How dare you like the "Die Hard" movies. How dare you.

"A Separation" receives my highest recommendation. It's a fantastic film, and it might give you a lot to write about.

As for the guy with the lawsuit, minimum wage teenagers working at multiplexes don't frisk you to see if you're carrying a box of Costco-purchased Milk Duds in your pocket.

I sense a moonlighting opportunity for TSA agents.

It can always get worse, and usually does.

I haven't done a walk-in in years. The way it used to work is that premium places ($7 at the time) didn't have much problem with you sneaking in a beer or three. You just had to buy the popcorn and candy there.

The dollar savers would look for it specifically, and ask that you take the items back out.

Nowadays I just wait for it to come out on DVD, and watch it on my system.

@Jim - same here.

I can go to a theater, wedge my fat ass into a seat, listen to an improperly calibrated sound system, deal with chattering imbeciles who forgot to turn off their phones and eat popcorn with nothing to wash it down with (I try to avoid soda).

Or I can sit in my leather chair with a beer and a proper sound system and watch the Blu-Ray on my plasma TV. And if I don't turn off my cell phone, I've got nobody to blame but myself.

And I don't have to sue anyone either.

or it has to be something with "Die Hard" in the title

Welcome to the party, pal!

I loved the first Die Hard, but mainly because of Alan Rickman. But that scene of Willis removing the glass from his foot still makes me cringe.

We hardly ever go to the theatah anymore. We talk about going, but just don't get around to it before the movie we wanted to see is gone. So we pick it up later, even if we didn't pay attention to the "you must see it on the big screen" advice.

So we're behind the times on movies, too. That's all right...as long as I have my old MST3K's to fall back on, I'm happy.

Using this suit's logic, we can also sue restaurants that have a "no outside food or beverage policy." I mean, why should I have to pay $120 for a bottle of White Star at your fancy restaurant when I can pick it up at Spec's for $40? Or why pay $3 for a Diet Coke when I can bring one from home?

Anyway, last movie I went to was the blue alien Dances With Wolves remake. Might take Baby A to see The Lorax this weekend... and we'd go all out with popcorn and junior mints and Sprite, but her first time at the theater is a special occasion. I just need to figure out why it's rated PG instead of G, before I make a decision. So let me know, if you've seen it.

My 8 year old son and just saw The Artist. It was fantastic.

I love the blockbuster movie season. Hell I even went to see the Ghost Rider sequel, and enjoyed it so I clearly have no taste. And honestly, short of carrying the food in a grocery bag or plainly visible in your hands, the theater doesn't really care.

I do compromise by seeing most movies a few weeks after they come out. It still costs the same to me, but the theater gets to keep a bigger slice of the ticket sales. Avengers, Batman, and GI Joe are the only movies I have to see on opening night this year. In those cases it's just fun seeing the film with a bunch of other people who have been nerding out about it for almost a solid year. (Maybe not GI Joe, but ...... ok, I admitted to having no taste. At least I've never dragged my husband to a Twilight movie)

Pricklypear, tell me you have checked out Rifftrax. The MST guys have an mp3 for just about any movie you could want to watch on DVD. They used to have a few live events a year too so you could go to the theater and get an awesome telecast show. But Fathom entertainment is being poopy and hasn't scheduled a new one since last summer.

> I suspend disbelief like nobody's business.

We know.

GOD, that was a moment.

There is no excuse for wasting money seeing a movie anywhere but The Alamo, ever. If I can't see my "If you talk or Text we take your ass out" warning, I don't even want to go.

Popcorn prices are insane, but it's their right to charge it and your right to patronize or not. I chose not.

Stupid: The lawsuit.

Stupider: The inability to sit still for 90 minutes without cramming junk food into your maw.

Stupidest: Not having the basic cunning to bring in your own treats without the 17-year-old at the door figuring it out.

It's the Alamo Draughthouse, Amy. Here's one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs

The "We'll take your ass out" warnings usually show talkers being blown up, etc. It's pretty funny.

And here's an old one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gns5nuipweo

There are funnier ones, but I'm not finding them on youtube.

Elle, I've seen bits and pieces of Rifftrax and I want more, but I haven't started getting them yet. It's been a rough couple of years, financially, and we haven't bought anything. Old computer, old TV, old DVD player, old me...good thing I'm practically a luddite anyway.

I'm barely aware of mp3. Sometimes I don't know if I drive to work in a car or a pirate.

Moar

Elle, can we be Internet friends?? ^_~. You just described my movie season for the year! We've seen every Marvel movie in the theater (except Punisher War Zone [inlaws were sick] and Ghost Rider 2 [no babysitter]). Even though I hate Nic Cage with a burning passion, the urge to go and commiserate with other geeks is overwhelming.

For those movies, I do like to go on opening weekend, as Elle said, to absorb the geekiness. I love going to a superhero movie and seeing a cameo on the screen and hearing everyone go "OOOOH!". It's the thing I miss the most of my pre-baby life; going to the movies. That said, we stopped buying snacks for the most part. We usually would split a soda and that was all.

The movie theater around here has had a "no outside food/drink" rule for as long as I can remember. The thing is, I always ignore it. I always at least bring a bottle of water in my purse, because I'll most likely be thirsty. Sometimes I have a small snack too - usually something healthy that they don't serve anyway, like almonds. I figure the worse that can happen if I get caught is I'll have to throw it away. So...is this terrible of me? I don't feel that this is ripping off the theater in any way. Keep in mind that no matter what, under absolutely no circumstances, would I buy their snacks. Not even if they slashed the prices, because all of it is junk I shouldn't eat.

The bigger problem -- and I sometimes see five movies a week -- is that some of the theater-sold treats come in shrinkwrap that makes a ton of noise when people rustle it.

The movie theater around here has had a "no outside food/drink" rule for as long as I can remember. The thing is, I always ignore it. I always at least bring a bottle of water in my purse, because I'll most likely be thirsty.

I do the same thng, of course the bottle I take is a 3qt cylindrical thing Arrowead makes that freeze half filled and then top off. far too large to hide, and no one (working there) says a word. Its all about attitude.

DH and my dream is to open an Alamo franchise. Maybe someday...

Alamo MEANS it, too. They kick people out frequently. I would love to see Hunger Games there, but can't get a sitter for that and SxSW, so.....

Hint to Michigan guy: It is possible to make popcorn at home.