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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I think it’s fun to go to the movie theater every once in a while! We go through spurts of going/not going and right now we are in a not going phase. We are also Angel Guild members and were good for a while about seeing the new releases in the theaters (especially since we didn’t have to pay additionally for them). We may have to see the Last Rodeo.
I am surprised to hear that Twizzlers are vegan. One of my friend’s first job out of college was for Kraft foods. She told me that anything gelatinous was made from horses (their hooves, I think. Honestly, I’ve tried to block the memory but I can’t entirely…). I think of Twizzlers as sort of gelatinous but maybe they aren’t and/or maybe there’s another way to make them that is vegan? Anyway, it sounds like a fun weekend of movie watching and treats for you guys!
Good morning! Gelatin is not vegan, but pectin is plant-based and used in a lot of jams. Surprisingly, Twizzlers don’t have either ingredient! Yay for me!!!
We rarely ever go to the movie theater. I literally can’t remember the last time Mark and I went together. I’ve been to one or two with other people. Our summer sermon series is Epic Summer at the Movies. A co-worker and I have been writing the adult Sunday School curriculum so I’ve been watching the movies. We watched a movie from the 1940’s on Saturday and it was in black and white!! The theme for that one was corruption of power so it was pretty heavy. Last night, while Mark was out of town, I rented Inception. That was one of the weirdest movies I’ve ever seen.
I didn’t know that Twizzlers are vegan!
Yeah, we don’t go to the movie theater often, but when do, it’s in spirts. Inception is a very strange movie indeed! I don’t enjoy movies where I have to work hard to understand hats happening. Lol!
I love Twizzlers but man, they tear my stomach up. I dont know why.
Fun fact – I’ve seen ZERO of the Mission Impossible movies. Ricky loves them – me – no thanks.
We got a senior discount when we went to see Thunderbolts – it made a HUGE difference for a movie ticket. Ricky loves senior discounts & asks for them wherever he goes! hehe!
I have never heard of Twizzlers hurting someone’s stomach. How strange!!