SPIDERMAN 3 CHALLENGE

Work had offered to send me to Spiderman 3 opening night. The catch? I had to go to Castle Hill. Now normally I wouldn't have a problem as I would leave work early to ensure I get there on time. The problem was due to the conference we had things dragged out and I didn't get to leave the place until 4:30pm.

The challenge was to get to Castle Hill by 6:30pm in peak hour traffic. So I leave the office at 4:30pm to go to Ashfield to pick up the bitch slapping Italiano. Time is on my side as I get to Ashfield around 5pm. That was until I stupidly entered Fredrick St rather than Liverpool road. There was a traffic pile up so I had to sit and wait for that to clear up. By the time I got to Ashfield it was like 5:15pm. I quickly had to race into Ashfield Mall to pee and find the bitch slapping Italiano.

The minute I spotted the bitch slapping Italiano we stormed towards the lift to get to the carpark and then it was a mad race to the car to drive off.

Random decisions had to be made in the car. What direction and what roads to take as we were approaching the M4. We had an hour to get to Castle Hill now and the stress was on. Meanwhile the bitch slapping Italiano telling me he hates me every 5 minutes didn't help the situation.

You see he skipped uni tonight and lied to his group in order to come and watch Spiderman 3 with me. Thats dedication for you!

So we both agree that the M4 will be jam packed with traffic at this time of day so we make a random decision to continue on Parramatta Rd until we hit Sliverwater Rd. Good choice. The traffic wasn't that bad getting here. The plan was to take sliverwater Rd to Victoria Rd. However once we got to Victoria Rd we both knew we hit rock bottom and there was no way in hell we would make it to Castle Hill with this traffic.

This is when the bitch slapping Italiano hits the street directory while cursing me for missing Spiderman 3. A random choice is made to take the Park Rd exit to go through back roads. We end up on Kissing Point Rd which evenutally gets us to Old Northern Rd. The time is ticking.

6:25pm and were travelling on Old Northern Rd. Castle towers is extremely close but we still can't get to it. The problem was I had to watch the previews. Don't ask. I like my previews but the whole point of working sending me out to Castle Hills was for the previews. There was no way in hell I could miss the previews.

Stressing in the car and the bitch slapping Italiano stressing me out more we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel - CASTLE TOWERS. Now luckily because I used to call upon Castle Hill for Warner I know where to find parking on a thursday night. I know that if we enter the cinema parking level that there would be a high chance of us wasting 10 minutes looking for parking.

So I decide to hit the other parking and luckily for me I enter the first spot I see while the bitch slapping Italiano is complaining about beer cans in the parking space. I tell him to shut up and deal with it while we both storm out of the car running like lunatics to the cinemas.

Now I know the cineams is all the way on the other side so we start running through the thursday night shopping crowd. Meanwhile the bitch slapping Italiano is trying to convince me to watch the 8:30pm session instead if it isn't sold out. I'm determined to make this fuckin movie if it kills me. Knowing my luck I'll collapse soon and have an asthma attack smack bang in the middle of Castle Hill. The race to the cineams honestly felt like I ran the city to surf.

We finally discover the cinema's and storm in like were about to pull out guns for a robbery. I demand the box office when we approach the ticket collecting guy and he points to the candy bar. I had to exchange a print out for cinema tickets. We approach the chick behind the counter as I'm struggling to get my breath back.

This is when the stupid bitch tells me that they have 2 cinemas and we need to go to the other one once she gives us the tickets. She informs me its a 2 minute walk. 2 minutes my ass. We ran crazily to the second cineama and that felt like a good 3 minutes. Can you imagine if we walked?

Who the hell has 2 cinemas under one roof. I hand my ticket to the bitch slapping Italiano who gets them collected by the guy as we run towards cinema 2. By this point I'm ready to collapse and can't handle another step.

We enter the cinema and I throw myself on the seat unable to speak. I sit down trying to breath and calm down. I feel like I just entered one of those cycle classes at the gym and I'm dretched head to toe in sweat. The poor Asian woman next to me probably suffered the most.

It was allocated seating and we didnt even get to our seats. We took the first available seats in our row. If anyone was to claim these seats there would of been hell to pay after what I went through getting here.

Meanwhile the previews just started when we entered. While I sit to watch the previews the bitch slapping Italiano informs me his running to the toilet and rocks up 2 minutes later with coke and popcorn. God love him, his good for something finally!

After all that stress and driving we relax to enjoy the movie. I Still can't believe we made it to Castle Hill. That is gold!!!

When spiderman 3 came to an end I felt alot more relaxed than I was previously. Still feeling all gross from the running around we did to get here. It was a long movie but I must admit I loved it. Usually sequels get worse and worse but I think part 3 of Spiderman was well written and well shot.

There was a scene where I thought I was getting motion sickness due to the shot structure but overall I think it's a winner. Plus one of the scenes at the end was quite emotional. I won't give the ending away but trust me I was on the edge of tears haha

OMG we made it to Castle Hill!!!