Streetalk: What’s the worst place to see an Oscar-nominated movie?
February 15, 2009 at 5:21 pm by Jeff Slate in Streetalk
Kelly: South DeKalb Mall. It’s terrible. It’s all high school kids going nuts. They’re always screaming at the screen. Drinks are splattered all around me. I get popcorn thrown on my head. It’s a day out at the zoo. People there never shut up. The floors are always sticky. They bring their screaming babies and never shut up. I’d rather drive 30 miles out of the way than go to that theater, even for a crappy C-movie. It always smells like someone peed in your seat.
Jane: Regal [Cinemas Hollywood] 24. God, it is awful. They tore down a beautiful drive-in to put this damn thing in. Twenty-four movies is just confusing. You want to go watch a movie, instead you’re listening to an 8-year-old translate the movie for his entire family. It’s always very crowded. It’s like parking at the mall on Christmas Eve. Instead of walking in to enjoy a movie, you feel like cattle hoping for a seat or a piece of popcorn. The experience is not enjoyable.
Nik: Atlantic Station is hell. It’s like a cancerous boil sprung out of the earth. It is horrible parking, almost like a labyrinth to find your way out of there. They trap you in there with the gates, and the [parking] cards constantly mess up. The concession stand is horrible. They don’t know the meaning of customer service. It’s a date crowd, and they also get people with families at 12:30 at night. So halfway through the movie, at a horror movie, you hear babies crying.
February 15th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I agree with Nik: The parking ticket system at Atlantic Station seems to get screwed up all the time. The night I saw the screening of ‘Australia,’ there was a huge problem with the parking gates and it took me nearly half an hour just to get out.
I should add that the management of the movie theater has always been nice to me, and one morning they delayed a screening for 15 minutes after I went to Regal 24 by mistake. So I’m grateful for that.
February 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Atlantic Station is our favorite. If you’re veterans like we are you waste no time parking no matter how full the parking garage seems, I can’t give out any more information without revealing hard earned secrets, but the crowds there are the best too.
For example, we saw Notorious there recently and although a black man in a wheel chair did ask a small group of white people in front of us if they were really there for the movie, then proceeded to run play by play during the movie, it’s just that kind of audience participation – sometimes bordering on annoyance – that can add spice to what might otherwise be a dull movie going experience.
And we saw Big Boi there once…
February 16th, 2009 at 2:24 am
I like the walkability of Atlantic Station, the parking is usually ok. What I hate is how long it takes at the concession stands. Bring your own water and snack or prepare to wait in line 30 minutes..
February 16th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Good point L, we recommend the 12oz Coke and Skittles combination. Right when the movie starts and its all quiet and shit, let that sucker pop!
February 16th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
da hype – what, no pop rocks?
or hard-to-open bag of extra crispy, kettle fried potato chips?
February 16th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
audience participation = rude behaviour by ill mannered jackasses. Unlees it’s Rocky Horror, shut up.
I am there to hear the movie, not the same obnoxious commentators, cell phone conversations and teenage profanity that I hear at other theaters.
Thanks for the warning. I will avoid Atlantic Station.
February 16th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
um, have u ever BEEN to atlantic station? where do u live, exactly?
February 16th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Went to Cirque at Atlantic Station on Friday and it took us over an hour to get out of that deck after the show. I can’t imagine going see a movie there.
Just one more reason to bike it.
February 16th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Re: Kelly
Yeah, white girl. Like I’ve ever SEEN you at South Dekalb.
February 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Mentos dropped in diet coke, after the opening credits. Then the audience can hear ya and feel ya.
February 16th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
re; geena
yeah, like u aren’t a racist dumbass.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
re: “wesley what what”
I work there, asshat.
Trust me: Some alterna-chick with a bunch of ugly tattoos is gonna stand out. Maybe this Kelly gal went before we took over the place (the previous owners WERE assholes).