What the fuck aurora cinemas?
Silent Hill has been a video game movie I've been hyped to see for quite a while. Granted I've never played the series aside from the scant amount on my brother's X-Box, but like Penny Arcade said...it's over civic duty as gamers to see all and any video game movies.
To my wonderful dismay though is that our local cinema decided not to bring it the first week it was out. Ok...I forgive them. Instead they decided to bring out "The Sentinal". Ok...that's alright. I mean afterall, it does feature our great lord Bauer and I as a insignificant Bauerite should be humble that they should bring such a under the radar film to my theatre. And I admit, one can't exactly expect anything from Silent Hill. Kinda weird film, by a relatively unknown (to the general masses) director and ooooo...Sean Bean aka Boromir who's a supporting character. A guy who got axed in LOTR: FOTR and makes a slight appearance in LOTR: TTT Extended Edition. I can see how some carriers might be scared to bring this film in, aside from the impending madness it might cause for one to shit their pants.
But one week later, as I eagerly await FSJnow.com to update their movie listings, I click on April 28th's date and lo and behold...instead of Pyramid Head justice gracing my eyes with it's sallow skin...it was fucking United 93. Now usually I'm not very crass in terms of people's feelings regarding tragedies. Even I felt something when 9/11 occured. I usually don't determine's a film quality by its ticket sales. And even though it's safe to assume that these film presentation schedules at Aurora are pretty much set weeks or even months ahead of time, the enraged geek in me wonders. Why the fuck would you show a film about 9/11 which, to my knowledge, hardly affected the city of Fort St. John over a horror movie which was #1 at the box office last weekend?
And so I sit here, typing away my emo anger and having to wait another week (perhaps more) before I can partake in sweet, sweet, evil eye candy of horrors. Well here's hoping.
To my wonderful dismay though is that our local cinema decided not to bring it the first week it was out. Ok...I forgive them. Instead they decided to bring out "The Sentinal". Ok...that's alright. I mean afterall, it does feature our great lord Bauer and I as a insignificant Bauerite should be humble that they should bring such a under the radar film to my theatre. And I admit, one can't exactly expect anything from Silent Hill. Kinda weird film, by a relatively unknown (to the general masses) director and ooooo...Sean Bean aka Boromir who's a supporting character. A guy who got axed in LOTR: FOTR and makes a slight appearance in LOTR: TTT Extended Edition. I can see how some carriers might be scared to bring this film in, aside from the impending madness it might cause for one to shit their pants.
But one week later, as I eagerly await FSJnow.com to update their movie listings, I click on April 28th's date and lo and behold...instead of Pyramid Head justice gracing my eyes with it's sallow skin...it was fucking United 93. Now usually I'm not very crass in terms of people's feelings regarding tragedies. Even I felt something when 9/11 occured. I usually don't determine's a film quality by its ticket sales. And even though it's safe to assume that these film presentation schedules at Aurora are pretty much set weeks or even months ahead of time, the enraged geek in me wonders. Why the fuck would you show a film about 9/11 which, to my knowledge, hardly affected the city of Fort St. John over a horror movie which was #1 at the box office last weekend?
And so I sit here, typing away my emo anger and having to wait another week (perhaps more) before I can partake in sweet, sweet, evil eye candy of horrors. Well here's hoping.
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