Harbor atre

Haha, this theatre was crazy small. The seats were old and uncomfortable, and the screen was small. The movie would change maybe once a week? Which is horrible compared to the big cinemas in the city, but living out here made it a pleasant escape. It was pretty old school — the clerk had a popcorn machine, and a hot plate keeping a cup of butter warm and melted. Haven’t seen that in a theatre ever before.

I understand that this theater is sort of a labor of love and was in danger of being closed recently and whatnot, and that’s all well and good, but with the condition the projector is in, they should NOT be charging people money to see movies here.
Tonight’s screening of The Dark Knight featured:
— The lamp going dim at several points
— The picture not being centered on the screen
— The first reel prematurely ending after a period of dimness
— Volume so low that we had to crane our necks to hear what the characters said
— Out of focus picture
— Very little contrast
— The trailer reel wasn’t shown — no Watchmen trailer!
— Air conditioner so loud that it overpowered the already low sound
Now, I would have been comfortable donating money to see the movie and feeling like I was doing a good deed for an ailing theater, but when you charge an admission to a movie there is, on the audience’s part, an expectation of a certain experience — namely, being able to see and hear the movie. The only thing that kept us from walking out was the sheer awesomeness of the movie itself.