Movie night

I wanted to go see The Hunger Games Saturday night, but when we got to the theater (Great Mall) they had cancelled the 7 o'clock showing in favor of another showing of The Avengers (It was already in five of the auditoriums!), so we settled for The Five Year Engagement. During the previews, the sound was so loud it was painful, but it settled down when the feature began, but then the sound kept alternating between a barely audible mumble and a shrieky blast. We kept thinking it would sort itself out, but it never did, and nobody went out to complain because we didn't want to miss any good parts!  There were a lot of good parts! I recommend the movie, but not the theater.

Afterwards the entire audience lined up at the customer service desk to complain, and they comped us two free tickets each. However I would have preferred to hear the whole movie in a normal sound level. I remember the days when there were actual projectionists showing movies-- boy does that date me! Still, it seems like it would be good management protocol to have someone (even a janitor?) go around to all the theaters on a regular rotation to make sure everything is working properly. It might even save them some money.