Hangover

Movie premieres at midnight are insane, but I found myself there last night waiting with all the other crazy people for the next installment of Hangover 2. Ignore the fact I would normally be in bed at this time sleeping peacefully but instead find myself sitting in a sticky seat next to loud and annoying neighbors for the opportunity to see the release first.

I've done this before with the Twilight & New Moon midnight releases and luckily tonight we didn't have to camp in the lobby waiting for a theater. How I let Quinn convince me this was a great idea is truly beyond my comprehension, maybe because I am seconds away from nodding off in my chair.

So we sit and wait. And wait. And wait...the screen flashes, the crowd cheers, but then nothing. Chuckling abounds and voices range in a mix of snide comments to excitement. Still we continue to wait, time ticking by. 5 minutes slide into 10 then into 20, but still no wonderful graphics show up on the screen. People become restless, the energy is feeling hostile, irritability begins to rise in the room.

We see people get up and leave, a few here and there. Then more. A few people return and now talk has begun to circulate that the movie is delayed a 1 1/2hr...so we discuss whether we want to stay and wait. Why not, getting through the crowd right now would take just as long.

We look around and see a relatively empty theater, so we get up and find a better seat, woohoo, we scored!

Then a staff person comes in. Bad news, they are unable to get the movie going and we can go out and get a new ticket/pass and that they are very sorry. UGH! It's now almost 1am and we have really nothing to show for it. But what can you do. The staff was very apologetic and there is only so much you can do to control technology. When it won't work, it won't work.

So we trudge down the step looking wistfully at our great seats and join the throng of waiting, annoyed movie goers for their free pass. Generously the theater also gave our money back for our concessions, which was a bonus for me because I used my free popcorn coupon. I should feel bad, but I just sat for almost 2 hours for a movie that wasn't going to happen, so I don't.

We did arrive home ahead of schedule, too bad I now couldn't sleep and stayed up until 3am, which would have been our original arrival time back home. Irony at it's finest.

Maybe we will get to see the movie this weekend...maybe.