The original post: /r/movies by /u/davecopperfield on 2024-12-30 02:58:49.

I and a few friends had skipped school and were going to see the movie Titanic when it came out, but there was a long lineup everywhere and eventually we came across this little theater, where the line was a lot shorter. We got so excited and eventually got in and movie had started so we got popcorn and all and just rushed in and sat down in surprisingly empty theater. It was not until like a third way into the movie that one of us was like, So where the hell is the ship? We didn’t know who the actors were, just that the movie involved a ship sinking but nothing was going on. Just a long train ride. Gradually I wised up (we were all a little out of it for reasons I shall not say) and I’m like this is the wrong movie!

We got out and tried to figure out how this could have happened. Then we noticed that this little theater that was showing an independent movie had a huge sign saying Titanic with an arrow which pointed to the left, and that is where the door was. Except what it really meant was that you should go all the way to the left, around the corner, and then that’s where the long lineup was for a theater a couple of blocks away.