Moneyball

[a_person]

Are they still doing that? Did they not give you the screen number? I think I have to insist on that next time. There is no way I am going to wait in the bar, missing out on the best seats (though they increasingly seem to depend on who sits close!)

They did but you got to remember it was Celini's first time there and soonforgotten hasn't been there recently to know he could have queued near the screen. As I came at 6:25pm, the security guard gave me the screen number so I wasn't going to be hanging around in some bar, especially when they told soonforgotten that late admittance wouldn't be allowed.

One of the cunts I was referring to was in your seat.

[valda]

i wish the grumpies were with me, at The Bush, they would have sorted out the munchers and talkers, quick smart

[soonforgotten]

And this new policy at WIQ totally sucks about waiting in the bar.

Are they still doing that? Did they not give you the screen number? I think I have to insist on that next time. There is no way I am going to wait in the bar, missing out on the best seats (though they increasingly seem to depend on who sits close!)

they just go on 2nd floor, so of course WE went directly to the 3rd floor because WE knew there was no screen on the aforementioned 2nd floor

Oh stop it. =p

[a_person]

they just go on 2nd floor, so of course WE went directly to the 3rd floor because WE knew there was no screen on the aforementioned 2nd floor

Oh stop it. =p

[Beate]

One of the cunts I was referring to was in your seat.

LOL, seat thieves too?!

[a_person]

I know.

[Jayman]

One good thing about not knowing anything about it though was that I genuinely didn't know how far they got on 'the streak' so that was one of the most tense bits which I assume for people that know the history would know the outcome. Unless of course it's another made up bit?

Nope, that was true. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Hatteberg [spoiler]A widely noted career highlight came for Hatteberg as a member of the Oakland A's on September 4, 2002. With a historic 19-game winning streak on the line and the game against the Kansas City Royals tied at 11 after the A's had blown an 11-0 lead, Hatteberg slammed a 1-0 pitch well over the right center field wall for a walk-off home run to give the A's a 12-11 win and an American League record 20-game winning streak (the overall record, without ties, is 21 games, held by the 1935 Chicago Cubs).[/spoiler]

[a_person]

They had problems with the password at Greenwich and after 30 mins we got offered to go see Twilight instead. I laughed loudly, 50% of the people in the room left to see Twishite. We then got offered Towerheist (just when you think they can't sink any lower) but we opted to wait and see what happened. Not a minute later we were told that the password did indeed work (I bet someone left the capslock on!) and so we got to see Moneyball half an hour late. I really enjoyed it though it was a bit too long. Jonah Hill was brilliant and loved the daughter too. 7/10

OMG, that ROA song suddenly came on and Celini did a tiny mini dance and we all thought of you c_t!

[a_person]

@ Jayman, where were you sitting?

Directly behind the bar - 3rd or 4th row from the screen, 3 seats from the aisle. Apart from the freezing cold, I was extremely comfy! And bonus, I managed to suppress all my coughs. If anyone ever asks me to name my favourite Cadbury product, I'll be sure to say "HALLS".

Well done! Although nothing wrong with a cough!

[cinefila1]

I'm so glad I sat well away from the munchers at WIQ! I went to the bar on the second floor to start with, but heard it was going to be on screen 2 so went downstairs to wait. They did have a notice on the door about the screening room being cold due to a technical difficulty.

I enjoyed the film very much as it gave a different angle of the game. The character development of the players was left out in line with the whole sabermetrics focus on analysis of performance. They were just pieces that could be easily traded so why invest time to show what was going on emotionally with them?