Category: Movies

Just yesterday I was watching the Rides episode where they built a car for drifting and I was telling Nat how cool drifting is when today I read that the new Fast and the Furious will be based on drifting. Neither Vin Diesel (who co-starred in the first film, but not the second) nor Paul Walker (who co-starred in both) will appear in the new movie which is scheduled to begin filming this fall. [Link]

On a side note, the show Top Gear is currently showing on the Discovery Channel in the States. Hope they come to Showtime also. At the moment you can watch Top Gear every Sunday at 1PM on BBC.

War of the Worlds is coming out in Kuwait today, here are the movie showtimes:

Marina – 7:00PM
Marina – 9:15PM
Plaza – 9:15PM
Al-Sharqia – 9:45PM
Al-Fanar – 10:00PM
Al-Kout – 10:15PM
Laila – 10:45PM
Muhallab – 11:15PM
Al-Fanar – 12:15AM
Al-Sharqia – 12:15AM
Al-Kout – 12:30AM
Marina – 12:30AM
Muhallab – 12:30AM

You can book you tickets online using KNCC.com

When the movie SuperSize Me came out everyone was like “did you watch it did you watch it?” And I would be like “yeah its bullshit’. No one believed me.

Now a new movie is coming out called “Mickey D’s and Me” that supports my view. The movie is a documentary made by a woman called Soso Whaley who went on a McDonalds diet and ended up losing weight and cholesterol points! Soso believes people are responsible for their weight gain and not the restaurants which I believe is true. Click here to read her interview.

The new Steven Spielberg movie War of the Worlds comes out on Wednesday in the States. In Kuwait its coming out on Tuesday. I love it how recently movies are being released in Kuwait before they hit the theaters in the States. The movie experience has changed a lot since my highschool days in Kuwait. No people talking out loud and shouting, no laser pointers, and no waiting a year after the movie comes out in the States to get to Kuwait. Plus the fact you can order your tickets and seats from the web is really cool.

Just booked 2 tickets online for Batman Begins. Its supposed to be the best Batman movie yet. I tried to get tickets for the premier which was yesterday but I couldn’t find decent seats. So, I just booked the best 2 seats for a showing next week. I can’t wait.

Update: Just got the following message: “NBK Credit Card Holders only: Dial-a-movie now for Batman Begins & get a free ticket. Call 803456 or check NBK.com for more details.” So basically buy 1 ticket get the other one for free. Good deal..

Check out this very cool short movie called Grocery Star Wars about how Organic food will defeat the darkside. [Link]

Finally you can now get Darth Vader contact lenses! Or, if your tastes run to the Dark Side but not THAT Dark, you can get a pair of Sith contacts. I should have gotten these and worn them to the Star Wars premier.. [Link]

The Toyota Supra from the movies Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious is being auctioned. The current price is $80,000. For information on the car with pictures click here. To bid on the car click here.

The script for the fourth installment of Indiana Jones has met the approval of both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Now, they need Harrison Ford to sign off on the script and Paramount can then move forward into production which is expected to start in 2006. [Link]

I just got this email today, amazing people, this is what I call customer service. Its good to know companies are starting to care about their customers!

Dear Mark,

Apologies for the bad experience you’ve had watching Star Wars Episode III at our theaters. As per the instructions of the General Manager, Mr. Alan Hall, and since you’ve already paid to watch Star Wars again, we have voided the transaction as per the attached proof.

In addition, we would like to grant you a 5-KD voucher – good for two tickets, available to you ONLINE. the next time you decide to go to our theaters. Instead of selecting K-NET like you did last time, just select Virtual Coupon when it comes to selecting your Payment Method.

Hope with this, we can make you forget about the bad experience you’ve had, and get you to go to our theaters more often.

In the future, should you face any further trouble, please feel free to contact us, and we’ll be more than glad to help.

Once again, we apologize for the unfortunate experience you’ve had and we thank you for bringing that up to us.

Regards,

Yaser Behbehani
IT Manager
KNCC

I was passing by Hallmark yesterday at Marina Mall and noticed they just got a whole bunch of Hasbro Star Wars toys. Me and Nat played with the lightsabers a bit (around KD4) and then we played with the Darth Vader mask (around KD24). They also have action figures and stuff. Pretty cool, I am sure Toys R Us just got a whole bunch of Star Wars toys too. [Link]

A while back I posted a link to 20q.net. It was a website that could predict what you were thinking by asking you 20 questions. Well I just found a site that uses the same idea except its ALOT ALOT cooler. Darth Vader will show you his sith sense by asking you 20 questions himself!! Its amazing, I couldn’t stop laughing, his taunts are the coolest. Its flash based so it will take a bit of time to load at first but once it does there is no more loading. PLEASE make sure you have speakers on your computer and the volume is raised. If you don’t do this you won’t enjoy it as much! [Link]

It’s not as dirty as it sounds. This website has adult and exploitation movie posters from the ’60s and ’70s for purchase. Although it might sound dirty the posters are more funny then sexy. My favorite one is the Ordered to Love poster, if only I could afford its $700 price tag.. [Link] (safe for work)

I just got back from watching Star Wars at Fanar. I went with Nat, Fadibou, Missundaztoood, Tivo Guy and Calmness. Fanar is definitely a much better movie theater then Marina. The sound was great and the theater much larger, the whole experience was much better then my marina one. The company I was with was also great, we booked the tickets from KNCC.com earlier in the day so we were able to get excellent seats next to each other. Even if we hadn’t booked beforehand I dont think we would have had a problem getting decent seats, the theater was basically empty, not a lot of Star Wars fans in Kuwait it seems. Thinking about the movie now, I think it was actually pretty good, specially if you look at it from episode 1 all the way to 6. Lucas managed to merge them all together very smoothly.

I can’t wait till they come out with the Star Wars Sixology DVD set, that would be amazing..

As you know the other day I was contacted by Kuwait Cinema regarding my terrible movie experience. Well after the last phonecall where a guy from Kuwait Cinema wanted me to call him before I went to the movies so he could get me the free tickets, I sent another email to the general manager explaining how this wasn’t very convenient for me and he replied. Below I posted the email I sent to the GM and the email he sent back:

Mark to Alan

hi thank you Alan for your email and phone call. Its good to know that KNCC does care about their customers even though they have a monopoly on the market.

I do have 1 more minor issue though. Santhosh called me and told me about my 2 free tickets. He was very nice and all and told me to call before I go to the movies next time so that he can get me the tickets. I was wondering would you be able to credit the 2 tickets into my account instead of me having to call santhosh the next time I go. The reason for this is I would like to choose the seats myself and calling santhosh for the tickets and hoping he answers just before i go to the movies is a bit of a hassel.

If its not possible its ok.

thanks

And this is the email I just received from the general manager today:

Alan to Me

Mark

I have arranged for this to be done. We do care, very much, as to what our customers feel and experience.

Please let me know what your next movie is like.

Alan

As you can see he was very proffesional. I am now 100% satisfied with their actions regarding the incident.