Two weeks ago we saw Avatar with Jessica, Ben and Chrystal. Everybody liked the movie: I liked the blue Pocahontas character and her ability to tune into things. I liked the way the little flowery bits of fluff came off the screen and floated towards me. I liked it that the paraplegic main character got to walk, run, and leap and had a second chance at life. Despite feeling that the movie was Fern-Gulley-On-Steroids I still thought it was a blast. But my favorite part may have been when I turned around and looked up at the full theater of people behind me, every one of them wearing those crazy 3-D glasses.
Oh, and then there was the popcorn. We shared 2 buckets between the 5 of us. I love theater popcorn! Even though I know that eating one medium sized popcorn and soft drink is akin to ingesting 3 quarter-pounders and 12 pats of butter! (This fact is seared into my memory from reading this article.) That's why it's good to go to a movie with a crowd of people and share the popcorn. It's also why Jessica and I skipped the popcorn entirely when we went to see New Moon a few days ago: 6 quarter-pounders and 24 pats of butter in two weeks' time--even I can't justify that. However I did miss it.
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about this movie. I'm glad you liked it. Wow! That fun fact will stick in my mind next time I go to the theatre. It just sounds so awful when you put it so bluntly.
ReplyDeleteI do break down and eat popcorn but that ends up being dinner, so that might justify it a 'little.'
ReplyDeleteFern gully on steroids! I'll be laughing all day. I really want a tail.
ReplyDeleteHow did you like New Moon? (Kind of goes with my Blue Moon post, lol.) My friends daughter works at a Regal movie theater and she said the theater actually loses money on most movies...it is the snacks that make the profit. I thought that was interesting and it explained why popcorn is so expensive there!
ReplyDeletesounds really good fun. I think that those 3D glasses are so funny
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