For less than $20!

Andrew and I impulsively decided to go out and see a movie tonight. The new Wallace and Gromit movie (rated G; always a good choice) seemed like the best option at the cinema closest to us, so we headed out into the brisk night, grabbed a quick chicken dinner at El Pollo Loco, and made it to the 9:20 showing.

We were the only ones in the theater!

Granted, it was one of their smaller theaters, and the movie has been out for a while now. Most people were there to see newer movies. I suppose everyone who might have wanted to see Wallace and Gromit late on a Monday night was either at a Halloween party or recovering from trick-or-treating. So it was a good night to go!

I commented to Andrew how cool it was that we rented a whole theater for ourselves, for a private showing of the movie, for less than $20!

And the movie was pretty funny, too!

A Date Night!

The other day a friend of mine gave me two tickets she had won for an advance screening of the new movie Oliver Twist, which comes out this Friday (she couldn't go). The screening is tonight, and Andrew kindly canceled his regular Tuesday night meeting to go with me so I wouldn't have to go alone (I didn't want to waste the tickets, so I would have gone by myself, but I've never done that -- to me, it kinda defeats the purpose of seeing a movie). I heard that when you go to an advance screening, they make you sign a form saying you won't talk about the movie online until its official release date. So I guess I won't be able to tell you anything about it until Friday! ;-)

I'm editing this post at 10:15PM to add that we are back from the movie now, and they didn't make us sign anything (I guess all screenings are different), so I am free to share my thoughts! I had read the book, so I knew what was going to happen, but I still enjoyed seeing it played out on screen. Well, as much as one can enjoy all the exploits of the evil and wicked villians in the film. And it was not fun to see poor, innocent Oliver mistreated by so many (I just wanted to take him home and feed him and give him a soft bed to sleep on), but of course, in the end, he gets to live with really nice people, so it all turns out well! If you enjoy Dickensian tales, I would recommend it! It was an enjoyable date night, and then afterwards, Andrew filled my car's gas tank (it was pretty much empty) and took it through a car wash, which it badly needed, so I felt "taken care of!" I sure love my hubby!