Movie Experience

Well, today was the first time I have gone into a movie and come out still having not seen it.

It started at Cinema Nova, where I was with my dad and sister and we were going in to see Pina, the documentary about legendary dance choreographer Pina Bausch. After buying the popcorn and M & M's from the Candy Bar, we headed into the highly disorientating Cinema 3. It seemed the audience were a pleasant bunch, with people asking my dad for the scores in the match between West Coast and Collingwood. Then the movie started projecting. Onto the curtains. A lady from the crowd went and told the employee outside the door about the dilemma. He quickly came in and phoned the projectionist about the problem. After about two minutes, the curtains opened and the movie began.

We got about one minute in, before the sound started breaking up. The same employee came in and told us they would have to reboot the system. After about five minutes, they rebooted the system and the movie started playing again. It lasted a couple of seconds longer, before the same sound crackling kicked in. They restarted the movie, with the sound breaking up at the same spot. After three more efforts to get the show on the road were all flustered, we eventually gave up and left. I still don't know if it was any good.