WTF? Last night we went to see this at midnight and there was a sign about some NC Statute law that forbade them from serving alcohol at the viewing of this movie. Anyone have any insight?

7/10/2009 5:06:25 PM

how much are beers there, btw?

7/10/2009 5:07:25 PM

That's what the movie purse is for, silly.

Sneak it in, save money.

7/10/2009 5:07:29 PM

That's what the movie purse Isohunt is for, silly.

7/10/2009 5:08:58 PM

They've been raising prices lately, but I think $4.50 for a small and $6 for a large.. something like that.

7/10/2009 5:09:54 PM

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"That's what the movie purse is for, silly. "

It's not a purse! It's a satchel!

7/10/2009 5:11:11 PM

the statute was about like nudity etc in movies. i dunno. i didn't really get the full scoop though i tried inquiring about it. not like trying to fight just trying to understand. looked up the statute when i got home.

depends on if you get a small or large. i think they are ~5.25 or something (i usually get the large).

7/10/2009 5:11:42 PM

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"They've been raising prices lately, but I think $4.50 for a small and $6 for a large.. something like that."

7/10/2009 5:12:45 PM

Ye olde satchel can carry tons of rapies. Perfect for the movie date!

7/10/2009 5:14:07 PM

I'm going to see it again tonight and will most definitely be bringing in some liquor. Just wanted to know why they can't serve beer? Is it so the audience doesn't throw up when they see the horrific shots of penis?

What about if you go to see another movie? Are you cut off as well? If I can't drink beer and watch a movie there's no reason to go to Mission Valley.

7/10/2009 5:15:38 PM

I worked at Mission Valley back in 1997. That was before they had beer. I missed out.

7/10/2009 5:16:36 PM

If I had to guess it had to do with the full frontal nudity in the movie.

7/10/2009 5:19:12 PM

i don't think you are cut off from other movies. it was something about the owner disagreeing with the nudity in the film and some statute. i don't know. it is what the ticket chick at the door said. ask when you go back tonight and get the full scoop. i was kinda tipsy when i walked in last night so i wasn't paying attention to the explanation she gave.

yikes you are seeing it again? barf.

7/10/2009 5:32:17 PM

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"....some NC Statute law that forbade them from serving alcohol at the viewing of this movie"

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"...nudity in the film and some statute"

Are you fucking serious?
What the god damn fuck?

7/10/2009 5:40:31 PM

land of the free, baby

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 5:42 PM. Reason : i bet it's actually not a law at all and the owner has a stick up his ass]

7/10/2009 5:41:54 PM

i know right. when i looked up the statute i didn't really get how the two went together. the statute was about nudity. didn't really get the alcohol part. unless i looked up the wrong statute. which is also possible.

also i feel like when i saw borat there the owner came out and like made an announcement about beer and kegs and blah blah blah before the show. i dunno. you'd think peeps would want the extra revenue. but what do i know.

7/10/2009 5:44:27 PM

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"i bet it's actually not a law at all and the owner has a stick up his ass"

I'd have no moral problem with that. That's the owner's decision.

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"also i feel like when i saw borat there the owner came out and like made an announcement about beer and kegs and blah blah blah before the show"

You feel like it? How drunk were you? Did the owner come out and lecture everyone or not?
If so, that is pretty fucked up -- but still their decision.

7/10/2009 5:55:45 PM

i saw a movie at mv the other night and there was seriously like one other person in the theater

7/10/2009 5:58:46 PM

^^ no i mean like i THINK it was borat. i don't know it might have been a jackass movie but i'm pretty sure it was borat. and what i MEANT was he came out and was like "we have 22 kegs of beer flowing so drink up" or something to that effect. so i was kind of surprised last night.

to summarize: it was some movie with nudity/other ish that i saw there a few years ago that the owner was like happy it was sold out and everyone was drankin

AND all i'm saying is that i don't care - sure it is their decision but i feel like i was tricked. went to buy tickets yesterday afternoon around 330 or 4 and nooooo signs up about alcohol. then when we show up there for the movie, signs are up: no alcohol. which obviously they had to do because like people have said before, beer is a big reason why people choose to go to MV - i'm sure some people would have been dissuaded from buying tickets had they known the alcohol policy prior to purchase. it was just kind of tricksy.



[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 6:17 PM. Reason : .]

7/10/2009 6:11:34 PM

wait for dvd if they won't allow drank

7/10/2009 6:16:56 PM

man, no booze for Bruno.... that sucks, I was going to the 945 showing tonight

7/10/2009 7:19:07 PM

do they guard the entrance to bruno from people with beers? what is stopping you from getting your tix and then getting beer and going in?

7/10/2009 7:52:55 PM

I bet its the same law that doesnt allow fully nude strip clubs where they sell alcohol. Doesnt NC have that law?

7/10/2009 8:03:44 PM

so did this movie suck like I said it would?

7/10/2009 8:03:53 PM

if you are drinking when you see full frontal nudity your head might explode

7/10/2009 8:05:18 PM

The basic deal is that North Carolina has some antiquated, poorly defined law banning the sale of alcohol in "pornographic" theaters. I believe this culminated in RPD seizing a print from the Rialto in the 80's, which is why they wouldn't show Shortbus. Something along those lines.

That being said, just don't tell the concessions people you're there for Bruno, or sneak something in.

7/10/2009 8:13:55 PM

last night wouldn't have been an option though... it was a midnight showing (only movie they were showing at the time)


i'm glad i didn't go see it last night- now i know to make arrangments before hand. it looks like it will be a "go buy a flask and then buy a large soda at the theater" movie... that's what I used to do anyway- one time I spilled my drink right when i walked in (before I mixed it) so I drank the whole pint by itself in the first 20 minutes of the movie... I don't remember that movie at all (I think it was jackass 2)

7/10/2009 8:24:33 PM

I saw Borat there (twice) and drank each time. There was definitely no prevention of me drinking, and that movie definitely had full-frontal nudity.

7/10/2009 8:29:17 PM

I just called Mission Valley and they said that they ARE allowing beer into Bruno.... there was some mix up last night

7/10/2009 8:38:35 PM

I was there last night to watch the hangover, and I saw them debating about the sale of alcohol for the midnight showing.

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"i don't think you are cut off from other movies. it was something about the owner disagreeing with the nudity in the film and some statute. i don't know. it is what the ticket chick at the door said. ask when you go back tonight and get the full scoop. i was kinda tipsy when i walked in last night so i wasn't paying attention to the explanation she gave."

I was tipsy and had that same conversation with that same girl last night

7/10/2009 8:56:37 PM

kiljadn said:

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"I saw Borat there (twice) and drank each time. There was definitely no prevention of me drinking, and that movie definitely had full-frontal nudity."

Well, Borat had censorship bars, so there technically wasn't nudity.

My inside source at MV says that the owner had a private screening with some friends. They had some drinks, and he got outraged, saying, "It's too lewd! We can't serve beer for this."

Apparently, they are serving beer for Brüno for now after an argument with the general manager about the lost beer sales. But who knows how long that will last?

[Edited on July 11, 2009 at 1:27 PM. Reason : ;;;]

7/11/2009 1:26:50 PM

This moive, not so good

7/11/2009 1:41:10 PM

i dont really get the concept of drinking beer during a movie. who wants to get drunk and watch a movie, get all antsy, get loud, have to piss and the rest of the things that go along with drinking....

7/11/2009 1:50:30 PM

drinking a beer /= getting drunk at a movie.

i, for one, enjoy the taste of a good beer.

7/11/2009 1:51:50 PM

when college bros are chattering about drinking at a movie, i automatically assume they are trying to get ripped or whatever awesome cool term you guys are using now

7/11/2009 1:56:26 PM

i've never seen any college student get drunk from beers at a movie theater.

i have seen older folks get drunk off wine at galaxy/madstone before.

7/11/2009 1:58:17 PM

lol

i hope it was at a special screening of steel magnolias

7/11/2009 2:00:07 PM

nah. just alcoholics i'm pretty sure.

7/11/2009 2:00:58 PM

Go to Raleigh Grande. Buy Beer. Profit.

7/11/2009 2:41:11 PM

just do like me and chixnhed used to do and shoot meth directly into your pupils with a cobra fang

they'll never see it coming!!

7/11/2009 2:44:46 PM

had i been drinking beer during this movie it would've come out of my nose at one part

7/11/2009 3:06:17 PM

ahaha, I saw the movie Friday at 1 with a buddy from work, and got served beer.

i win

7/11/2009 3:08:27 PM

I went to go see it at the midnight showing, too. I thought the concessions guy was fucking with me when he said that.

[Edited on July 11, 2009 at 3:28 PM. Reason : f]

7/11/2009 3:28:00 PM

saw it friday at 510. I was served beer.

7/11/2009 3:58:50 PM

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"i dont really get the concept of drinking beer during a movie. who wants to get drunk and watch a movie, get all antsy, get loud, have to piss and the rest of the things that go along with drinking...."

I occasionally do want to get drunk at a movie--like at the Blue Ridge--but I can concur with sarijoul. I've worked at theaters serving beer for over five years, and I can only remember one instance of a drunk person under 40 (which wasn't even from our stuff--two guys who barely spoke English came in shitfaced and called 911 on us when I wouldn't serve them beer). Old people drink WAY more at the movies. Old ladies go through glasses of wine like you wouldn't believe.

7/11/2009 5:08:45 PM

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"I bet its the same law that doesnt allow fully nude strip clubs where they sell alcohol. Doesnt NC have that law?"

unless this is a new law, your statement is false.

[Edited on July 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM. Reason : .]

7/11/2009 5:53:21 PM

i don't get drunk at movies, but around the first plot turn I definitely have to go piss

7/11/2009 5:56:40 PM

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"drinking a beer /= getting drunk at a movie. i, for one, enjoy the taste of a good beer."

ditto

7/11/2009 8:39:20 PM

i try to pee during the action sequences because i figure i wont miss much of the actual story then

7/11/2009 8:46:44 PM

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"I bet its the same law that doesnt allow fully nude strip clubs where they sell alcohol. Doesnt NC have that law? unless this is a new law, your statement is false. "

Ah.

SC (where I live) does have that law, and I thought I remembered that NC had it, but I guess not.

[Edited on July 11, 2009 at 9:55 PM. Reason : .]

7/11/2009 9:55:01 PM