Our park calendar for Wednesday was pretty empty, so while at the mall, we stopped at the Multi Plex theatre to see what shows were running for the evening...We decided to go to Life of Pi at 7:20....
We returned home and while having some appetizers and wine, the owner of the house we are renting, arrived at our door and asked if he could show the house as he had someone interested in buying it.
We agreed and then hoped they would not want to buy it and move in right away...... We have nothing in writing that states, we get to stay for the 3 months even if it is sold....
At 6:30 we headed into town to go to the movie theatre. At this time I must tell you that we have not attended a movie in a decade so were a little naive.
First the cost...Harvey said 2 for Life of Pi please..... I then piped in ....we are seniors.....and he said Ok that will be $9.00 each or $18.00. .... Wow the prices have sure gone up. As we were walking around to going the door, ..it said on the wall behind the counter Life of Pi - Adult $8.50.....so my thinking is they charge more for seniors as we tend to spill more popcorn on the floor.....
We were then handed 2 pair of sun glasses..... which in a moment or two I realized they must be 3-D....Yippee....our first movie in a decade and we get to see 3-D....The last 3-D glasses I had were those little paper ones that were red and green thin film.
But first, we just had to have popcorn and a drink..... Surprise #2
We ordered the medium popcorn and a large drink to share between us. Harvey also wanted some chocolate....They did not have bars but boxes of chocolate only which were $4.00
They pulled out our cup for our large drink and we both yelled NO! It was about the size of a 2 liter bottle.....We said oh that is way too much give us a smaller one, to which she started filling the smaller one which was huge again....We figured if we drank all of that we would miss most of the show by being in the bathroom. Then came the popcorn.......It took Harvey two hands to carry it..... The total cost for a drink, popcorn and chocolate...was $15.00
$33.00 to go see a show .......
We then went into the theatre and got seated....the promos were already running and there was a total of 7 couples in the theatre....We certainly had a pick of the best seats in the theatre. No wonder it was empty.....$33.00 for a couple....That is 4 months of Netflix on my laptop...ha ha
Up on the screen finally popped a notice to "Please put on your 3-D glasses."
My first question, Do they go over our glasses? or do we take off our glasses.?
I put them over my glasses and it was pretty blurry... I took off my glasses and it was pretty blurry......I took off all glasses and it was pretty blurry..... I then repeated that a few times....to no better a view. I then even put my glasses over the 3D glasses....Nope!!!
The one lens was ok but the other one was black and very blurry....
So we watched awhile with one eye closed....I continued to complain to Harvey that this was not right.....People really like 3D......I am sure they can see the movie better than this.....Harvey kept reassuring me that when the main feature started it would get better.....Of course he is the ultimate optimist.
Now the main feature started and after a few mins the man in front of us got up and went out, then a lady behind us yelled out...."Can anybody else see the screen properly" To which we all yelled NO
Soon the man returned with a worker who said we had a bad batch of glasses and they would get us new ones....We waited a few mins and more people went out. Then 2 more workers came in and announced it was not the glasses but the projector and they would have it fixed soon.....So now we have missed the first 10 mins of the show....well, we had seen it one-eyed I guess.
Then it all cleared and we had our first wonderful look at proper 3D......It was fabulous.....
The Life of Pi was a great show, truly amazing on how they made it with the animals, and as we were leaving, they presented us, for our discomfort, a coupon for a free med popcorn next time......
Yippee more giant popcorn......to spill on the floor ........
okay we will see if you get this I was using anoymous I know spelled wrong. Beautiful here today plus 6 and sunny so went and washed van and did a few errands. Sure hope they don't sell it but surely not I mean that would be really really unfair. Has your other one that you had last year been rented? Have a great happy hour, keep up the good work. I know what you mean about movies haven't been to one in 20 years and I believe it is even pricier here. vel
ReplyDeleteYes Vel, they have sold tghe one we rented last year. I am understanding that there are a few to rent here but I do not think he would do that to us as we did rent for 3 months.
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