Day Three Hundred and Forty - Deja Vu All Over Again

In the small town where I grew up there is only one movie theatre and it plays only one film @ a time. There is also a totally amazing drive-in that is totally amazing [I love drive-ins - they are the only thing that is amazing about cars]. Anyway, the movie theatre is called the Paramount Theatre [not sure if they named it after the movie studio or not] and it was our main source of entertainment when between the ages of 11 years old and 15 years old [after that drinking was the main source of entertainment - don't get me wrong, some people drank AND went to the Paramount, but less so]. The movie would change on Friday...but not every Friday. If a film was particularly popular then it would be repeated for a second week [or sometimes even a third week!]. The fact that it was the same movie would not distract us from going to the Paramount each Friday night [unless it was hockey season, then we would go to the arena - both areas were prime sources of public school boys, who were, for obvious reasons, highly desirable]. And the movie wouldn't matter either. The ticket takers didn't seem to care about ages [oh, except for once when me and my cousin were busted for trying to see Child's Play]. So, we saw a lot of crap. Repeatedly.

I'm not sure if it's because I know what it's like to live without choice...but these days I never go see films in the cinema more than once. Oh, except for today when I saw a film for the second time in the cinema. The film was obviously The Dark Knight...because...duh. We originally saw it in a big box cinema and this weekend it was on @ the Bloor [where we were able to buy both tickets and a membership for me for less than what it would cost for one ticket @ a regular cinema]. The film definitely stands up well on repeat viewings [I actually like it even more now and I didn't think that would be possible] and while I plan to get it on DVD, I wanted one last chance to see it in a theatre with all the loudness and darkness and sticky floors. I have to say - it is definitely a better film than the one that I willingly saw numerous [yes, more than two times] times @ the Paramount - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. For a span of two weeks, that film was my whole life.