I Am A Normal Consumer?!?

I hadn't seen many movies in the theatres in the past couple years. But, this last month I have enjoyed the short escape of the movie theatre and seen more movies than I had the whole previous year.
Then this morning, as I was working on a current event assignment for a class I found this article on KSL. So apparently I'm normal in my desire to go escape at the movies.

Movie theaters doing well in down economy
February 6th, 2009 @ 9:06pm
By Randall Jeppesen
The economy might be slowing down, but that's not keeping people from heading to the movies. Many haven't just been going to the movies; they've been flocking to see films.
Megaplex Theaters spokesman Jeff Whipple says the theater chain had a record-setting January in ticket sales, up 26 percent from January one year ago "I think people are realizing life goes on, and so we still need to entertain ourselves. We need to find a way to escape the commotion of the regular world. People have realized that movie and popcorn is a pretty good value," Whipple said.
He says Hollywood, in general, had $1 billion in ticket sales in January for the first time ever, and that's without any major blockbuster movies out at this time.

Now if I they had all been good movies, that I enjoyed, maybe I would feel better about the high January ticket sales. Yet, tomorrow I am going to see another movie, so I apparently live in hope of finding good movies at the theatres.

A Good Book

So, as many of you know I am a huge fan of books on tape. I love listening to stories while I drive to and from work, or when I am at work and alone in the front area. It is a way I can multitask and enjoy it. Actually I am blogging and listening to a story now. :)

This week, on the recommendation of a great librarian, I listened to Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes.

This is a fairly short YA book about a 12 year old girl named Martha Boyle, she goes to her grandmother's for summer holiday and has some interesting, simple experiences. The book made me remember some simpler times in my life and also think about what is really important in my life. It is an easy read, but definately worth your time.

I hope you are all reading fun books yourselves. Have a wonderful weekend. Loves.

What Not To Watch...

On Sunday I was stressed from life and needed some time out. So, Scott and I thought we would go and see a movie. I actually went on Fandango and read reviews and looked at what was out there. That is not my norm.

In the end we decided to go see Paul Blart: Mall Cop. I wanted my money back and more importantly my time. It was suppose to be funny but most the time I just groaned wondering why I was sitting there watching this. The few times I did laugh, the little voice in my head was asking "why is this funny and what does it say about you that you are laughing at this?" not really what I want running through my head while I laugh.

By the time we left we were in some ways more down then when we entered the movie. So now what? Well of course I could not just cut my losses. So back to my comp we went. After looking around again we decided to try a dollar show instead and go see City of Ember at Movies 8. Firstly did you know there is no more dollar show? Kids and students and matinees are $1.25 and normal tickets are $1.50. Inflation at work. *sigh* I liked this one better, at least I didn't want my money back. :) But, there were lots of plot holes. I really wasn't sure the driving factors in this story. Maybe, if I had read the book it would have been better.

On the way home I asked Scott which show he liked better. He said "neither". When I pressed him and asked if he had to recommend one which would he tell people to see, "I would tell them to save their money and find something better". So all in all a disappointing "unwind" day. Ah well. Back to life.

PS. We did see Marley and Me a few weeks ago and I really liked that one. So when that is at the dollar theatre go see that.