Thursday, May 19, 2005
big day at the movies
Okay, I'm a total geek but I had to go see the new Star Wars movie today. Aside from the first one (or "fourth one" if you're a storyline timeline traditionalist) I've been at every opening day for every film in the series. When "Return of the Jedi" came out my Mom actually waited in line for us so we could still go to school. She's good like that.
This time around I bought the tickets online, weeks in advance. Sam met me at the Cinerama about an hour before the show. We were closer to the back of the line than the frothy front, but we still scored decent seats.
I guess the movie has already been leaed to the internet. But I can't imagine there'd be much of an audience out there in webworld, as virtually every computer nerd around was at the theatre today. Who else would stand in the hot sun for three hours in a full Darth Vader outfit?
Even better than the acne-prone types in costumes was this large woman who waddled away from the concession counter toting a large drink, box of red vines and a HUGE bucket of popcorn. She appeared to be alone as she shuffled over to the napkins and self-serve butter dispenser. Shoving her popcorn under the butter spigot, she jammed her thumb on the button, watched as the butter started to flow and then, with her thumb still attached to the machine, actually started looking around the lobby... like she was pumping gas and gonna be there for a while. Or maybe she was looking for someone to help her eat all that food?? I was waiting for her to actually start whistling.
The movie was good and I already want to see it again, maybe in a month or two. My sky-high expectations weren't exceeded, but I'm happy they were at least met.
This time around I bought the tickets online, weeks in advance. Sam met me at the Cinerama about an hour before the show. We were closer to the back of the line than the frothy front, but we still scored decent seats.
I guess the movie has already been leaed to the internet. But I can't imagine there'd be much of an audience out there in webworld, as virtually every computer nerd around was at the theatre today. Who else would stand in the hot sun for three hours in a full Darth Vader outfit?
Even better than the acne-prone types in costumes was this large woman who waddled away from the concession counter toting a large drink, box of red vines and a HUGE bucket of popcorn. She appeared to be alone as she shuffled over to the napkins and self-serve butter dispenser. Shoving her popcorn under the butter spigot, she jammed her thumb on the button, watched as the butter started to flow and then, with her thumb still attached to the machine, actually started looking around the lobby... like she was pumping gas and gonna be there for a while. Or maybe she was looking for someone to help her eat all that food?? I was waiting for her to actually start whistling.
The movie was good and I already want to see it again, maybe in a month or two. My sky-high expectations weren't exceeded, but I'm happy they were at least met.
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