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Let’s all go to the lobby!

Tonight (presuming there are no small-child meltdowns over darkness and/or loud noises) my kid is going to see her first movie in the theater:

horton hears a who

And, of course, we will buy about $14 of very bad, greasy, salty popcorn.

What do you buy at the concession stand? More importantly, what do you wish you could buy there?

13 comments to Let’s all go to the lobby!

  • There’s a Horton Hears a Who movie!!?!?! I need to find a small child to take to this, pronto! But I don’t think I know any…

    I like to get popcorn with movie theater “butter”, but only if I have people to share with. Otherwise, Bunch-a-Crunch or other bite-sized chocolate things. Definitely chocolately things or buttery things. I’m always tempted by the nachos and pretzels, but the “butter” and chocolate always wins out.

    I wish they sold cocktails and wine. Reasonably priced. But only at the froofy art theaters. For that matter, I could enjoy a nice latte during my movie too. And maybe some hors d’oeuvres. Wow. This sounds like the best theater ever.

  • Yes, ma’am. I was on the fence about it until I saw this clip and I was sold.

    I admit, I am partial to nachos with their cheese-like ooze. Although I could go for a latte and maybe a pastry, too.

  • I HAVE to get the popcorn. I can’t smell it without having to get it.

    I wish they sold beer. Like good microbrews because that would go great with popcorn.

    We used to go to a theater (showing older movies) where you sat a tables and you could order things like pizzas, sandwiches, french fries, appetizers, etc. The food wasn’t outstanding, but it was a fun date night.

  • I am a smuggler so I don’t buy anything at the movies. But, I would if we had a place like Alamo Drafthouse or they sold that chocolate covered puffed wheat stuff. Or pickles.

  • We saw Horton Hears a Who this weekend with our 4 1/2 year old. He has been to a few movies, but this was one of the first that he actually sat still all the way through. Overall hubby and I liked it too. I love movie theater pop corn, and cannot pass it by when they are popping it up fresh.

  • Sarah

    I’m a smuggler, as well. Burritos and Junior Mints; wish I could buy a latte.

    Was the movie any good?

  • Alyce

    I’ve seen people get kicked out for smuggling (the pungent, unmistakable scent of hamburger), so I’ve never risked it on anything other than bottled water.

    I like popcorn with buttery/butter-flavored topping.

    I have eaten a hot dog once or twice during truly desperate moments.

  • Sam

    I get a small popcorn, large soda. No butter. Sometimes I’ll get Sno-Caps as well. I sued to get the $7 hot dog before I got my LAP band surgery, but can’t anymore – it doesn’t agree with me, put it that way. lol
    I wish they would serve high-end, nose-in-the-air
    coffee drinks, like someone said.

  • Sam

    oops, I meant “used”, not “sued”. No hotdogs?? I’m suing your a$$ for deprivement of by-products!

  • There were no Sno-Caps! None! And no JujyFruits (although I stopped eating them once the green ones started to be lime and not mint).

    I think I would sue to get hot dogs, if I had to.

  • Sam

    God, I remember the mint ones. Sno-Caps and Jujy Fruits (my brother called them Juicy fruits when he was little)are omnipresent in all movie theaters in NJ. There’s even a standard line-up:
    Sno-Caps, then Jujy Fruits, then Bunch-a-Crunch, then Gummi worms, then Goobers, then Butterfinger Bites.

  • Sam

    If I may open a can of worms here – do you remember Jujubes? If you do, are you of the camp that pronounces them “joo-joobs” or “joo-joo-bees”?

  • I do (my grandmother ate them) and I pronounce them in the latter fashion.

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