Tuesday, June 9, 2015

A Strange Experience

Went to the movies last Friday with Carol to see "Aloha."

This movie has been savaged by critics.

Got to the theater barely on time and had to wait in a long line of fellow escapists to belly up to the ticket counter.

The movie had only been out for one week and I was afraid it would be sold out.

Got the tickets in my greasy little hands and we made our way into the theater as previews were already in progress.

We sat down and watched the previews with the eight other people who were in the theater.

I am not sure we have ever been in a theater with that low of a headcount.

I am not exaggerating. If there were more than ten people in that room I would be stunned.

How does that work? People read reviews and boycott the movie?  People trash it on line?

People see it the first week out and somehow spread the word that it is not worth the effort?

Don't know, don't care.

Carol and I enjoyed the movie.

It was definitely fluff with an injection of forced drama but still, it was a nice movie.

Definitely not Bradley Cooper-esque, but it was easy on the mind and soothing to the psyche.

Beyond that, it was another "digging the summer" step. We got out of the house on a Friday night and went on a date.

Topped it all off with a visit to Taco Bell after the movie.

TACO BELL.

We never go there. We did it for fun, for the hell of it, brought the grub home and chowed it contentedly.

We were the last ones out of the movie theater. We always wait a few minutes for the crowd to thin out. In this case the entire crowd was gone in 10 seconds.

Tough luck for them. We got to see a cool scene during the credits.

It was a good night. I'm 0 for 2 in the recent movie department though. Saw the new Mad Max movie with Craig. It was a non-stop blur of action, but not much of a story. Aloha was soothing but not deep.

The next movie I observe better be heavy duty.

I could use a jolt of electricity.

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