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« Aways Be Cobbling | Main | Convenience Samples: A Pictorial Representation » July 9, 2007Don't Take Your iPhone To The MoviesSo Elaine and I scored some advance passes to "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" tonight, 7 PM, at Cinerama. She left work a bit before 5 to get in line and hold our place; by the time she arrived, the line was already down the block, and the show was clearly going to sell out. I got downtown from work around 6:15, joined her in line, and we spent the half hour chatting and catching up on the day. So the line moves, we're at the doors to the theater, turn in our passes, get our hands stamped, and then they want to look through our bags for camcorders, etc. I take off my backpack, open it. It's all work stuff - binders and folders and notebooks, really - and then I open the front pocket, which has my wallet and my iPhone. (Which is off.) The woman's got a flashlight and a little stick that she's using to do security screenings, and, once she sees the iPhone, says, "I'm sorry, you can't go in." I blink. "Excuse me?" "No cell phones allowed." I point out that it's off, and she says that doesn't matter. "The rules are clear. No phones." She then suggests I leave it in my car. "I don't have a car," I tell her. "I just came from work. On the bus. All my stuff is with me, and I don't have any place to put it." "I'm sorry," she says, in a very I'm-not-at-all-sorry-voice. "The rules are clear. No phones." I blink, look at Elaine, blink again, shrug, and then we leave, walking past the hordes and noticing that replays of this conversation ("What? It's my cell phone. I have it on me all the time...") are happening all over the place. So now Elaine has wasted two hours of her time, we're not seeing the movie, and the studio (Warners) clearly doesn't give a hang about it. I understand the need to combat piracy - I really do - but pissing off honest moviegoers with ridiculous (and ridiculously ineffective) rules like this is insane. Be warned. Leave your phone at home. As for us? We're planning to rent something on DVD ... and preferably not made by Warner Brothers. Posted by Gavin Shearer at July 9, 2007 8:45 PM. Posted to Entertainment. CommentsThat's BullshiT! You should have rioted. I know Elaine would have backed your play. Posted by: Allie All this, and yet they think it is piracy that has people shunning the theatres? Nope. You can sit at home and watch the movie (without sticky floors unless *you* want them) AND have your cell phone. Seriously, though, it's crap that they didn't have a big sign with the rules posted on it, and have people going up and down the line. For what its worth, Willow saw the movie at last night's midnight showing here in Burlington, and she had her cell phone on her the whole time. Posted by: Mr. Sharumpe Post a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)« Aways Be Cobbling | Main | Convenience Samples: A Pictorial Representation » |
