At The Movies
We were invited to the movies this afternoon. We were four couples and we went to see "The Post," starting at 5:00 pm. It was in English with Spanish subtitles giving us a handy language course as a bonus. Here is a photo of the Ixtapa movie theater ...
I was told the ticket price was 40 pesos which is $2.75 in Canadian dollars, pretty cheap for a movie. But at the wicket I was told Wednesday is two-for-one day, so Carol and I both got in for the grand sum of $2.75. Our Cokes cost more than our admittance ticket.
Carol outside the theater ...
Once inside, the size of the theater surprised us. It must have had around 800 seats although there were probably no more than fifty people in it at the time. And the seats rock a little if you're inclined to that sort of thing. The screen was plenty big too.
One hour into the movie one of the characters asked, "What's going on?" The movie then froze, faded from the screen, and the house lights came on. It effectively heightened the relevance of the question. I learned we were being treated to a 15-minute intermission, an opportunity to buy another Coke or visit the Used-Coke Room.
As for the movie itself, it was about a time long ago when there used to be newspapers, printed on pages about half the size of a bed sheet that a person would hold with outstretched arms to read. The movie re-created 1971 very well, no computers, no Internet, no cell phones, plenty of public pay-phones, and gas-guzzler cars loaded with chrome. If you needed to get documents to somebody really fast, there was no snapping-a-photo-and-texting. You grabbed them and ran.
Afterwards we all went for pizza.
Carol outside the theater ...
No line ups today.
Once inside, the size of the theater surprised us. It must have had around 800 seats although there were probably no more than fifty people in it at the time. And the seats rock a little if you're inclined to that sort of thing. The screen was plenty big too.
One hour into the movie one of the characters asked, "What's going on?" The movie then froze, faded from the screen, and the house lights came on. It effectively heightened the relevance of the question. I learned we were being treated to a 15-minute intermission, an opportunity to buy another Coke or visit the Used-Coke Room.
As for the movie itself, it was about a time long ago when there used to be newspapers, printed on pages about half the size of a bed sheet that a person would hold with outstretched arms to read. The movie re-created 1971 very well, no computers, no Internet, no cell phones, plenty of public pay-phones, and gas-guzzler cars loaded with chrome. If you needed to get documents to somebody really fast, there was no snapping-a-photo-and-texting. You grabbed them and ran.
Afterwards we all went for pizza.
My cousin Rocky was in that movie as an extra. About 40 min into the film when Meryl Streep is dropped off at the Plaza Hotel in NYC and sits down at the hotel restaurant, a waiter walks across the screen behind her from the left....that’s him. You’d have to see the movie again to notice him, i guess!! Lol! Just an interesting thing I’d share with you! Miss you both!!
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