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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#101 Post by claire » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:00 pm

Well I managed 1 hour and 15 mins. Had to leave
Nothing much happened and when it did it was a little disturbing. Probably should have read some of the comments but have been put off before with some i enjoyed so had decide from now not to read up.
BIG mistake.
But have to say as we left ahepehrds bush everyone else was glued to screen.
Not my cup of tea at all.
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#102 Post by Celini » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:03 pm

mattymc13 wrote:Needless to say, I am not happy. I arrived at Islington Vue at about 6:05, where everybody was being directed to wait in the seating area until the screen was ready. Not a problem, I do not mind this. We go in at about 6:20, and shortly afterwards a female employee appears apologising that there was a problem with the projector or some crap like that, so the film may be delayed or may not be shown at all. At about 6:35 some other guy comes in and tells us that the screening has been delayed until 7:00 because of the aforementioned problem. One person asked him, "Will the film be shown at all?" to which the employee replied, "I really can't be certain." And that was really enough for me to just come home. I've been in that situation one too many times during these preview screenings, and more often than not it ends up in a "Sorry, we can't play the film today." So I decided to fall on my sword and get the hell out of there. Maybe they did screen the film. Maybe people are watching and enjoying it as I write this. If they are, good luck to them - I hope they are enjoying it. But I've had too long of a day at work to be messed around by another incompetent multiplex.
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#103 Post by funthing29 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:09 pm

matty, did they not offer to let you watch another film instead?
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#104 Post by mattymc13 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:20 pm

funthing29 wrote:matty, did they not offer to let you watch another film instead?
I couldn't be bothered to wait around that long. I don't need their shit today. I was set on watching that film. And I don't regret coming home because I am now comfy in my warm bed. They probably did get it working, but 50% of the time they don't get it working, and I really wasn't willing to trust them.

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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#105 Post by Sunny Saver » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:07 pm

Beate wrote:Gosh, I would have made a point in stepping into her stinky nachos! Serves people right who bring that sort of shit into a cinema! However, if you think Friends with Benefits was bad, you clearly have never seen Hunger. Or the Darjeeling Limited. Or Starship Troopers: Marauder. Or Surveillance. :X
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#106 Post by teddybear1 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:07 pm

just back from glasgow quay and to tell you the truth i still dont know my thoughts on this film apart from are they sure they played the end of the film lol, it was quite sad and disturbing but none the less i didnt want to stop watching (guessing i might be a sad a disturbed person here ) other than that nothing else to say apart from where the hell did the end of the film go lol xxxx
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#107 Post by McG » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:58 pm

I went to the Glasgow Quay and at the last moment decided to give this film a by. I had been thinking about this during the day and had already checked out the time of Midnight in Paris (which we did go to see).

I think we probably made the right choice by letting this film pass though I do have a slight curiosity!
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#108 Post by prettyxcool » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:43 pm

prettyxcool wrote:Her second book "Disquiet" won the Encore Award.

Both books seems to be about supernatural, and I love this kind of books. So looking forward to reading them.
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#109 Post by prettyxcool » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:48 pm

Celini wrote:
mattymc13 wrote:Needless to say, I am not happy. I arrived at Islington Vue at about 6:05, where everybody was being directed to wait in the seating area until the screen was ready. Not a problem, I do not mind this. We go in at about 6:20, and shortly afterwards a female employee appears apologising that there was a problem with the projector or some crap like that, so the film may be delayed or may not be shown at all. At about 6:35 some other guy comes in and tells us that the screening has been delayed until 7:00 because of the aforementioned problem. One person asked him, "Will the film be shown at all?" to which the employee replied, "I really can't be certain." And that was really enough for me to just come home. I've been in that situation one too many times during these preview screenings, and more often than not it ends up in a "Sorry, we can't play the film today." So I decided to fall on my sword and get the hell out of there. Maybe they did screen the film. Maybe people are watching and enjoying it as I write this. If they are, good luck to them - I hope they are enjoying it. But I've had too long of a day at work to be messed around by another incompetent multiplex.
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Re: Sleeping Beauty

#110 Post by Beate » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:56 pm

But also mention the dedication of that lovely lady!
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