Wrangler Dani

I really love going to the movies at the theater. Sure, it’s an indulgence, and occasionally you get a lip-smacker or someone who mistakes the theater seats for their therapist’s couch, but usually I love the movies. We just saw Act of Valor last night (SO GOOD, read my review here) and I thought I’d write down all the reasons it’s worth shelling out cash for a ticket instead of waiting to rent the DVD.

• Seats with removable arm-rests and an excuse to get all date-y and hand-holdy. This is silly, since we are old and married and live together and have a couch and everything, but snuggling up in the movies makes me feel like I’m on a date, and I still get all excited when we put back the arm-rest and get comfy.
• Candy. I love it, and the theater is one place I don’t have to justify the calories to myself.
• Ditto with popcorn. We also have a reward card at the theater, so we often get free goodies, which is even better.
• Costco movie tickets. So cheap! So awesome! So Costco, the best place on earth!
• Surround sound.
• Big screen. We have a big TV, but you can’t beat the theater picture and sound, particularly for action movies.
• Intentionality. You can’t get up and check the fridge, there’s no laptop of work asking for your attention. Sitting at the movies is at least two hours of uninterrupted brain-tune-outage, and it’s awesome.
• Sharing the experience with friends. Going to the movies in a group and talking about it afterward is unbeatable, especially when you see something particularly awesome or terrible.

What’s your favorite thing about the movies?