A Night At the Movies

Last night I went to see The Departed. An amazing violent, yet hilarious movie about undercover cops and rats. Great movie. Loved every second of it, and most importantly the big named actors seemed to disappear and their characters actually came to life. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes good movies. In Scorcese terms, it's more Goodfellas then Casino. And it's sure to go down as one of his better pictures.

Now comes the complaining. As a recent resident of Chicago I decided to drive to the local cinema. AMC River East 21. A monsterous theater. While parking I see a sign that says 8 dollar special. Think ehhh not too bad. Well it was 8 bucks for a half hour. COME ON. Then when me and the three other folks I'm with go to buy a ticket to a 715 show we find out it's sold out. Fine, we'll do 815. Then the cashier explains that the validation won't work cause it's only for four hours. He tells me to leave and come back. I'm like sorry buddy that's not going to happen. Oh and the validation brings the price down to a reasonable 13 dollars. Alas that was wishful thinking. I end up paying 26 bucks to park, and a total of four tickets cost 36 bucks. Not to mention the 27 spent on popcorn and soda for all of us. So all in all for four people to enjoy a movie in downtown Chicago on a Sunday night the price tag to 89 bucks.

And you wonder why the movie business is doing so horrible.