The overpriced garbage they call food, the unnecessary spending of money taking place because people are bored, and the sluggish zombies trudging through crowd filled hallways have all led me to one conclusion: I hate the mall. The mall that I work at, The Shops at Tanforan, isn’t that bad on the weekdays what with everyone either too busy at work or school to shop. That was, until Century Theatres invaded Tanforan on April 18, drawing in more weekday shoppers. Tanforan has become a prime place to spend a lazy afternoon with friends and family. Now I hate the mall even more. The replacement to San Bruno’s Century 10, Century at Tanforan sits on top of the Sears parking lot connected to the mall by a wheelchair-accessible escalator. The theatre’s entrance is inside the mall, located at the upper level food court. After taking the escalator ride up, I arrived at what seemed to be the smallest lobby ever and after further inspection I realized that the theatre was actually really small. The concession stand (with a Starbucks) sitting in the middle takes up most of the lobby, with the left and right corridors leading to the stadiums. The left corridor leads to stadiums 1-10 and the Starcade, and the right corridor leads to stadiums 10-20. The stadiums itself were small too, at least the one I sat in was. Four front rows, one wheelchair row, five back rows and one entrance and exit door complete the stadium. Fortunately the tininess of the stadium doesn’t ruin the quality of the movie experience. The seats are very soft and comfortable, not like the cold steel plates that they used as chairs in the old Century 10. The arm rests don’t come up like they do at Daly City’s Century 20, but that should only disappoint a few people. I watched “Run, Fat Boy, Run” (they didn’t have any new movies for the soft opening) which had excellent sound and video quality, creating a much better experience than I had watching “I Am Legend” at the old Century 10. This is probably because Century at Tanforan has digital projection in all their stadiums. The benefits of this theatre being in a mall are all the commodities that the mall has to offer when waiting for a movie to begin. You can grab a strawberry banana smoothie, hop in a photo taking booth, eat some orange chicken, and still be in time for the previews. The drawbacks of being in a mall is that the theatre is tied to mall hours which could disappoint those who want to go to the movies on a holiday, and also the sluggish zombies trudging through crowd filled hallways could annoy you as they do me. Either way, Century at Tanforan is definitely an improvement and satisfying replacement to San Bruno’s Century 10.