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> There have
> been so many good movies
> made in the past twenty-something years. So why did
> I at age 45 decide to
> make my first movie theater experience since
> "Blazing Saddles" go to
> "POTA-2001"? (I did that just to make Catherine
> pissed, since I know she
> hates acronyms LOL, oops there's another one)
>
You're right - it did piss me *off*, but you redeemed
yourself by explaining it in your next paragraph.
> I left work early today to see "Planet of the
> Apes-2001", since a friend had
> begged me to go.
I take great pride in the fact that I have NEVER seen
a Planet of the Apes movie EVER and I don't plan on
changing that now just because of Tim Burton (even
tho' I like most of his stuff, except Batman). All I
can say is, from the trailers, the male apes look like
APES, but the females look like funny-looking but kind
of cute women to me - what's up with that?
> I couldn't believe that prices were $7.50 !!!!! I
> couldn't even use my old
> student I.D. card. I wanted to watch the movie, not
> *buy* it!
Appalling isn't it (appalling seems to be my word of
the week). It's a bit more up here in Canada due to
exchange rates.
> They have "stadium"
> seating. [...] To my surprise, the seats were
> EXTREMELY comfortable, and I
> learned what they meant by stadium seating.
You're right - they are comfortable and you don't need
to worry (much) about who sits in front of you - you
could probably see quite well even if Marge Simpson
planted her blue head in front of you! Now, if only
Marge would shut up and stop providing a running
commentary to Homer about everything that's going on,
while Bart and Lisa throw popcorn at each other.
>What??? They don't have
> smoking sections anymore??? Oh
> well, I just ate one to satisfy my addiction.
What? You brought your own snacks? Naughty, naughty
-they practically do full cavity searches up here in
Toronto just to make sure you *don't bring your own
food* - if you want to eat, just plunk down $8.50 for
enough popcorn to feed the starving millions and a
drink big enough to guarantee you won't be able to sit
through the entire movie without going at least once
for a pee.
[...]>
> Yes, a family of 5 were
> sitting right behind us with the oldest child being
> around 12. The problem
> was the youngest child, about 2yrs old started
> crying.
HA! and you said you WEREN'T going to talk about the
PG thing - there are several reasons why they use
these ratings, y'know (not that it means anything -
the kids wouldn't have been there without the
parents).
> I went to the "disco-like-lobby", and
> there were no jujubees,
> goobers, raisonettes, or good-n-plenty's. There was
> nothing at the snack bar
> that appealed to me. I begged the snack counter
> girl to make me a
> Cosmopolitan or something. NO GO!!! I guess that's
> why they don't play the
> old cartoon in the theater "Let's all go to the
> lobby, let's all go to the
> lobby, to get ourselves a treat."
What the heck DO they have where you are? Let me tell
you, in some of the theatres here, not only do they
have the usual popcorn and sody pop (as described
above); they also have humungo chocolate bars (priced
at 2-3x what they would cost if you purchased it
outside the theatre and snuck it in under your coat or
under your shirt, risking the full cavity search just
because... In some they have cappuccino, gourmet
jelly beans, tacos with melted plastic, I mean cheese,
on them - just about anything guaranteed to clog your
arteries and lighten the load in your wallet at the
same time. Oh yeah, the snacks inevitably cost MORE
than the movie itself.
Being a Puritan at heart, I've never understood why
people feel the need to stuff their faces in the dark
while watching TV or movies. I find it kind of gross.
I prefer to pay attention to my food while I'm eating
it and I'm too cheap to pay the high prices. I always
bitch about it quite loudly whenever I DO go to the
movies, no matter how much the kids whine - I tell
them, "You want food? Wait for supper!"
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