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am_Unition  ·  2867 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Welcome to Happiness: Trailer

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I'm there. See the TEXAS sign (vertical in background). The theater is closed! No one around, nothin'. An older man came and tried to get in, but all the doors are locked.

Sucks.

I'll be calling the theater for a refund and an explanation.

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b_b  ·  2867 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No fuckin way! I'm so sorry, dude. Definitely going to let them know about this. Can't tell you how mad I am >:-/

am_Unition  ·  2867 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was a little peeved, but it only lasted about five minutes, ain't no thang. I got to eat some excellent texmex down the street for lunch! Major score. Turns out the theater is located dead center of Dallas's little Mexico.

So here's what happened: I bought tickets from dealflicks.com, which apparently only sends the theatre a report at the end of the month, so they had no idea anyone had bought tickets. Which means... I was the only person to order tickets in advance for today's showing (at 2:15 pm). Like I said, there was an older man who tried to enter the building around 2:10, but it was all locked up. This above info was communicated to me by a theater rep on the phone. I should have used movietickets.com, but google served up dealflicks when I searched the other day.

This all made me pretty sad, so I think I can spare the money to support the film, even if I didn't get to see it. The world of indie flicks must be pretty rough. I'll email the guy I talked to on the phone and let him know it's all good.

Cheers dude, I still had a great weekend, and it's not even over. Sorry to spam you, this is the last time, I swear. Hopefully the movie gains some traction. If there's one thing I've learned in my short time on Earth, it's that marketing/promotion almost entirely dictates success, and content quality is only tangentially related. Do you know if the movie will ever be released on DVD or on other media?

am_Unition  ·  2867 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not your fault, I get to go home earlier :)

thenewgreen  ·  2863 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No way. So, mk and b_b sent you to a closed theatre? As in, it's no longer in business?

Y'all owe am_unition a beer.

Nice to see your face! Hopefuoly you got a taco while there. Something tells me there's a good tacoria in that area.

am_Unition  ·  2863 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Naw, they don't owe me anything, it's all good. You guys already gave me Hubski!

Reportedly, the theater would have opened if the ticketing service I used would have informed them that someone was expecting a showing. My girlfriend and I would have had the entire complex to ourselves.