Movie Night

My daughter and I had one of those rare evenings when we did something together, just the two of us. We always make lots of plans, but then she ends up doing something else. So we both committed to seeing a movie Saturday night, Juno. Great movie, sweet acting, lots of recognizable faces (and one newcomer - the lead). Loved the movie and will probably go see it again. I do that with movies I like.

I always love sitting in a theater, in anticipation of the show. But you know what got my blood on the warm side? It wasn't boiling, but I did make a comment out loud. The fact that they're showing commercials before the previews even start. I don't mind that Coke is trying to push their product, it's being sold there so that doesn't bug me. It was the MUCINEX commercial! You know the medicine that gets rid of the slimy green goo that you cough up when you have pneumonia?? Yeah, THAT stuff.

Excuse me, I'm eating popcorn and jujubes, do I really need to be reminded that some people spew slimy green goo when they're sick and the only thing that will cure it is a medicine that uses a giant green gooey looking monster as their spokesperson? We're paying to see a movie, it's not like we got in there for free, so how do they justify that? I know theaters don't make money off movie prices, and the biggest profit is from the stuff they sell in the lobby. So, how about you get the candy makers to buck up and buy ad space to sell more? Dancing boxes of popcorn and candy are much more appealing than spewy, gooey things. Yuk.