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On 3/14/24 10:49 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>=20
> | For instance, yesterday I went to see Dune 2. I showed the ticket on =
my
> | phone at the entrance for scanning (the dot code was equivalent to a =
7
> | character word), went to one of the nearly twenty "rooms", and then I=

> | realized I could not see what row and seat I was on. I had to double
> | back to ask the lady at the entrance. She smiled. The email had a lin=
e
> | she had to find in my phone that said:
> |
> | Entradas: 1 x -Mi=C3=A9rcoles al cine VIP (6,70 =E2=82=AC - 710)
> |
> | Well, the seat is "710", ie, row 7, 10th chair. Someone goofed the em=
ail
> | design, and the staff knows. The lady moved the email with her finger=
 to
> | find the line, then pointed it at me and decoded it for me. We both h=
ad
> | a laugh.
> |
>=20
>    So much trouble. I go to my local theater, hand them a $10 bill
> (because I'm a senior) and sit where I like. :)

I'm trying to remember the last movie I saw that was worth $10.  Maybe=20
Terminator 2, but we have a blu-ray which cost less than that.  It's=20
been a long time since I actually wanted to see a movie in a theater.

>    Though I'm waiting
> on Dune2. I'm not sure I want to spend almost 3 hours to watch
> a mediocre movie. I saw the first one. As a former Frank Herbert
> fan I was disappointed that a book full of complicated psychological
> details was reduced to a flashy shoot-'em-up. Sometimes it seems
> like every movie now is just fight scenes.

I read the books.  Too many words :-)  I was especially annoyed by his=20
introduction of a foreign word which was never used again.  Sorry, a LOT =

of snippage would have improved things immensely.

More and more movies are becoming interesting only because of the=20
special effects etc.  D1 was one of them.  Sometimes (latest John Wick)=20
they get carried way too far :-(

--=20
Cheers, Bev
   "The object in life is not to be on the side of the
    majority, but to be insane in such a useful way that
    they can't commit you."              -- Mark Edwards