Whoo-hoo! Another in a long line of firsts for us and for Andrea! We went shopping this morning, out to grab a bite and on the way home, I say the Century 16 theater from the freeway. I told Robert to get off at the next off ramp. We were going to check the movies showing and the prices. Talk about sticker shock! Movies in Mexico cost about $2.00 to get in. Thank the good Lord it was matinee time (do they even say matinee anymore?)
Andrea looked at us and said, "What is this place?" I looked at Robert and he looked at me . . .thinking, thinking, accessing memory banks. Nope, we had never taken her to a movie in Mexico, nor had anyone else to our knowledge. As broke as we were, we just had to do it. After hitting the ATM inside, we also bought a king's ransom of goodies: 3 drinks, 1 popcorn, 1 candy: $18. What's that MasterCard commercial? The look on her face whenshe saw the movie screen: priceless!
We sat in a nearly empty theater to watch Shark Tales - not bad as cartoons go, and Andrea absolutely loved it. She munched on popcorn and sat in wonder in a place we have by now taken for granted. Oh, what a blessing it is to have brought her here from a third world country to experience the American dream.
I had forgotten the how cool movie theaters could be. I so seldom attend that I can count the number of times in the past 10 years on one hand and possibly have change. Videos and DVD's have become a way of life for us. Anything we actually want to see waits for the home version. Boy, have we been missing the good stuff!
Well, there's always matinee tickets, senior and kid discounts, a backpack to carry our own snacks and a little girl with bright black eyes to encourage us. Who are we kidding? More movies comin' up.
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