...you'll end up with some free movies!
Not sure if you're familiar with these books but the first one was a favourite when we were kids...and then I found out there were others like this second one.Mr.S and I had a very cheap date night last night. By cheap, I mean we went the coupon route and the gift card route and Cheaped. It. Out. I love coupons and I love gift cards. I’m not embarrassed to keep them in my wallet nor to use them because really, they’re meant to be used and they’re meant to save you money, and really, who doesn’t want to save money?
So after a half-free dinner at Swiss Chalet (thanks to all those Festive Special coupons!) or well, more than half-free because of the gift card we had, we headed to go watch a movie. (Thank goodness for their Garlic Cheese Loaf...I had a killer garlic bread craving and that SQUASHED it.)
Mr.S redeemed some Air Miles for 2 for 1 movie passes so we used one to buy tickets for the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. We were over half an hour early and so we went to the theater to just sit, read Famous and relax before the movie. We walked in and were the only ones there so we really relaxed and did the frowned upon thing of taking off our shoes and putting our feet up on the chairs in front of us.
We rocked in our chairs and heard the creeking and then we heard
another sound. We’d pause and it’d pause, so it was confusing as to whether it was us or something else. And then we’d hear it when we were perfectly silent. Being the only people in the theater we were taken aback by the sound being made by something or someone other than us. It was a little freaky.
We listened more closely and it sounded like
1. A bag of popcorn…
2. …being moved around…
3. …because there was something inside it…
4. …in the row in front of us!!!
So, we looked at each other trying to read what the other person was thinking to do. We both got our stuff, walked out to the aisle and tried to quickly decide: Do we move to another row? Do we leave entirely? Do we get someone to clean it up and come back?
We decided to at least tell SOMEONE so it could be taken care of. We told the first staff member we saw who then got the manager for us. We told the manager the situation and right away, he offered to:
1. Let us watch any movie for free last night
2. Give us passes to watch Imaginarium at any other day and time (the one we went for was the last showing of the day)
3. Of course, get someone to take care of the situation
So, we decided to take advantage of both offers and watch a free movie AND get movie passes. He showed us a list of movies that were still available to watch at the time and right away he suggested Avatar, mentioning that since it’s in 3D, it’s actually more expensive than watching a regular movie, so we said, “Screw that it’s three hours!” and we took the glasses and walked in just before the lights dimmed*.
And now, I’m going to say the same thing that pretty much everyone who’s seen the movie has said.
Oh.Em.Gee.I.Loved.It.Really, there was nothing to not love. It’s not only visually stimulating (worth EVERY penny of those millions spent, seriously), but the story is pretty good (if you’ve seen it/when you see it, you’ll understand why I loved the story so much, being a tree hugger and all) and of course, I was entertained. And maybe it was even better because it was free (kinda like how free food tastes better than paid-for food). The one thing I found challenging was wiping my tears under my 3D glasses…I was NOT going to take them off for a second. But that’s probably an isolated problem. HAHA!
I loved the movie so much, I couldn’t sleep last night (er, this morning because we got home pretty late) AND I was having dreams all night AS AN AVATAR/NA’VI. I told Mr.S about it this morning and it turned out he was dreaming in the same way!! I’m excited to sleep tonight so I can visit Pandora again. Awesome.
Ugh, loved it, loved it, loved it.
I must thank that little mouse or whatever creature that was in that bag of popcorn. Thanks to him/her, we got free movies!! Yay!**
*We had intended to watch Avatar in Imax 3D but hey, it’s free, why not, right?
**Oh, and the manager said that they found the bag but not the creature and that he called to get someone in to look after the problem this morning.
