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| - I got a gift card to AMC for Christmas and wanted to see the Revenant, so I figured we'd go here since it was the only AMC that had a showtime that worked for me after working late. I was pretty excited- you get to reserve your seats and they have a bar! I passed on the bar because there was a huge line, so I got some movie theater snacks instead. $21 for a gross, doughy flavorless pretzel (seriously, I would have preferred a pretzel made out of Play-Doh), a tray of nachos that was probably the safest bet since it's pre-packaged and sealed for quality but you only get 1 tiny cup of cheese unless you want to pay an extra $1.50, which I did, and a cup of watered down Coca Cola. None of these tastes were known to me until we got to our seats. And had to wait TWENTY lousy minutes from the advertised showtime until the movie actually began. Seriously, 20 minutes of previews. Of course, we had consumed our garbage flavored "food" before the movie even began so I retreated back to the lobby to take them up on their bar and get some popcorn. The bar closed for whatever reason, maybe the only adults working got bored and decided to go have lives. And the popcorn I got was disappointing. The top maybe 1" was good and misleading, the next layers were a gross combination of stale and burnt, at the price of $9. I'd like to add that the first counter girl I encountered was nice, but the second one with the popcorn was pretty rude after I declined their rewards program.
Food aside, the movie viewing was terrible too. The movie was good, but I was so distracted by everything else: we sat in the back row and there's this insanely stupid glass partition that's maybe 6-8" tall, probably to keep idiots from falling down but it obstructs the view of the screen unless you want to sit up. Especially since the cleaning crew obviously doesn't clean it ever, it was so greasy and smudged with fingerprints and maybe even face prints. And back onto the point of sitting up, you'll probably feel less disgusting if you leave the chairs un-reclined because there is so much garbage in them that's noticeable when you recline. Plus the seats are really loud and squeaky when you do recline, loud enough to hear even through the movie's surround sound.
I don't see myself ever returning to AMC Arrowhead.
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