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The Amazing Spider-Man
Jul. 4th, 2012 12:24 amSo I went to see the midnight showing of Spider-Man (in 2D) at the new Alamo Drafthouse here in KC. Short version -- AWESOME.
The theater is still getting all its stuff together, which means the online ticket purchasing system isn't up yet. So I wasn't surprised that the show didn't sell out. There was a good crowd though! And the concession stands weren't fully stocked, due to the whole rearranging everything thing. But they had M&Ms so I was good.
The custom preshow (which the Drafthouse does instead of ads and commercials while the lights are up) was great -- clips of weird Spider-Man shows all mixed up and cycled through randomly. There was a trailer for the Italian Spider-Man (which looked mostly like a porno), clips from the old Japanese version, the 90s cartoon, some strange kid's show were a Spidey that spoke only in comic bubbles fought a guy named Blowhard that was trying to ruin a b-day party, a really hysterically awful live action version where Spidey's suit looked like badly fitted plastic and the webbing was black tulle -- in this one, he was fighting Dr. Lightning out in the middle of the country, but that didn't stop him from using that black tulle to swing away (presumably hitching a ride on a passing bird); also a clip of the real life Spider Man, scaling what was possibly the Eiffel Tower.
Then there was the PSA -- the Drafthouse has a stringent NO TALKING policy -- wherein the old concession stand folk (the soda, the hot dog and the popcorn) are interrupted by a rotten food death metal band roaring about the way they bite you in the side and give you a disease if they caught you talking. It was awesome, if only for the expression on the soda's face. :D (despite this warning, the dad and the 10 year old kid behind us -- which, really, a 10 year old here for a midnight show in a theatre that allows alchohol? Okay -- were talking a lot. They didn't get kicked out, most likely because no one felt like calling the manager to kick out a child and his obnoxious dad.)
Then there was like, two or three trailers (the only one I remember was for something called Savages about a drug war involving two guys and a girl in a three way relationship and the cartel that was muscling in on their marijuana business). And then there was Spider-Man!
And guys, I know it's not Avengers level awesome, because that was some Stars-Aligned-Just-Right Awesome, and also it's the origin story, again, and everybody knows the origin story . . . but it was, sure enough, awesome.
( the long version, with spoilers )
Verdict -- I love the Drafthouse's style -- I will be going back pretty often, I think. And I loved the movie, and will probably go see it again.
The theater is still getting all its stuff together, which means the online ticket purchasing system isn't up yet. So I wasn't surprised that the show didn't sell out. There was a good crowd though! And the concession stands weren't fully stocked, due to the whole rearranging everything thing. But they had M&Ms so I was good.
The custom preshow (which the Drafthouse does instead of ads and commercials while the lights are up) was great -- clips of weird Spider-Man shows all mixed up and cycled through randomly. There was a trailer for the Italian Spider-Man (which looked mostly like a porno), clips from the old Japanese version, the 90s cartoon, some strange kid's show were a Spidey that spoke only in comic bubbles fought a guy named Blowhard that was trying to ruin a b-day party, a really hysterically awful live action version where Spidey's suit looked like badly fitted plastic and the webbing was black tulle -- in this one, he was fighting Dr. Lightning out in the middle of the country, but that didn't stop him from using that black tulle to swing away (presumably hitching a ride on a passing bird); also a clip of the real life Spider Man, scaling what was possibly the Eiffel Tower.
Then there was the PSA -- the Drafthouse has a stringent NO TALKING policy -- wherein the old concession stand folk (the soda, the hot dog and the popcorn) are interrupted by a rotten food death metal band roaring about the way they bite you in the side and give you a disease if they caught you talking. It was awesome, if only for the expression on the soda's face. :D (despite this warning, the dad and the 10 year old kid behind us -- which, really, a 10 year old here for a midnight show in a theatre that allows alchohol? Okay -- were talking a lot. They didn't get kicked out, most likely because no one felt like calling the manager to kick out a child and his obnoxious dad.)
Then there was like, two or three trailers (the only one I remember was for something called Savages about a drug war involving two guys and a girl in a three way relationship and the cartel that was muscling in on their marijuana business). And then there was Spider-Man!
And guys, I know it's not Avengers level awesome, because that was some Stars-Aligned-Just-Right Awesome, and also it's the origin story, again, and everybody knows the origin story . . . but it was, sure enough, awesome.
( the long version, with spoilers )
Verdict -- I love the Drafthouse's style -- I will be going back pretty often, I think. And I loved the movie, and will probably go see it again.
