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After The Social Network was sold out on opening night, we decided to go see Wall Street 2 at the VIP theatres and pay the extra $5 (original ticket $11.98+taxes) to see what it was all about.
So what do you get for an extra $5?
- someone to ask you what you want at the concessions and get it for you. This only happens before the movie starts, and either you can wait until they come ask you, call them over, or as you walk in you tell them. Seems like they have 2 people working the theatre. you still have to pay the regular fee. so really, all you're getting is the not waiting in line
- you can order alcohol. we got one pint of beer and a glass of wine = $12
- leather plush seats with arm bars that raise. they are close to gether in pairs, with a small table to put your food beside it. I don't know if I would want to share this with another person. the seats, not the table.
- the lovely smell of airplane (for some reason)
- smaller screen, and you're up close to it. we were in the 2nd row, and it was big, but not too big. except I saw the texture of the screen from where I was sitting, and it kind of bothered me
- it's also lower, so if someone got up to go to the bathroom, you'll see a head running across your view
- intimacy of watching the movie with a small group, feels like you're at home. when I'm a little tipsy, and I'm that comfy, I think i was a little obnoxious. Sorry people!
- 1 ad, 2 trailers, then the movie started
These theatres have been here for a while, but not sure if they have updated the technology like other theatres. Would I come here again? I'm not sure. Maybe if it was something I really needed to see, and there was no other tickets.
Great for groups, you'd get the whole place to yourself.
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