So I just got back from the most excruciating movie experience that I've had to endure since sitting through Cuba Gooding Jr in SNOW DOGS (2002). Before that, it had to be David Lynch's WILD AT HEART (1990). But those were excruciating for the embarrassment I felt for the actors involved. This time it was a different kind of pain.
My kids have been waiting patiently to see HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE since it came out in the summer. Times are too tight to afford taking all 3 of them and myself to the movies, which can cost $24 just to get in for the AMC weekend early movie time ($6 per person). I've been putting them off and promising that the first weekend it showed at the nearby second-run theater (it should be noted that times are so bad, $1 movies are now $1.99).
Wouldn't you know it... this was the weekend it finally opened there... just a few days after I broke my effing tailbone!
It's been sad enough to watch them wait patiently all summer (damn that Harry Potter for being so popular it stayed in first-run theaters that long!), so I couldn't make them wait any longer and possibly have them miss it... tailbone pain be damned!
So I just got back from the 1:30 screening with the kids. Why didn't someone tell me that I'd have to be in there for two-and-a-half hours?!?! Do you know how hard it is to sit on one butt cheek for that long? Not to mention having to keep the other leg crossed over the lower leg, to improve the hip spread and keep from any undue pressure on the tailbone. Oh. My. God. I was in so much pain, I started sweating about 40 minutes in... now I'm drenched and exhausted.
And guess what my younger two said when we left? "Well, that movie sucked." Awesome. My oldest loved it, but he read the book and knows what's coming in the last 2 parts of the series.
Oh, can we talk about the second-run theater for a moment? It's a lot like seeing a movie with "The People of Walmart," if Walmart had a free health clinic. There were so many people in there coughing and sneezing, I'm certain that I've caught at least 3 different diseases.
Pardon me while I go pump myself full of vitamin C and ibuprofen now.
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3 comments:
hey guess what! the hp movie is 2 and half hours long. :)
Now that is dedication! I remember taking Darth Jr. and his friends to films when he was younger, and spending most of the time escorting them to and from the restroom.
Now, Darth Jr. won't even go to see films with me anymore, although he might make an exception for Where The Wild Things Are.
Hope your tailbone heals soon-that sounds painful :/
Thanks, Eeth.
Hey there, Darth. Long time no see. I know I disappeared from the blogosphere for... what?... something like 3 years, but we always come back to the scene of the crime, don't we. Good to see you're still around!
My dorklings are all teens now and do not want me escorting them to the restrooms anymore, but they do occasionally let me take them to the movies.
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