Thankfully, Regal must have moved their print of The Brothers Bloom from the Arbor 8 down to the Metropolitan instead of sending it back to the distributor. Regal are still the only cinema chain showing this movie in Austin right now.
As we walked into the auditorum (a little late), a trailer for The Hurt Locker was showing, and the sound was fantastic. Much better than some trailers get! Really did its part to make you want to see the film.
I guessed the feature presentation would be scratched up, and I was right. The picture was bright enough though, and the sound system was in fantastic form. This is not a loud, blockbuster movie, but the music track in particular was delightful to listen to, and the low noise-floor of this auditorium really turned it into a hi-fi experience. Picture edges were not too blurry or mis-projected. As the credits rolled up I noticed some characters in the credits' typeface were not that easy to see... perhaps a problem of overall brightness & focus.
A corollary of being at the end of the reel on a much-played print, the digital sound gave up a few times at the very end - once during the film and the rest during the credits. The symptom was a very short fold-down to mono played from the center, though seemingly without a large drop in volume. Not too bad a performance.
Matinee Ticket price... $7.00.
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