my brother and i pride ourselves on being sneaky. it is a pride that is completely not earned, and worse, it is not accurate--we are not sneaky at all. i think we like to think we look sneaky, but mostly, we spend our time looking over our shoulders. its all that damn honesty mom built into while raising us correctly. i'm sure we'll be grateful for it someday. my brother and i also pride ourselves on the number of movies we see. if its playing on the big screen and if i have the evening free, i'm all about seeing it and jeff usually has his shoes on by the fourth word of "what are you doing tonight? movie?" but, i have to admit, i hate paying fifteen dollars to see a movie. i also hate having to pay fifteen dollars for popcorn and a pop if i want something to snack on while seeing said movie. i often leave thinking, thirty bucks? for what? and the urge to beat the system grow and fermented, and, eventually, bloomed.
i hope you can see where this is going. yes, jeff and i have combined our sneakiness and our love of movies. really, its all AMC's fault. growing up, the process was this: you bought a ticket for one movie. you hand ticket to ticket guy. you enter the hallway that led to the one theatre that was showing your movie. they don't make 'em like they used to anymore. now, the megaplexes have no time for this one screen, one ticket holder business. suddenly, one ticket granted you access to five, ten, even fifteen or twenty movies. and, once you were in, they never looked at you twice. i have been known to see three movies in one day. its not something that i am proud of, but it has happened. in my defense, why would you leave? there's toilets and pop and so many movies.
on sunday, we saw two of them. its been a dry summer, but i think things are picking up. a scanner darkly, for jarrod, and pirates of the caribbean, for me and jeff. jarrod didn't quite make it through the second movie (thus suggesting that not everyone likes to sit in one place for seven hours) unlike the AMC, this was a slightly smaller theatre. and we had to kill quite a bit of time in between. and the lobby wasn't all that busy. but then we noticed something, something that makes me think that they intend for you to stay for more than one movie. varsity theatres has a little cafe. you can buy beer, coffee, snacks...all rather lingering refreshment breaks, if you ask me. perfect for killing time. i have to say, my cafe mocha was much less expensive than the price of another movie ticket. and much more relaxing too. (i have heard that theatres make their money not on ticket sakes but on concession sales--to this, i say to you, movie theatre owners, why not embrace the multi-movie phenomenon? put up signs! encourage us to stay!)
of course, to avoid being too obvious in an uncrowded theatre lobby, we slipped into another movie to kill time. thus, really, i saw two and a quarter movies. and i swear, i almost had to drag jeff by the shirt out of the devil wears prada.
**the quote refers to a family dinner a few years ago. it was after a hockey game, so jeff and i did not see each other very often. i think leanne and julia t. were around as well, so jeff and i were probably putting on a show, as we are wont to do. after some particularily crude remark, dad muttered, to everyone but jeff and i, "i love my children dearly. i just wish they didn't know each other." its right up there with "this is NOT a good idea!" but, that's another quote for another post.
i hope you can see where this is going. yes, jeff and i have combined our sneakiness and our love of movies. really, its all AMC's fault. growing up, the process was this: you bought a ticket for one movie. you hand ticket to ticket guy. you enter the hallway that led to the one theatre that was showing your movie. they don't make 'em like they used to anymore. now, the megaplexes have no time for this one screen, one ticket holder business. suddenly, one ticket granted you access to five, ten, even fifteen or twenty movies. and, once you were in, they never looked at you twice. i have been known to see three movies in one day. its not something that i am proud of, but it has happened. in my defense, why would you leave? there's toilets and pop and so many movies.
on sunday, we saw two of them. its been a dry summer, but i think things are picking up. a scanner darkly, for jarrod, and pirates of the caribbean, for me and jeff. jarrod didn't quite make it through the second movie (thus suggesting that not everyone likes to sit in one place for seven hours) unlike the AMC, this was a slightly smaller theatre. and we had to kill quite a bit of time in between. and the lobby wasn't all that busy. but then we noticed something, something that makes me think that they intend for you to stay for more than one movie. varsity theatres has a little cafe. you can buy beer, coffee, snacks...all rather lingering refreshment breaks, if you ask me. perfect for killing time. i have to say, my cafe mocha was much less expensive than the price of another movie ticket. and much more relaxing too. (i have heard that theatres make their money not on ticket sakes but on concession sales--to this, i say to you, movie theatre owners, why not embrace the multi-movie phenomenon? put up signs! encourage us to stay!)
of course, to avoid being too obvious in an uncrowded theatre lobby, we slipped into another movie to kill time. thus, really, i saw two and a quarter movies. and i swear, i almost had to drag jeff by the shirt out of the devil wears prada.
**the quote refers to a family dinner a few years ago. it was after a hockey game, so jeff and i did not see each other very often. i think leanne and julia t. were around as well, so jeff and i were probably putting on a show, as we are wont to do. after some particularily crude remark, dad muttered, to everyone but jeff and i, "i love my children dearly. i just wish they didn't know each other." its right up there with "this is NOT a good idea!" but, that's another quote for another post.
2 comments:
You called soda 'pop' and that is just inexcusable.
well, at least it is genetic then. i can't fight my DNA.
it is pop. soda pop. you guys took the one, we took the other. canadians like to be contrary.
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