The Alamo South's dark auditorium was the first thing to impress. No! Their upscale and pretty darn clean restrooms were the first thing to impress. Or maybe... was it the large amount of legroom? No, I think it was the relief I got as I first walked in, and saw how large the room is. The Alamo South's custom-built rooms appear to be larger than the Lake Creek location, which was a real THX-screened cinema before the Alamo took it over. Anyhow by the time the movie started off I was in a pretty good mood. The film trailers looked OK except I immediately noticed a band of picture projecting off the bottom of the screen, onto the black wall! Sacrilege, for such a place as the Alamo. When The Fantastic Mr. Fox started and the problem was continuing in exactly the same way, I wrote this on a piece of paper and allowed a waiter to come and read it. He saw what I was talking about and walked out of the auditorium. I didn't really know what they were going to do about this. It turns out that they didn't do anything - they were mid-way through a transition to 4K Digital in this auditorium, and today happened to be the last day of film projection here. That was a reasonable excuse!This review would not be complete without mentioning... my favourite new discovery on their menu! On a whim I decided to forego my usual asian chicken salad and get their "Big Fish" Tacos. Wow... talk about a taste explosion! Definitely worth trying.
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