09-22-2025, 05:34 PM
I saw this in the theater first time around on a team outing (I had a poster somewhere...). I haven't seen it since, but Alamo SJ and Mtn View were doing a free film fest this past weekend and this was one of the options. The catch is that you had to pay $10 which would go towards a food order. One of the other options they served up was "Stop Making Sense" which I also hadn't seen since it's first run in the theaters.
So I saw SMS on Sat eve (very last minute decision). About half way thru the film, I ordered a hot dog and a lemonade from my seat (I luv Alamo...). The lemonade came straight away. The hot dog never came. I asked afterword and they gave me a refund and a rain check.
On Sun, I went to Interstellar, stopping at Ikea first. Checkout at Ikea took longer than anticipated, so I got to Alamo Mtn View in the nick of time, right before cell phones were verboten. Since my phone order the previous day never went thru and I had to redo it on pencil and paper, I decided to skip the phone and go right to the paper order. I got a boozy shake and a hot dog. The boozy shake came after a bit, but not a terrible wait. After an hour, I pinged the staff to track down my hot dog order. It arrive after another half hour. (sheesh). Luckily, Interstellar is a long movie - 2hrs, 49min. It's really great on the big screen and I love the sound track by Hans Zimmer, but I think I like it better on its own, without all the visual distractions...
I remember the story line, but forgot a lot of the little details. I forgot Timothy Chalamet plays the teen son and Casey Affleck plays the adult version. (They're not in the same scenes, but how many projects have Casey Affleck and Matt Damon done together?) I forgot the ending with the closure.
Glad to have seen it on the big screen, but my rear was tired by the end.
Also, when I got the bill, they forgot to apply the $10 ticket price towards the food, so I had to hang around for 30 min until the manager was free so she could reverse/redo the transaction. (sigh). I was not the only patron waiting for this to happen. I was very nice about it ($10 for a movie!), and she appreciated my patience.
I'm sure they were slammed this weekend beacuse of the fest.
--tg
PS: Don't order the hot dog...
So I saw SMS on Sat eve (very last minute decision). About half way thru the film, I ordered a hot dog and a lemonade from my seat (I luv Alamo...). The lemonade came straight away. The hot dog never came. I asked afterword and they gave me a refund and a rain check.
On Sun, I went to Interstellar, stopping at Ikea first. Checkout at Ikea took longer than anticipated, so I got to Alamo Mtn View in the nick of time, right before cell phones were verboten. Since my phone order the previous day never went thru and I had to redo it on pencil and paper, I decided to skip the phone and go right to the paper order. I got a boozy shake and a hot dog. The boozy shake came after a bit, but not a terrible wait. After an hour, I pinged the staff to track down my hot dog order. It arrive after another half hour. (sheesh). Luckily, Interstellar is a long movie - 2hrs, 49min. It's really great on the big screen and I love the sound track by Hans Zimmer, but I think I like it better on its own, without all the visual distractions...
I remember the story line, but forgot a lot of the little details. I forgot Timothy Chalamet plays the teen son and Casey Affleck plays the adult version. (They're not in the same scenes, but how many projects have Casey Affleck and Matt Damon done together?) I forgot the ending with the closure.
Glad to have seen it on the big screen, but my rear was tired by the end.
Also, when I got the bill, they forgot to apply the $10 ticket price towards the food, so I had to hang around for 30 min until the manager was free so she could reverse/redo the transaction. (sigh). I was not the only patron waiting for this to happen. I was very nice about it ($10 for a movie!), and she appreciated my patience.
I'm sure they were slammed this weekend beacuse of the fest.
--tg
PS: Don't order the hot dog...