Movies

I decided over a year ago that going to the movies was a huge waste of money. I had a buddy I went with on Thursdays, we would meet after work, get popcorn, drinks find a nice seat half way up and in the middle then settle in for we hoped would be a good movie pic. My buddy has never seen a movie he didn’t like.  Well , he hated Solaris, but who didn’t.

Me on the other hand, well I have been called a movie snob more than once. I feel that if I am going to shell out 10 bucks for a movie ticket and another 10 for snacks I should be totally honest in what I thought of the movie. Now I always waited till after the movie. Always. You see, the older I get the more I dislike other people. Especially other people in movies theaters with me. They talk and shift and bring newborn babies and text and talk on their phones. Those of you who do it know who you are, it would be nice if this post would change your ways, but I know it won’t. I only hope one day someone does the same thing to you when you are trying to enjoy something. Karma is alive and well in my world.

But that was a bit of a tangent, I decided that if I simply held off for 6 months I would circumvent movie theaters altogether. No more 5 dollar popcorn, No more 5 dollar Jr. Mints. It was the perfect plan, and it worked. We made it through the rough times and actually used Blockbuster for the reason it was created, to watch movies you have never seen. Cheaper. Hell they even mail them to me. The cool thing about watching a movie at home, you don’t get as annoyed if it sucks. You’re just like, well that was bad, and you move on. You don’t have the sting of over priced tickets and food on top of a crappy movie. It was pleasant.

However, I am still a movie fan, some movies need to be seen on the bg screen. Iron Man, The new Star Trek. Both great movies and they were better when they were larger than life, larger than sound. It was great. And to the girl and boy sitting behind me and my wife, I am sure you were on a date, next time, go find somewhere to park, and you’ll get less looks from me. Anyway, it appears I inherited tangents from my father.

I will get to the point. I recently just bought tickets to see the new Transformers movie. My family loved the first movie, we are looking forward to seeing it tomorrow. I found myself reading my geek websites. Reviewing the movie, it sucks, they shouldn’t have made another one. So on and so forth. Tickets already purchased I found myself thinking that maybe we shouldn’t go to the movies tomorrow. What if it sucks?I have a lot of fond memories of going to movie with my father. It’s too bad

What if it doesn’t? Either way I am going out with my family. (which is important) And we will watch TF2. And Jerry better have done a damn good job. (I can call you Jerry right?).  There isn’t really a point to this post it’s more of a jumble of thoughts. Well if you need a point here goes. Critics can ruin movies before you even see them, and people can ruin movies while your in them. Either way, after tomorrow, I am heading back to blockbuster and my big screen tv and surround sound.

Bumble Bee is still my favorite.

J