My buddy John and I were walking around the Irvine spectrum, grabbing a bite to eat and taking in the ambiance of the first week of Xmas shopping. Yes, it was a mad rush, but they had all the Xmas classics playing over the outside speakers, like carol of the bells, twas the night before Xmas, etc. On our way going through the outdoor mall, we passed by the movie theatre and were astonished by how many people were in line.
We looked at each other and said what the hell is going on over here? What opened? Moments later a friendly gentlemen approached us and asked us if we wanted to know what all the commotion was about. We of course said, "YES! What is going on over here!" The dude, carrying a satchel explains to us that everyone is in line for a free screening of Get Smart, which does not come out until the summer. He then asked us if we wanted to go to the next show. We said hell ya! Free MOVIE!! WOO HOO!
We came back not more, then three hours later and stood in line for Get Smart, filling out some annoying questionnaires for the company that put on the screening. Small price to pay for a free flick in my opinion. There were lots of friendly people in line. There was a hardware designer in line asking us if my friend and I would like to work in the defense industry, to be glorified code monkeys. No thanks!!! He was a nice, old chap. The other people we met in line, were geek central, but they were fun! Naturally people just coming to the spectrum were interested in all the hub bub like I was and it was fun to play with them. The geeks and I were having fun telling people all sorts of things. Yes, we are in line for a free bucket of popcorn! Oh yes, we are in line for Batman, The Dark Knight! Pardon me, oh why are we in line, ah yes, we are here to get free movie tickets for a year! Oh it passed the time, we stood in line for a good ten hours. HA, just kidding, more like 45 min. We had fun talking with our new found friends.
I suppose I should actually talk about the movie. I had absolutely no expectations about this movie coming into it, so it would be pretty hard to disappoint me. Needless to say, I did enjoy it, and especially liked Steve Carell's performance. It was pretty damn funny too! Some of the jokes really were pretty adult. I'm laughing now about a few of them, but I would hate to give it away so I will stop there.
At the end of the movie, we had to fill out a form and give our opinion about several aspects of the moving. For example, we were asked to rate how the movie flowed in the beginning, middle an end. We had to rate the actor's performance, name five scenes we liked as well as five scenes we did not like. It was a good two pages of writing that we had to do, which I am sure is far more valuable then the free movie we got to see. But let's face it. I wasn't going to see this movie in the theater. So they made money off off of me, and I got to see a movie that I was pleasantly surprised with, that I would probably not have rented.
As we walked out of the theater, we were approached by the same guy that gave us the tickets. He asked us how we liked it, and we told him we did. He then said, well, how would guys like to see another screener?! I am a sucker for a free movie that no one else can see! Turned out to be Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story. FREAKIN' HILARIOUS. You have to see that one, just go to the theater and see it!
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