With us having a long weekend, that meant that we had an extra “free” evening when I didn’t have to go to bed early. The Mr. is retired and doesn’t have to worry about such things as getting up early, unlike Yours Truly.
Saturday, we took ourselves to an actual theater to watch the newest installment in the Mission Impossible franchise.
The hubby got his first-ever Senior discount. 🤣
Despite the mid-day showing time, we were concerned that people would be out in full force since it was a holiday weekend and it was the newest movie to be released. Not so. We had our pick of seats.
Of course snacks were in order.
Twizzlers are vegan. Betcha didn’t know that.
The movie was nearly three hours long. We thoroughly enjoyed it!
The comedic pauses and nods to the former movies in this series were great! We usually prefer to watch movies at home thanks to being able to pause them when need be, but this movie begs to be seen in the big screen.
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Saturday night, from the comfort of our living room, we queued up a movie we’d been seeing previews for: Fountain of Youth.
It’s on Apple TV and has some big stars headlining it.
Honestly, while John Krasinsky was subtly funny, the movie was a kettle blah for me. Natalie Portman was a little all over the place. The story didn’t feel all that creative. It felt like a combination of National Treasure and Indiana Jones – but not as good.
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Sunday night, we watched Rogue One, the movie that according to the Star Wars timeline we’ve been following, should be viewed after the Andor series (which we just finished).
Knowing Cassian Andor’s back story improved the plot so much more! The ending made me want to shed all of the tears.
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Monday, we got ourselves ready (despite my expressed wish to remain in my pajamas all day) and went back to the theater to watch The Last Rodeo.
Angel Studios used to be the company that put out The Chosen series. They have gone their separate ways, but we’ve continued to follow Angel Studio’s updates. This company puts out clean, morally uplifting movies.
We get free tickets to their movies in exchange for supporting them, but we had never actually used the tickets.
Hence our foray back to the theater Monday.
I had bought a big package of Twizzlers from Kroger the day before in anticipation.
We were pleased to see the theater fill up about halfway. For a 1pm time slot, that wasn’t bad at all!
The movie was good; the bull riding action was great! Some of the dialogue was hokey, but the casting was well-done, and the characters played off of each other well.
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Monday evening, we watched the next installment in the Star Wars series, A New Hope (Episode IV).
I remember watching this in the theater when it came out. I was all of seven years old and had no idea it would spark a lifetime of love for this storyline and the characters involved.
No star rating because it’s kind of hard to rate a classic.
So, have you watched any movies recently? What’s your go-to genre?
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