GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Fans: This Is Not The Film We Paid For!

Are you planning on catching Guardians of the Galaxy this weekend? Well, make sure and be prepared as there could be a chance you could get dissappointed at the movie theater like this fans did.

By jmartinez986 - Aug 01, 2014 04:08 AM EST

Filed Under: Guardians of the Galaxy

As is common now, films are getting "midnight showings", which means that you can go out and get in line on a Thursday, wait until the clock hits 12:00am, basically making it Friday and watch the film "early". Some have even been showing on Thursdays, a day before it's release date.

Guardians of the Galaxy has been getting a lot of positive buzz for a while now, and fans of the comics and plenty of the genereal audience alike have been waiting patiently to catch the film at the movie theaters. With the huge response that the film has been getting, some fans have been flocking to their movie theaters to be some of the first to see the film. With that in mind, make sure you are prepared for anything that might happen since expectations can sometimes let you down, as it did to these people in Richmond, Virginia, and in New Jersey.

Don't worry though, as the dissappointment was not because of the film but mainly the movie theater that was to show the Guardians of the Galaxy dropped the ball and instead showed, Rise Of The Guardians!
Yes, a film that was released two years ago!

Totally trolled as our local theater accidentally started showing "Rise of the Guardians" instead of #gotg - so #rva pic.twitter.com/g4mKILAbax
— Dean Browell (@dbrowell) August 1, 2014

The confussion didn't end when the movie-goers reported to staff that the wrong film was on display.
It seems as the staff at Regal Cinemas tried a second time to get the film to play.

YOU HAD ONE JOB. (Then it happened AGAIN.) @RegalMovies #rva #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy pic.twitter.com/DUbyAuLDlu
— Dean Browell (@dbrowell) August 1, 2014

Well, third time is the charm right? Isn't that how the saying goes?

THIRD TIME FAIL#GuardiansOfTheGalaxy became #riseoftheguardians AGAIN. Ruined evening complete. #rva @RegalMovies pic.twitter.com/Zq7Iyz47G1
— Dean Browell (@dbrowell) August 1, 2014

Guess not..

If you think this is just one person trying to troll, you are wrong.

omg they started playing rise of the guardians instead of guardians of the galaxy EVERYONE IN THE THEATRE IS CRYING pic.twitter.com/BOhaCboVsH
— maddie (@thestorysofxr) August 1, 2014

It seems that the cinema tried to make ammends and gave away free tickets to the people there.
If by what was posted in some tweets is any indication maybe snacks too?!

my hero pic.twitter.com/zuY6uqKn73
— maddie (@thestorysofxr) August 1, 2014

Well people, make sure that the next time you line up to see a highly expected movie, the theater you go to actually has the film on hand to show, otherwise you might end up dissappointed and watching an old film that you might have already seen!
How would you have reacted if this would have happened to you?!

Oh, And Enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy!!

Guardians of The Galaxy is Marvel Studios newest original property to hit the silver screen.

It will release July 31st in the United Kingdom and August 1st in the United States.

Starring:

Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord

Zoe Saldana as Gamora

Dave Bautista as Drax The Destroyer

Bradley Cooper as Rocket (voice)

Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)

Karen Gillan as Nebula

Lee Pace as Ronan

Benicio Del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector

And

Josh Brolin as Thanos (voice)

Directed by James Gunn

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75 Comments

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Maven - 8/1/2014, 4:53 AM

LMFAO

Starkasm - 8/1/2014, 4:54 AM

I would absolutely lose it.

TheActionAce - 8/1/2014, 4:56 AM

Ouch, and it happened more than once.

@Starkasm same here man, but would probably be won over by the food and free ticket.

Starkasm - 8/1/2014, 4:58 AM

@TheActionAce

I would need multiple free tickets to fill the void hahaha

NeKroziFeRPrime - 8/1/2014, 4:59 AM

we riot

Highflyer - 8/1/2014, 5:00 AM

lmfao!

GeekyCheekyChic - 8/1/2014, 5:10 AM

should have went to AMC theatre. Free stuff, correct movie, theater full of nerds and geeks and freaks- just the way I like it. There were even people dressed as Rocket.
Sorry you were subjected to a shit movie...why did they even have that movie on hand ?

jmartinez986 - 8/1/2014, 5:22 AM

@starkasm
@thebaroness89

the cinema is having this contest giveaway on their webpage

all you have to do is comment on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSNq8gaNjY&feature=youtu.be

jmartinez986 - 8/1/2014, 5:26 AM

this is the vid you gotta comment on to get a chance to win the Star-Lord mask

thespiderkat - 8/1/2014, 5:33 AM

at least it wasn't the guardian with ashton kutcher and kevin costner...

TheRationalNerd - 8/1/2014, 5:34 AM

I would've threw popcorn! Lmbooo xD

TheRationalNerd - 8/1/2014, 5:35 AM

@0mega

Put the other in your son's room.

NovaCorpsFan - 8/1/2014, 5:40 AM

HAHA! I was worried by the headline, this is hilarious!

NovaCorpsFan - 8/1/2014, 5:48 AM

Rise of the Guardians is a [frick]ing brilliant film though. I'd've been pissed, but in a "[frick]ing hell this is hilarious" kind of way.

RangerStorm44 - 8/1/2014, 5:53 AM

Lmfao God Damn I would be pissed

NovaCorpsFan - 8/1/2014, 5:56 AM

How do you guys not like Rise of the Guardians?! That film is [frick]ing awesome!

blvdnoise - 8/1/2014, 6:13 AM

No effing' way..

superotherside - 8/1/2014, 6:21 AM

That would be terrible. Luckily nothing like that happened to me.

SuperCat - 8/1/2014, 6:24 AM

whoa123 - 8/1/2014, 6:36 AM

Oh too bad for them haha! But I have to say, I'm in love with GotG, I nearly lose my sh*t when Thanos appeared.

oojavaguru - 8/1/2014, 6:42 AM

Who wrote this article? Because this did not happen in a theater in New Jersey, this happened at a theater in Richmond, VA. Hell, the guy who they quote from Twitter was using the hashtag #RVA and if you click on his profile he lives in Richmond. Where and the hell did this moron get New Jersey? That is some ignorant reporting.

thor2273 - 8/1/2014, 6:51 AM

LOL

batcheeks8 - 8/1/2014, 7:05 AM

Hilarious

JoJo1982 - 8/1/2014, 7:08 AM

@omega

I feel ya on that, I got 2 posters from last night showing.
2 more free posters from sdcc
2 more free posters from the 17 minute footage
2 more free posters from sdcc last year

jmartinez986 - 8/1/2014, 7:13 AM

@oojavaguru
this is where i figured it was in new jersey

also it seems it wasn't an isolated incident as it seems other theater from the same chain of cinemas had the same problem..

since now films are digital, the theaters seemed to have downloaded the wrong file, hence showing the wrong film..

EmeritusII - 8/1/2014, 7:14 AM

James Gunn,the guy who wrote the screenplays to both of those awful, awful live action Scooby-Doo movies. SMH

Clara - 8/1/2014, 7:29 AM

@Chloefornication, SHUT UP, DUDE! SHUT UP, WHY DID YOU SAID THAT? DUDE! WHY?

Clara - 8/1/2014, 7:30 AM

@Chloefornication, really... the movie debuts TODAY! A lot of people didn't see the movie, you know...

jmartinez986 - 8/1/2014, 7:31 AM

@chloefornication

sorry dude, gonna have to delete your comment, there are people that still havent seen the film, myself included, and are trying to avoid spoilers as much as possible..

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