tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167519580792566980.post5224061916189963098..comments2023-10-01T11:04:12.429-05:00Comments on Sloopin - A South Loop Blog: No Denying That Movie Theater is Good for the SloopSloopyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03513112726608015138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167519580792566980.post-4464461638247754802010-01-19T16:50:54.997-06:002010-01-19T16:50:54.997-06:00BREAKING NEWS from Crains: Kerasotes just sold to...BREAKING NEWS from Crains: Kerasotes just sold to AMC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167519580792566980.post-82705544237919992762010-01-09T11:43:17.174-06:002010-01-09T11:43:17.174-06:00Just an idea.. can someone take our notes here and...Just an idea.. can someone take our notes here and send an email<br />to Kerasotes..they do read and reply. I think it is important that they get feedback.Anon (SC)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167519580792566980.post-86358526297066347042010-01-09T08:12:27.252-06:002010-01-09T08:12:27.252-06:00If you're into audio/video quality, this place...If you're into audio/video quality, this place has the best picture quality and sound in any theater around downtown. I heard they use Barco digital projectors. I've seen a Sherlock Holmes and Parnassus and the picture quality is extremely crisp, no noise, and the image is rock solid. Some of the older theaters around here has hair lines and jittery images. At showplace it's basically like watching blu-ray, but a bigger screen and higher resolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167519580792566980.post-25087194984030574262010-01-09T02:26:18.532-06:002010-01-09T02:26:18.532-06:00I was really looking forward to this theater, and ...I was really looking forward to this theater, and I am sure I will make frequent use of its convenience. Overall I had a good experience there, but I do have a couple of minor complaints.<br /><br />Customer service. They need to know how much is too much. I'm a single male in my twenties and I go to the movies by myself more than I go with anyone else. I love movies. I am a movie guy. And since I go so often, I know how a theater works.<br /><br />From the moment I walked in, I saw an electronic kiosk and said, "Oh good. Very convenient." Then an attendant ran up to me and proceeded to show me how to use something I am competent in figuring out on my own. She fumbled around, slowed me down, and watched over my shoulder, making me feel nervous, all the while making friendly, meaningless chit chat.<br /><br />Up the escalator to the concession stand. I felt like I went through three checkpoints of employees just to go this small distance, each wishing me a pleasant day and greeting me over enthusiastically. Just want a damn beverage!<br /><br />Line moved quick. The employees in the concession stand were friendly, upbeat and helpful. The concession stand is a place that traditionally needs employees and friendliness. This is one place I was glad for it.<br /><br />Then I turned around and headed for the theaters. The guy who tore my ticket stub asked me to tell him how the movie was because he wanted to see it. All the way down a long hallway, I was greeted by an employee about every ten feet, each slowing me down for an obligatory hi. It's like having 20 sales people attack you in a store, only in this case I had already bought what they were trying to sell me. I just wanted to go about my way in peace.<br /><br />A pleasant young woman lead me to my seat once I reached the theater, in case I couldn't read numbers and letters. And since there ended up being just me and two other parties in the auditorium for the movie, I can see why this is important enough to pay someone to do it.<br /><br />After the movie, I hoped for a refill on my large beverage, but I was informed that they do not do refills. They did it for me, "this one time," which was friendly - but all I could think was, "Seriously? This place can afford to pay a ridiculous number of people to stand at every corner and interrupt me from getting peacefully from point A to point B, but they can't fill me a second cup of Diet Coke for the already exorbitant rate I paid for it to begin with?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167519580792566980.post-43504274573142599372010-01-08T11:31:07.335-06:002010-01-08T11:31:07.335-06:00I saw Sherlock Holmes there last Saturday. I was ...I saw Sherlock Holmes there last Saturday. I was impressed by the place. The reserved seating is definitely a big plus.<br /><br />The sound was great for the movie. The view from our seat was good not great I would say. We were sitting in the middle in the 2nd to last row of the reserved section. The VIP seating was behind us. Even from the 2nd to last row of the reserved section, I thought I was a little too close to the screen. Being a little further back would have been nicer.<br /><br />Overall though, I enjoyed the experience. My wife and I will definitely be going back there to watch movies from now on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com