Confession is Good For the Soul

Hello. My name is Emily and I'm a movie theater snob.

I just realized this tonight after seeing Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 3D at a Cinemark Theater with stadium seating. This was not my first viewing of said film. I saw it opening day in Cleveland, Ohio in a theater without stadium seating and in regular 2D. And I paid more in Cleveland. I saw Zookeeper the next day at a different theater in Cleveland. My sister turned to me and said, "This is why there was no one at that theater for Harry Potter. They were all here at the niiice theater."

Now, I'm not usually a fan of 3D but, dude, this was SOOOOO cool in 3D! And sitting in my stadium seat where no one was blocking my view of the awesomeness that was being viewed was so nice. I ate my pistachios and macadamia nuts in blissful cinematic escape mode. I love cinematic escape mode. I try to enter it at least once a week.

A comment made to me at a showing of X-Men First Class now makes more sense to me. An unwed male of my acquaintance asked me if I have ever been to an Alamo Draft House. I did not know what this was. He told me he'd tell me later but that I would probably love it. (Later: he told me to Google it. You can't see me but I rolled my eyes.) Oh. My. Soul! It is the dream theater! They serve guacamole at this theater! I usually sneak Jack in the Box food into the theater when I go to see a movie because I'm cheap like that and think I should be allowed to eat dinner while watching the movie. Duh! Plus, I have a tiny Jack in the Box problem and since I acknowledge this problem I have restricted myself to eating there twice monthly. Therefore, I make a big deal out of it.

I want to go soon but am scared that it will ruin all other movie theater experiences for life. Mohammed never entered Damascus because he said that one should only enter Paradise once. What if I like the Paradise of Movie Theaters so much that's the only one I ever want to go to?!? It would scar me! I need movies. They're one of my three favorite vices. Now, if they had stadium seating that reclined with a built-in footrest that would trump guacamole. One can dream....