A couple weeks ago, Matty did something that seriously impressed the hell out of me. Well, I’ve been meaning to write about this since I did it on Saturday, but I came damn close to matching Matty’s majestic feat when this past Saturday I decided at relatively the last minute to do a 12-1/2 hour, six-movie marathon at that beloved home of theater-hopping, the AMC 25. With the movies I saw, it was literally impossible for me to see seven. I was there for one of their first showing of the day, and by the time the last film got out, everything else had started. (I blame Cinderella Man for being long.) Still, considering that the day before I had seen Me and You and Everyone We Know and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and then went home that night and watched the great Kirby Dick doc Twist of Faith, that kind of counts as 10 movies in less than a 48 hour period. Not bad, eh? (Or maybe bad. Unhealthy. Obsessive. Nuts. Come on people, don’t make me do all the work myself!)
Anyway, I’ve been meaning to write all about the day, but I intended to do a little bit of reviewing of each of the films too, and I just haven’t had the time to do that write-up. So that will still have to come later. Plus, I saw a ton of trailers, some good, some not so good, some too many times.
My day started with a 12:05 PM showing of Bewitched (which I have to admit did not suck as much as I had heard), followed by the 2:20 French romantic trifle Apres Vous …. I then headed to the 4:20 screening of Grand Canyon Magnolia Crash. (I kid. It’s its own film, of course. And I even liked much of it.) Crash ended and I went straight into the 6:15 showing of Rize which ended just in time for me to head to the time-hogging behemoth otherwise known as Cinderella Man at 8:05. (Even though I didn’t pay for my ticket, I wouldn’t have asked for my money back; but I could have used that unnecessary 20 minutes or so for something else.) I wrapped-up my day with the only film that I wasn’t actually all that interested in seeing — the 10:45 Monster-in-Law — but it was between that and Rebound (yeah, toss-up at best), and I went with JLo and JFo because it started sooner, and I just don’t like the down time.
I brought just enough provisions with me — a couple sandwiches, a small thing of greek salad, some flat bread an apple, along with an iced tea and a large water — in a collapsable cooler in my bag. I basically had one food item for each movie, and, to be fair to the theater, I bought a couple sodas and a chocolate covered raisins during the day as well. Basically, most people might spend about $20 (ticket, popcorn, soda) for one movie — I spent $30 for six. That’s the way I like it.
The day was actually fun, and although Saturday was gorgeous here in NYC, the weather said Sunday and Monday were going to be as well … and they were, so I didn’t feel like I missed out on too much nature what with a bike ride, some brunch, a concert in battery park and fireworks. All-in-all a good, movie-filled fourth.
And now, as usual, I’m out of time and rushing, so more specific word on all these movies later, but in the mean time … Matty, I will get to seven and match you one of these days! I just can’t go to a 2-1/2 hour one in the middle of it all.
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