My IMAX, Watchmen experience.

[hardcorefrokid]

I read the graphic novel three times, I watched each trailer countless times, and was excited beyond belief.

So me, and the 6 other people I went with got to the IMAX Theater early, about 7:00pm and our tickets were for 10:25pm. My sister and I walk into get our tickets and get in line. We get to the box office and what news do we get? The IMAX projectors are down. Motherf*&^$r! I was cussing up a storm. The usher told me and my sister that the compressors in the projectors were broken and that the 7:00pm show was canceled and things weren't looking good for the 10:25pm show. Pissed off, me and my sister walk out and inform the rest of the gang. What followed was a 5 minute long group-hissy fit. But, finally we calmed down. We decided to check back at 9:00pm.

9:00pm rolls by and my sister alone walks in to check, about a minute later she comes bursting out screaming, "hurry the f**k up! theres a line forming!" And like a race horse we bolt into the theater to get in line. There are a few people, not too bad, but a security guard tells us that isn't the end of the line. We turn the corner and there's another line forming. But still, nothing too bad. Now comes the fun part.

We get in to the room about 9:30pm. We get decent seats, and bit to the right for my taste. The ushers told everyone that their running about 20 minutes late, and that the movie would start at 10:40pm. Okay, I can deal with that. 10:40pm rolls by, and nothing. The ushers and managers come and start doing Watchmen trivia questions for Watchmen prizes. The crowd get pissed and starts yelling, "press play!" The manager gets a mic and tells us that the movie is going to start at 11:08pm. People then begin to leave and demanding their money back. Okay, 11:08pm rolls by, and guess what? Nothing. Managers come out to do more trivia questions. And more people begin to leave. I'm thinking there's going to be a riot, there will be blood! 11:20pm comes around and I notice the manager pacing around in a nervous fashion. "Damn, it's going to get canceled..." He comes out a few minutes later and thanks us on how patient and understanding we have been (Here it comes, he's going to kick us out of here...) and that the movie is going to begin in a minute. And well, a minute later it finally began.

We walk out around 2:30am, too tired and hungry to complain , and head to Denny's. What a night, right?