CKL's HotSheet (unpublished)

December 20, 2001

Good movie, BAD theatre

Overheard outside the Century Cinema 16 (1500 North Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View, California), after Tuesday's midnight show of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:

"Good movie!"
"Yeah! Even if they never fixed the curtain."
"And the lights."
"And the sound kept popping."

I've been unhappy with Century Theatres for a long time now. I don't enjoy seeing movies at their theatres for various reasons-- sound problems, projection problems, uncomfortable seats, incompetent employees-- but I've allowed other people to drag me there.

I am now absolutely, unequivocally BOYCOTTING Century Theatres. I've had enough. No more exceptions for friends or group outings. I will never visit another Century Theatre in my life.

But hey, the movie was great. I highly recommend seeing it at any of these good bay area theatres:

AMC Mercado 20
3111 Mission College Boulevard (Mercado Santa Clara Center)
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 871-2262


Jack London Cinema (THX)
100 Washington St.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 433-1320


Sony Theatres Metreon (THX)
101 Fourth Street (corner of 4th & Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 369-6200

For complete details on the problems at Tuesday's show, see my CAVEAT EMPTOR web page.