I see a film about once a week. Meeting friends for a movie means that sometimes we meet at Harkins in Tempe. After this last time we agreed to all drive a bit further to another location. This means closer to my house, woot woot.
Cons:
- I brought a jacket because it gets cold inside theaters but once inside I decided to cover my entire seat with it. I was concerned that I would catch lice or be bitten by a bed bug.
- The theater smelled like a bus station. To clarify, it reeked of bodily orders of the unknown type. Smelled like B.O. , beer and dirty cigarettes. Please free-breeze the seats or the people as they enter.
-Its too warm inside the theater.
-Some of the theaters are small and the pictures are blurry. Blurry is never good because they would never restart the film to correct the issue.
- I felt that I was at the airport with all the security. I buy a ticket, give it to the guy to rip to enter, notice the armed officer, buy a $5 icee (they are great) walk through another gated area, show my requested ticket stub, arrive at the door and have to dig through my hand bag to show a third person my ticket. I felt that someone should have told me to hold on to my passport oh I mean my ticket till I was in a chair. Now during the film, here comes the head counter guy. Really? I wonder what happens when the count is off? Everyone is placed on the no film list?
Pros:
-The bathrooms are clean.
- Families feel welcome to bring their children. Even though they may cry its nice to see parents participating positively with their kids. But if its rated R please leave em with grandma.
- The student discount. This makes Harkins about $2 cheaper for me. I love it and will continue to frequent other Harkins locations because of the discount.