I came here the other day to see the "Moses" movie. Let's just say that the crowd at this particular showing put the "ghetto" in "Ghetto Center" I kept my eye on the loner in the aisle in front of me because I was convinced he was a theater shoot-em-up kind of guy. No joke...I was ready to hit the floor. And of course seated right next to me was a family with a crying baby, loud kid and adults who would not shut up.
I silently endured it despite my legendary lack of patience. I figured I asked for it coming to this particular location. I will say that about 35 minutes into the film a Harkins employee came in and asked the loud family to leave, which they did without incident.
This REALLY impressed me and showed that the theater staff actually cared about their patrons. I've sat in many a cinema with many a crying child or loud, obnoxious grown up children (as in over the age of 20) and I can't recall the last time that theater staff actually stepped in and removed the annoying moviegoers, so WELL DONE! And fortunately the scary loner was just a case of my over-active imagination.
It's a bit of a shame that the Metro Center is still in such a state of neglect. This Harkins is very nice and, despite the crowd in this particular showing (which is in no way Harkins' fault), the majority of people there seemed normal and just there to see a flick.
I really don't know that I'll be back to this location anytime soon, but I'm a big supporter of Harkin's as an Arizona business and I almost always enjoy seeing a movie at their facilities.
On a side note, I will take Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter ANY day over this disappointment of a movie. And the "God boy" REALLY freaked me the hell out!