Comments | ubet_cha: Hold on Loosely

ubet_cha

Hold on Loosely

Dec 17, 2007 10:36

Little things.

1) We took the 6 year old to see Alvin & the Chipmunks a movie I almost dodged because it had so many bad reviews. Then I remember that professional critics are soulless corporate constructs and we went to the flick. Outside of the mild cardiovascular trauma caused when I found out it cost $16.00 for 2 medium drinks and a ( Read more... )

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claidheamhmor December 17 2007, 17:59:31 UTC

Do cinemas have a problem with you taking your own snacks? Here, they don't allow it, so if we want anything other than the overpriced cinema snacks (2 medium cokes and popcorn will set you back about $7 here), we have to smuggle them in. We do have nice cheap tickets, at least - we usually pay $2 a ticket.

ubet_cha December 17 2007, 19:47:50 UTC

Yes, they try to stop you from bringing in your own snacks here as well. Fortunately its winter and I have deep pockets. :<)

We do have $2.00 movie theaters further out, but my town (About 55k people between two zip codes) isn’t big enough to support one of them. Typical ticket prices run about $7 for adults and $6.5 for children locally. They run a special early bird special on weekday mornings. Doesn’t really help me though.

blackmanta December 17 2007, 21:29:28 UTC

I saw The Mist over the weekend (see my write-up). Great adaptation of the King story, though I'll caution you that you won't walk out of the theater feeling good as it's got a sucker-punch of an ending.

I want to see I Am Legend too. Especially since this is the third time this story has been adapted to the screen and to see if it's any more faithful to the original Richar Matheson novella.

For that matter, I still haven't seen Beowulf yet. I'm off Thursday tho, so hopefully Laura and I will finally get to see it that day; preferably in a theater that is showing it in 3D.

I'm curious about Alvin & The Chipmunks. Like anyone, I always have a bit of trepidation whenever they try and "update" something from my childhood, although I'll stop short of accusing Hollywood of "raping" it like so many seem to be doing these days. I'm almost the same way about Speed Racer although I've seen the trailer and it looks really cool. Also it's being done by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix tirlogy and V For Vendetta) so I'm thinking it ( ... )

ubet_cha December 18 2007, 18:44:45 UTC

I remember reading the Mist when I was in HS. It was one of Stephen Kings better short stories and freaked me out. We’re looking forward to renting it ( We are very cheap) when its out on DVD, thanks for the heads up on it. Sometimes you just don’t know if a movie will make it. Have you seen 1408 yet? Its another SK story.

I do know that Speed Racer is in our future. My stepson is a car fanatic. Unless something changes we’ll be off to see that one the weekend after it comes out. I hope they don’t mess it up either and will let you know if you’d like.