I decided on a whim to go to the movies tonight. I highly suggest if you’re the type that doesn’t like packed theatres, go on a Wednesday night. There was next to no one there. Corina and I went to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall and there were maybe 15 people, and it was showing in one of the bigger theatres. As I’m sure you’re aware this is the latest effort from Judd Apatow, who at this point directs or produces about 91 films a year these days. I don’t think he actually sleeps. Anyhow, it was pretty much what you would expect from an Apatow movie. Some gratuitous penis shots, sprinkled with a couple corking one liners and a cast of usual suspects paired up with some decent eye candy(Kristin Bell and Mila Kunis). Lather, rinse, repeat, you know the drill. With that being said I enjoyed it. I would probably rank it as better then Knocked Up(which I really didn’t like that much) but not nearly as good as Superbad or 30 Year Old Virgin. Take that for what you will.

I haven’t been to the movies in awhile, but I found the whole experience pretty off-putting. We went without having dinner beforehand, figuring we would just get some food there. As you would expect it was expensive. We had a free pass, so for 1 ticket, a hot dog, nachos and candy for one order and large popcorn and large pop as the other it was $32. I had no desire to get a large popcorn, but the combos they cobble together made it somehow the best deal. I wanted a regular popcorn and pop, yet it was more then the large popcorn and pop because the combo included a big bag of M&Ms. The large combo came with a small candy as well. I had the choice of Glosett Raisin(gross) or Nibs(double gross).

Once we got in the theatre we were met with the usual crap image quality that movie theatres are known for. I find I used to give this a pass, but now I have an HDTV and the differences are just so glaring now. It seems the only thing the theatres have going for themselves nowadays is that people just want to get out of their houses from time to time. You would figure these theatre chains would try and put a little more effort into making the trip out worthwhile. George Lucas was preaching about digital back in the late 1990′s and theatres haven’t really listened. It’s now 10 years later and I still don’t see a large influx of digital screens available in my area.