The movie was good. Not that I am bias of course, considering how much I like Gerard Butler, but it was hilarious. Yes, a rom-com is just like any other rom-com some might argue, but to me, a good rom com = humour + charismatic cast + good script (with no cheesy one liners) + enough romance without being OTT.
And The Ugly Truth has just enough of all the above. The cast has good chemistry between them, the jokes are relatable, and the storyline aint too cheesy. I would rate it 7.5
Certain not so polite words were being censored since after all, we live in Malaysia, which was a bit anti climatic but nevertheless, it was still good watching the preview screening at the Cineleisure cinema last night.
However, I do have something to comment on that has nothing to do with the movie. It's to do with the organisers.
Firstly, it was stated that if we arrive early, we will get some freebies ie t shirts etc. Since I was hoping for a huge Gerard Butler printed t shirt, I picked up my tickets from the booth at 8:30pm sharp, as I was having dinner just a few mins walk away at The Curve.
Upon reaching the desk where the organisers were obviously handing out the tickets, i saw a group of ppl in front, waiting for theirs. I didnt see any queue as there werent many ppl, so I just stood behind that group waiting. Then as the group moved away, I moved forward, expecting the girl and the guy at the counter to look up and you know... greet me perhaps? since its obvious I am there to collect the tickets.
But no! After the group moved away, the girl picked up her half eaten icecream/smoothie in a cup or wateva it is and continue relishing her dessert as if I wasnt there. So I turned to the guy, who was busy looking down at his stack of papers.
I waited a full 5 seconds and realised they werent going to greet me so I asked "hi! is this where we collect the tickets for the movie?" They looked at me like I was an alien from space. So I continued "you know..for the ugly truth movie? I joined the contest from my blog..." then they acknowledge me "oh , you are a blogger? Ok..what's your blog's add?" then I saw my name at the list in front of him so I just pointed "there..thats me" The guy made a little mark on his list and passed me two tickets. So I was a bit confused. Cause I remember seeing that we can collect goodies if we arrive at 8:30pm. And thats also when I saw this paperbag full of The Ugly Truth tshirts on the chair where the dessert girl was sitting. I asked him "err...are we supposed to get anything else with this? some tshirts or something?" while looking pointedly at the tshirts. The guy hesitated but dessert girl immediately went "no" in a very curt tone without even looking at me! I was a bit taken aback by her rudeness. But I continued "well, I thought if we are here early, we get some tshirts right?" and mind you, I said it in a very friendly smiley tone, as I know niceness can get you far in this world. And he said "well, a lot of ppl were earlier than you you know...." without looking twice at me, he glanced away.
BAM! I was fuming but I didnt say anything. Aren't they in the media/ PR industry? Do they not know the definition of 'polite' and 'courteous'? WTF. If it were me, I would have smiled and said "oh so sorry! we ran out of goodies..you were just a bit too late..maybe next time k?" with a SMILE.
But NO! that's the attitude I got. So I took my tickets and went back to the curve where my friends and I were having dinner halfway. I went back and of course relate to them the story but didn't make a big fuss about it. We were joking that its probably cause I am no popular blogger and they have no idea who the heck I am. In fact, this is the first time I attend any of those events organised by the blog advertising ppl.
At 9:00 pm, we were already outside the cinema waiting to be admitted when the movie is due to start at 9:30pm. Trust me when I say I have never been this early for a movie before. But because it's free seating, the 'kiasu-ism' in me rears its head and we wanted to get the best seats in the house. The minute they said we are okay to go in, my party and I were the first in line! LOL! which makes us the first in the cinema of course. With CL's sprained ankle injury, I was delegated the task of running in for the best seats. And I did just that. When I went in, I saw they were some signs that said certain rows were for bloggers and some for advertisers, so I chose the rows for bloggers, and I saw the row in front of me had two seats with a handwritten paper marking a couple of names, so i figured those were reserved for some VIPS and I made sure 4 of us got the seats with no reservation whatsoever and which stated 'bloggers'. I didn't wanna be moved later.
At about 9:25pm, dessert girl and the guy from the ticket collection counter walked in. The girl stood a couple of rows in front of us on the seats towards the left a bit and not at the centre of the cinema, with her hands on her hips and her signature frown on her face. The guy was standing on the right aisle looking around as if searching for something or someone. I wasnt paying attention to them but then CL poked me and said "eh, I think that dude is talking to us.." So I looked to where he was pointing and he said "err..your seats are reserved. there are name tags on it" I went "nope, it wasnt, not our row, i saw other rows yes, but I chose this seats cause they were very CLEARLY not reserved." Dessert girl from the front looked at us with an EVEN deeper frown (I didnt think it was possible!) and scowled at us and the guy (her friend/partner wateva). The guy then moved to the row in front and started talking to this guy sitting in front of me "err..those are seats reserved. with our names on it. its for the STAFF" OMG! when I heard that, I was like "wtf? it's reserved for them? the staff?? not even some VIPS?? shouldnt they, as the staff, let us, technically their 'clients' have the better seats? But I give kudos to the dude in front of me, cause he said "nope, there's no reserve, its free seating isnt it? why are there reserve seats?". Dessert girl repeated in a most irritated tone, "well, those are reserved for us, the STAFF.." with a roll of her eyes. The dude in front said "well, I dont see any reserve signs, and since it's free seating and I was here first, I think I can sit here.."
Dessert girl's partner then went beside her and urged her, "nvm la..we just sit here.." Let me tell you, they already have two seats just ONE row infront of their originally reserved seats, just that its not smacked in the middle like our seats, but like...2 seats away. What's wrong with that?? then you know what the girl did?? She gave the dude in front of me the most evil stare she can muster, shook her head as if she was talking to an imbecile, and she muttered something before turning back to her seat. I couldnt hear what the dude said but CL heard and told me he said "well, live with it".
LOL. good one!
You are a staff, you should always give your customer and client the best! and what kind of attitude are you giving? this is reflecting very badly on your company.
Then as we settled down, the organiser called out that those who arrive early will get the goodies! I turned to CL and was like "huh? I thought its all given out cause thats what dessert girl and the dude said!" but oh well, I am not complaining, since they called out my name and did give me my shirt and pillow! yay! thank you !
But I should reiterate, and this is just my two cents..
1) you shouldnt tell the ppl that you ran out of goodies (and in such a rude tone) and that we dont get it cause we came late when in the end, you did give it to the few of us who were early.
2) your staff needs to have a more positive attitude, cause their bad vibes is not reflecting well on your company at all. because of this, I am actually having 2nd thoughts attending any of these things again.
3) the deadly stare that dessert girl gave the dude in front of me was very very wrong.
Unless she has a very valid reason why she was being such a grump last night, but otherwise, it's almost unforgiveable.....
Oh well, if I do get the chance to attend another one in the future, I hope it will be a much better experience!
Anyhow, thanks to advertlets for the tickets this time around.
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