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where: UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 in Emeryville, CA
when: Friday, November 25th, 2011
show: 5:10 p.m.
costs: $0.00 Ticket ( Free Pass ) + $11.50 Nachos Combo + $5.00 Carquinez Bridge Toll + $16.08 dinner @ Golden City Buffet in Vallejo, CA, after the movie ( + $2.00 Tip ) = $34.58
auditorium: 1
seat: 5th row, 7th column
synopsis/overview: When two friends find themselves without jobs, they become male strippers/escorts out of desperation. But all that money and attention begin to affect their personal lives in a big way.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Bonus check; 2.) Shoplifter; 3.) "False alarm"; 4.) Bar; 5.) "Jignesh is dead"; 6.) Interview; 7.) Wedding plans; 8.) Social worker; 9.) Grocery store; 10.) Business card; 11.) Contract; 12.) Ritz Hotel; 13.) Song & Dance montage; 14.) "Three rules"; 15.) "Thank you for last night"; 16.) Father's Day; 17.) Party celebration; 18.) Baby oil; 19.) YouTube; 20.) "Clean up you act"; 21.) Slap; 22.) Dorm room; 23.) Camper trailer; 24.) Former classmate; 25.) E-mail; 26.) Employee of the month; 27.) Shooting gallery; 28.) Private lessons in Economics; 29.) "We Indians are always late"; 30.) Report card; 31.) Threat; 32.) "I wanted to sell this today. And I met you"; 33.) Child custody hearing; and 34.) Bonus Scenes during the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience enjoyed this comedy.
recommendation: It is a good enough light entertainment for fans of Bollywood Song & Dance to go see.
spoiler alert! Don't they have a Motorcycle Helmet Law in place in the UK? He wasn't noticed and/or heard when he jumped from the second floor all the way down to the marble tiled first floor? A proposition to have all three heterosexual males in the tight confines of a shower stall? What, is this some kind of a questionable foreign culture idiosyncrasy? Why didn't the potential employer just stepped out of his office when all that racket was going on so that the people outside would know what was really going on inside? Whoever it was that they hired to do the English subtitles didn't do a good job of it; things got lost in the translation, e.g. "Brother from a hotter mother" and a few other instances of such that I failed to write a note on. She took the pull tab off of that beer can and set the can down on the table where it fell on its side yet its contents didn't spill out.
fyi: Either one of the leading ladies in this movie is better-looking than Frieda Pinto, for those of you who are into exotic "spice girl" Indian beauties and would care to know.
word of advice: Money can't buy you love.
tidbits: So, I got a pager for the very first time and couldn't wait to use it. Heh, heh, heh.
But, first, I had to go to the concessions counter to get a Nachos Combo. And ... again ... the slow wait. A lady in front of me wanted a big tub of popcorn to go with her drinks. Then, she changed her mind. She wanted just three hot dogs to go with her drinks. And she changed her mind. She wanted just the big tub of popcorn. But, wait, she changed her mind yet again! Now, she wanted the three hot dogs. Then, she wanted the big tub of popcorn on top of it, too. But, she changed her mind and just kept the big tub of popcorn and the drinks after she saw what the total purchase price ( over 30 bucks ) would have been had she gone and bought the hot dogs, too! And this was the same woman who complained that the line at the concessions counter was long and slow and that her movie already started at 5:00 p.m.
Finally, it was my turn at the concessions counter. The employee asked me for my movie watcher card. Opps, that was when I realized that I should have asked for the pager after a trip to the concessions counter to maximize my movie watcher reward points!
I walked into Auditorium One with my pager at the ready: Push button One for issues with Picture Quality; push button Two for issues with Sound Quality; push button Three for Movie Piracy; and push button Four for other issues, i.e. Cellphone Talkers or Texters. And my left thumb was trained on button Four! But, alas! I was with a nicer crowd this time around.
At least, I now know what I need to do to insure that I, and the rest of the audience, have a good movie-watching experience.
On the drive home, I deliberated on whether I should have a burger and fries for dinner or a Chinese buffet meal, instead. And since with a buffet meal I could always have some fruits and veggies on my plate, I decided to have a Chinese buffet meal to cap-off my evening. And my choice tonight was the Golden City Buffet in Vallejo, CA, near the border with American Canyon.
Just about two hundred yards or so from the Marine World Parkway on-ramp from Highway I-80, a car in the middle lane signaled to merge with my lane ( right lane ) to get onto the on-ramp where I, too, was headed. A pick-up truck behind this car was getting closer and closer--and dangerously so--to the signaling car. I slowed down my car in anticipation of an accident. And, just at the last second, the pick-up truck driver slammed on his brakes and turned his truck to the left to avoid hitting the car. He missed hitting the car's rear bumper by just a few inches! The pick-up truck's front tires smoked and the truck almost hit the center divider as its driver swerved to the left lane to avoid a collision. That a--hole truck driver probably was texting or talking on his cellphone to be so f--king inattentive in the first place! What a jerk! This incident happened at 8:36 p.m.
After I was assigned my seat at the Golden City Buffet, I went to the men's room to wash my hands first. When I dropped my used towel into the trash can, I noticed a used hypodermic needle inside of it. The kind that diabetics use. Didn't that diabetic know better than to dispose of his hypodermic needle so indiscriminately? And what is a diabetic doing at a buffet restaurant where there are too many simple carbohydrate and sugary items on the menu? That guy must have some kind of a death wish!
The buffet dishes, soups and sides were not much of a choice to begin with. I don't know how long they'd been sitting there getting overcooked and dehydrated! And I got charged $16.08 ( not including tip )! What a rip-off.
I will make it a point not to come here after 7 o'clock in the evening from now on because they don't cook-up anything after 8 o'clock, it seems! Since their food is fresher around noontime, shouldn't they charge less for dinner, and not the other way around?
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