Good Girl Gone Bad

I am a good girl - I follow the rules - I don't break the law - I generally do what is required of me. Except in one small area - movies!

What is it that I am talking about . . . . paying for 1 movie and then seeing more once you get in. I don't do this all the time - there is really only one theater in the area that this works well at - Lincoln Square Cinema - which happens to be the most expensive one - $8 for a matinee showing. You pay for the movie and they take your ticket as you walk in the door. There are 13 separate theaters at Lincoln Square and 10 of them are down one hallway. They have the names of the movies listed outside each theater along with the time that the next one is starting at.

I started out with the 1200 showing of the new Harry Potter movie. I thought it was a good movie - seemed like a connector movie though - you know - the kind that tie up a few things from the previous movie but is really setting things up for the next one. I haven't read the books so I don't know if the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was a connector book.

The next movie was 500 Days of Summer - a small indie film that got a lot of buzz at the Sundance Film Festival. It stars Joseph Gordon-Leavitt - the kid from 3rd Rock From The Sun and Zooey Deschanel - she has been in quite a few movies and guest spots on TV Shows. I became a fan of hers when she played DG on the mini-series Tin Man. I really liked the movie. I liked how it was so different - I had never seen a movie like this before - I liked how it didn't follow a regular formula.

When I left 500 Days of Summer I was planning on calling it a day but . . . in the theater right next door The Proposal was starting in 15 minutes. I thought - WTH - might as well see just one more. This one was funny but it followed the typical romantic comedy formula. Boy and Girl don't really like each other - they are put in a situation where they spend time with each other - they fall in love but don't think the other one has - they live happily ever after. The way they got from the beginning to the end was good - I am a fan of Ryan Reynolds! Betty White is hilarious as the Grandma in this movie.

Tomorrow is my last vacation day - I'm spending the afternoon with Lyd. Then I will be getting things ready for her Baby Shower on Saturday.

De

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