Date night in the mountains

It’s been forever since Craig and I went to a movie together and I knew Craig really wanted to see the new Narnia movie. There is only one theater in the small town and there were only two movies showing, the new Indiana Jones movie and Narnia. In addition, there was only one showing of each movie. I somehow thought the line would be long since both movies started at the same time. I was wrong. The window to buy the tickets was outside and the doors to enter each theater were on either side of the ticket window. Movie theater one to your left and movie theater two to your right and the guy who sold us our tickets doubled as the person who tears your ticket, too. It’s totally an honor system thing since there really isn’t any way to control me from going through the door to the movie.

Just check out our tickets to the movie!!!

Welcome to a small town. Once inside, the concession stand opened up to both sides and offered typical movie theater fare, but at much lower prices. Just check this out:

Adult...........$5.00

Children.....$3.50

Popcorn.....$2.00

Drinks........$1.50

AMAZING! Granted, we don’t get a huge selection (there were other candy items, but I don’t remember the prices), but we do get cheap tickets and if we want popcorn, we’re not breaking the bank!

I somehow believed movie theaters made all their money on concessions and not ticket sales – even though an adult ticket in the city runs around $9.50 – matinee is a dollar less. If this is true, then I have no idea how the theater pays their bills because those prices are from 1985. I think movie theaters have led us to believe ticket prices allow them to “break even” on the movie while they secretly laugh all the way to the bank.

It wasn’t exactly a “Majestic” moment, but it certainly came close. Since Craig and I travel to the mountains so often, I think we’ll go to movies up there from now on.