Tuesday 21 August 2007

Racket

The Bourne Ultimatum is ace, if you like the first 2 then you will like this one. Sometimes when I really look forward to a film its doesn't quite match my expectations but thankfully this wasn't the case here. The film kept the frantic action from the first 2 and it tied up the origin of Bourne without getting too confusing. It's actually great to have a trilogy which has 3 films of an equally high quality. So many times trilogies are let down by the third film, witness The Matrix. I loved the first 2 but the 3rd was just dreadful and ruined the trilogy.
One thing that did annoy me a bit was having to wait half an hour before the film started. The showing was at 8.15 but we then had to sit though half an hour of adverts, trailers and various promo's for the odeon cinemas. Now I actually like watching adverts and trailers, it's part of the general cinema experience but they should be restricted to 15 minutes max. At the moment you end up watching adverts you have seen many, many times before and are invariably bored with. The guy behind me seemed to find all of the adverts funny though, must have been his first trip to the cinema in years.
Talking of the general cinema experience, I hate the food kiosks with a passion. Everything that is on sale there is marked up to a horrendous amount and yet most people don't seem to bat an eyelid paying £4 for some popcorn or £3 for a bucket of juice. Seriously who ever needs a cup of juice that big? If you do manage to drink it all you will initially feel sick before having to rush to the toilet as you are bursting for a wee therefore missing part of the film. Apparently there is no other food you can buy which has a more expensive mark up than popcorn. It's a complete rip off and I hate paying the prices.

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