An Aside
I will never understand why a movie ticket costs upwards of 8 dollars. When we first started going to the regal tickets were 6.50 i believe. Now they run 8.50. And...AND... like the case tonight 9.50. All because they have to show the movie on the Imax screen. Even though the film is not an Imax film. Meaning they're just projecting the regular movie onto a larger screen, distorting it and charging an extra dollar on top of it.
Why am i so upset you might be wondering. Its only 1 more dollar afterall. Its the principle. The cost of going to the movies is already way over-inflated. You want a small popcorn? thats 5 bucks, 6 something for the large. Drink? Theres another 4-5 dollars. It costs 1 person nearly 20 dollars to go to the movies if they get a drink and snack. That's like 2-3 hours of work for most of us. It's a ripoff i tell you! The media industry wonders why "illegal" file sharing is so rampant. A guy can find a brand new movie online for free and rip it onto a dvd in 30 minutes and all it costs is like a dollar for the blank disc (provided you have a burner and intranet connection.)
I might look into doing this and boycotting the movies all together or limit it to the drive-in. That might also cost 8 bucks but you get 2 movies and can bring your own food.
