Who needs crunchy, fresh popcorn when you can come here for stale, rubbery and tasteless at premium prices?
I was so excited to have a movie theater arrive on my side of town. Previously, I had a choice to go either to Arrowhead (30 minutes away on an average day) or Tolleson (30 minutes on an average day) so imagine my glee at reading about this place in the papers.
So how can a theater get two stars?
1. Aforementioned popcorn
2. More expensive tickets ("because of the price of gas" says the manager even though Harkins is still cheaper)
3. More expensive snacks and drinks
4. Incredibly loud slide projector with 5 different slides on it
5. Sound lacking in quality to Harkins
6. Employees that seem a little lost themselves
7. Matinees go until 4pm unlike Harkins' 6pm
8. Lack of inventory (for a new theater?)
Even the employees were miffed about the fact that they were out of caramel popcorn a week past opening.
I would rather drive the extra minutes to get always fresh (free with my t-shirt) popcorn and $1 (with my nifty cup) drink from Harkins.
My neighbor has gone at least twice to the theater and says she herself has had to deal with stale popcorn on both occasions.
Needless to say I really was not impressed with our theater and am one Surprise-ian still begging for a Harkins or a likeness thereof.
Forgive me O Harkins for any negative thoughts I harbored for you before.