Mirrormask to open in Madison!
October 19th, 2005 at 4:44 pm (Books)
Mirrormask, a movie based on the book of the same title by Neil Gaiman, is set to open in Madison on Friday, October 21 (two days from now) at Marcus Westgate Art Cinemas! I’ve been really wanting to see this movie. It’s gotten great reviews, the author actually likes it and felt it represented his vision well, and it looks really really amazing in all the previews. The book is really cool. I haven’t gotten to read it completely yet, but I have scanned through it some at work. It just looks so neat! A co-worker of mine commented that it would have been nice if the book had been bigger, like some of Gaiman’s picture books, and I agree. I understand why they decided to do it this way (at least, the most likely reasons), but I generally think putting marketing reasons ahead of design choices in cases like this is stupid and short-changes the work and the author. Oh well. At least I get to see the shiny shiny movie! I’m really excited! Yay!
Brian said,
October 26, 2005 at 11:51 am
Was Mirrormask only playing over the weekend? I don’t see it listed anymore.
Katie said,
October 26, 2005 at 1:54 pm
It didn’t open on Friday as promised, and now it isn’t on the website at all. I have no idea what is going on. Phone calls don’t work because the employees there have no clue (why would anyone tell them what’s going on?). I’ll keep you posted if I hear anything! I really want to go see it.
Brian said,
October 27, 2005 at 7:53 am
Ok thanks.
Brian said,
October 28, 2005 at 12:55 pm
Thank you for contacting Marcus Theatres, Guest Service and giving us the
opportunity to respond. In your email, you asked about a particular film.
Each theatre books new movies releasing on Friday’s. Although we would love
to continue playing films that may be of interest to the public, some films
just do not do enough business to stay in a particular theatre for a long
period of time. This is why Mirrormask is no long playing at Westgate. On
behalf of Marcus Theatres, I would like to extend my sincerest apologies for
the inconvenience this situation has likely caused you.
Thank you for taking the time to write to us. We appreciate your interest in
Marcus Theatres.
Sincerely,
Megan Weiss
Customer Service
meganweiss@marcustheatres.com
Katie said,
October 28, 2005 at 4:33 pm
But it didn’t open at all! How could it have any stats at all about ticket sales that might warrent any kind of decision if they never even showed it once!!!
Brian said,
November 17, 2005 at 8:21 am
Mirrormask is supposedly at Westgate now and is opening at Point this weekend.
Katie said,
November 17, 2005 at 7:37 pm
Yeah, it is definately at Westgate. A co-worker saw it and said it was really good, if you like Gaiman. Michael and I are planning on going to see it this weekend.