I have less and less patience nowadays for stupid people.

Jen and I went to one of the AMC theaters in Burbank last night to catch a 6:55 showing of The Amityville Horror. we figured everyone else would be seeing Star Wars, so it'd be a good time to catch up on this one we hadn't had a chance to see yet. And sure enough, we were the only people in the theater.

6:55 rolls around, and nothing happens. 7:00 comes and goes, and the "pre-show countdown" thing runs, but no movie. I walk outside to get some help, and am met my a girl with a ladder, who says she just called for the projectionist, and he's running a little late. Okay, no biggie.

Ten minutes later, the previews (my favorite part of most movies) start. Batman Begins, The Island, Cinderella Man, and Star Wars... which isn't much of a preview, since the people in the next theater are actually watching it. And then the movie begins.

It's Kingdom of Heaven.

I walk back outside to try and find what the hell is going on, and notice that the girl I saw with the ladder before - that I actually spoke to, and who saw me come out of the theater - was there to change the sign on that theater to Kingdom of Heaven. Apparently, that's the movie that was going to be playing there this coming week, and it didn't dawn on these brain surgeons that the people who were in the theater at the time, with tickets for a different movie, maybe didn't want to see that one. They gave us passes to a free movie, and coupons for some free soda or something else equally trivial. And on the way out, one of the staff there kept asking if "we wanted to see Star Wars, because it's REALLY REALLY COOL!"

Bleh. Retards.

We ended up just getting dinner at P.F. Chang's (dammit, I forgot my leftovers in the fridge - I was going to take them to work with me today for lunch) and coming home.