Current mood:

grumpy

The Dark Knight - NO spoilers
So, Adam and I went to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight last night and boy, what an experience it was! First, let me say that we absolutely LOVED the movie. It was the first film I had ever seen with Heath Ledger that I actually liked..... and that I had been impressed with his acting. I was so worried because in my opinion he was a very mediocre actor. But that's just my opinion. All the actors did their part in making it a great film!

So, on with why this post is a rant.... We started our adventure at around 11:30 and found the midnight was sold out so we went to the 12:30 am show. No problem. We got our seats which was lucky because the room was already filling up fast. After an hour and then twenty-five minutes of trailers the movie began. No problems.

About an hour into the film, something starts going weird with the sound. It randomly gets quieter with a fuzzing/crackling sound then back to normal (this cinema has sound problems apparently because last time we went there for Sweeney Todd the sound was terrible). Anyway, that stopped after about fifteen minutes or so. I think someone in the audience went and said something.

Next up, the Joker says "Let's try a little social experiment" and the film tears and breaks. Social experiment, huh? Yeah, a big one. This would have been a great joke if it had been part of the film (like they did in the Gremlins movie when the gremlins tear apart the film and you're left with a blank screen momentarily). Nope, this was for real O_O And it happened in two of the theaters at the same time. Huh? Anyway, after a half hour the cinema people got the problem fixed and the last half hour of the movie played out.

It's a great way to diffuse the built up tension and excitement of the climax of a movie. Still loved the movie, but it made me so very angry. I've been eagerly waiting over a year for this movie and my first experience seeing it was this. *sigh*

In the scheme of things it's not a huge deal. I'm just a bit miffed at the moment. IN a week or so we're going to go see it on the IMAX so that should be spectacular.