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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
I nearly had a nervous breakdown trying to get into the place. Traffic, crawling on the street for half an hour, ugh. Not happy. And this was just for East of Eden.
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Of course, the key is simply getting there early enough. I have to admit getting off work at 6pm in Orange County is not the way to go. But getting there from West L.A. at 5:30 meant I found an easy parking space, and - though we ended up way in the back - I had a most pleasant time* ... and I only knew it was ultra crowded by looking around at all the people.
For something I'd actually be motivated to see, I'd just get there a bit earlier. Last night's 5:30 for a 7:15 gate was not a bad wait at all ... but you have to be able to do that as a minimum. For something special, I'd consider getting there a couple hours earlier than that.
But for ultra mega-popular screenings, its become the kind of crowdmassive I don't much like to deal with, either.
* For a vast amount of people, last nights cemetery screening was blessed with one of the most mellow crowds ever. People were not inappropriately loud or disruptive during the film, there wasn't constant screen-block traffic to-and-from the restrooms. It was atypically placid.
Which is why it was so odd when a girl stood up for a moment, and some crochety old guy yelled from the back, "
Hey, could you not stand there please, sitdown!!" And a minute later, a
young crochety guy walks over to the people in front of us and scolds them for a bout of laughter when someone tripped over them in the dark, telling them earnestly, "
Um, you know, this is motion picture and we're all trying to watch it."
Sheesh, What the Fvck??
Other than that, everyone seemed in a delightful mood of happy moviefest picnic time. And I genuinely like the vibe at the cemeterey screenings almost every time I go.
Last night was actually stellar in that regard when nearly the entire crowd got up and danced to Michael Jackson.
It was radtastic.
