点评:We went to the Vue to watch the new Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
The film was due to start at 14:20. By 14:35 the lights were still on and no music nor trailers were being played just a worried team member popping a head on to check on the half filled room. After a further 10 minutes the inevitable announcement. A long explanation with technical information about the film being corrupted and it not working, however, they were about to relocate us to another screen and could start the show immediately without the trailers!
We relocated to the other end of the cinema and we told to take the same equivalent seats we were in the other screen. Bonus was this was an upgraded seat…it seemed. These larger leather seats are wider but incredibly uncomfortable and not supportive. It’s impossible not to slouch and slide down the seat. We would have been better to move to a ‘cheaper’ seat which are more padded and the row directly behind this vip has more leg room too! Obviously this is all subjective but we are both 6ft 2 and big so on the giant side of human.
The film was brilliant as expected. The cinema team didn’t need to offer us another screen but they handled this really well considering this was a cinema full of the more vintage of people and they can be harder to handle than young folk.
Personally I would stay with the standard seats and spend money on popcorn.
翻译:我们去Vue影院观看了新上映的《唐顿庄园:盛大结局》。
电影原定于14:20开场。到了14:35,灯光仍然亮着,没有音乐也没有预告片,只有一位焦急的工作人员探出头来查看半满的影厅。又过了10分钟,他们终于宣布了结果。他们解释了一大堆技术信息,说电影画面损坏,无法播放。不过,他们打算把我们安排到另一个影厅,这样就可以直接开始放映了,不用看预告片!
我们被安排到影院的另一端,并被告知要坐在和另一个影厅相同的座位上。额外的福利是,这个座位好像是升级版的。这些更大的真皮座椅更宽,但坐起来非常不舒服,支撑性也差。坐在上面,不弯腰驼背简直是不可能的。我们最好换到一个“便宜”的座位,那里的垫子更厚,而且这个VIP座位正后方的腿部空间也更大!当然,这都是主观的,但我们俩身高都六英尺二英寸(约1.9米),体型都比较大,所以算是巨人了。
这部电影和预期的一样精彩。影院团队其实不需要给我们提供另一个屏幕,但考虑到这家影院里挤满了比较老派的人,他们处理得非常好,而且这些人比年轻人更难应付。
我个人会选择标准座位,花钱买爆米花。