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It was completely my intention to write a Final Destination review for you guys, but something extraordinary happened to me while I was at the theater today. (I'm not going to mention the theater by name but I can neither confirm nor deny that there might be a picture here somewhere.) I do believe I've met the dumbest collection of employees ever to work at one location.

Now for those of you who know me, you know that I'm a pretty easy going gal. I'd like to think of myself as the t-shirt and jeans, down to earth kind of person. So I don't let things get to me..unless there is an extreme amount of stupidity, and not only did these guys have stupidity, it was like they had it down to an art.

It all started when the previews for the movie began, and right off the bat there was something wrong because all the text was out of focus. No big deal right? Out of focus previews are somewhat annoying but they happen from time to time. Only it doesn't stop with the previews. Come the first introduction scenes in the actual movie, things are still out of focus. Bear in mind that there has already been about 15 minutes of out of focus previews. I see someone get up and point the situation to an usher, who had been standing there not doing anything the whole time, so again I think, "Ok, cool. Someone knows about it, it'll get fixed."

3 people and 20 out of focus minutes later, things still aren't fixed and by this time I'm pretty annoyed because not only has the problem persisted, it feels as if the problem is getting worse. So I get up and make sure to find a manager, which takes another 15 min, and his first explanation is, "Oh, it a 3D movie." I politely explain to him that this problem has nothing to do with the 3D and bring him back to the theater with me to show him what is going on. He says that he'll "take a look" and leaves the theater. Sure enough, the little light in the projection room goes on, but turns off about 3 seconds later, and no adjustments were made.

By this time, the movie is more than half over with, so I figure, "Screw it" I'll try to get through it and write a review and I'll make sure to talk to a manager about it on the way out. After the movie ended, I wasn't the only one in that Final Destination audience who was looking for a manager. A group of upset people were talking to a manager and this is where things really start to go south because the seemingly very uninterested manager tells this group of people something incredibly stupid: "Well we knew it was out of focus, but the whole 3D thing is new so we don't know how to use it. The whole set up is digital so we don't know how it will affect the focus if we start messing with it. We don't want to make it worse."


I didn't know what to say, I really didn't. It was like Earth was moving in slow motion and this was one of those epiphanous moments where I knew something very unique has just happened. This guy broke my stupidity meter. Not only did he break it, but it was like I couldn't absorb any more. Just to make sure I heard the guy correctly though, I step in front of the group, and repeat very slowly and very articulately what I thought I heard him say.

Me: " So, you're saying you knew about the problem? But didn't do anything about it? Because the machine is new, and you didn't know how to use it? But you knew about the problem before the movie even started?"

The Idiot: "The machine is digital and all it has is a button that says focus, I don't know how to adjust that. I didn't know what it would do."

Me: "So you just let everyone sit through a blurry movie every showing?"

The Idiot: "I don't know what else to do."

That was it. I exploded. Last thing I remember is the manager running away from me.