unleashed; and i am so not a jet li fan. we came to an agreement that they watch it with my ama and my sister and i will just watch madagascar.
so i logged on to the net and found the sked for gateway (coz that's probably the only place left where they're still showing unleashed).
`lo and behold, the sked was different when we actually got there. we were supposed to watch the 9.30 madagascar but when we got there, the sked was 10.10
STRIKE ONE.
then after deciphering the mystery/problem that is their movie sked board, we found out there were no reserved seats for BOTH our movies (w/c is ok for unleashed coz no one else is watching that anyway).
their system is soooo MAGULO.
some theaters have reserved seats, some have none. some have no reserved seats in the morning but have in the last full show. it's so inconvenient.
STRIKE TWO.
then after dinner, we wandered around the virtually empty mall to see what else is there: other that 3 lascoste stores, an undecorated/unfinished enzo angiolini store, a small rustans (and a few more stores); nothing. there was nothing.
nothing that makes me wanna go back.
then we headed up to the theater at 9.45 (for the 10.10 screening) to line up so that we can choose our seats.
try waiting in line for 30 mins ( in high heels) only to find out the stupid pink film festival screenig still wasn't finished and our screening was being moved to 10.40.
it would probably been okay if they announced to the people in line (w/ the line already reaching the globe platinum theater waaaay in the back of the mall)
but no..... i had to march up to the ticket booth and still ask what's going on.
the ticket girls said the movie was "delayed" (a term i don't think is appropriate for the situation).
other than that she knew nothing about the film festival.
then i promptly asked for a refund.
STRIKE THREE: you're out..
we headed to coffee bean and tea leaf (much to my sister's delight) and waited there from 10.15 to 11.15 for our parents to finish their movie.
GATEWAY SUCKS man.p.s.don't you think it's wrong to schedule another screening after an event (such as the pink film fest?) that is likely to run late?
and don't you think if they choose to schedule another movie after an event, they should've chosen another movie instead of madagascar (w/c is probably waaaaaay past kids' bedtimes); a lot like love (just opened this week) would've been a more appropriate choice.
and don't you think they should've informed us instead of making us wait in line like idiots?.
ok sana mura lng movie sa gateway- 99 for free seating tpos 120 for reserved seating (mura na talaga as compared to 150 ng greenbelt n rockwell and shang) pero kung ganyan lang din, wag na lang.
i mean, they don't have much to offer na nga and they still manage to fuck up the one thing they have an edge over other cinemas. there were a lot of displeased patrons last night.
p.p.s.10.10 na nga- "delayed" na yun next screening and i see this gay man making landi to the camera explaining what their fucking movie was all about. sana he showed a lot more sensitivity to the people in line.
i rest my case.
actually, i don't.
i'm still pissed.