Movies and movie-related
Seconding many of the earlier gratitudes (Blockbuster, drive-ins, etc.). In addition, some personal ones to add:
Being invited by my neighbor to join their family to go see The Muppet Movie. Classic memory-including riding in the back of the station wagon mashed in with six other kids, the rear window rolled down.
Seeing The Other Side of the Mountain and Joni with my family. We didn't have a lot of $ and lived out in the country so seeing movies was a rare treat for me. Mom was (and still is, I think) a fan of the struggle despite seeming adversity tales.
Driving home from college with my dad and stopping at a video store (some mom and pop place), renting Karate Kid, taking it home and watching it with my younger siblings. I'm not sure Dad has as fond memories of that, as I think we drove Mom crazy doing the crane all weekend.
OK. I need a second set of three.
The tribute to John Williams our local symphony put on this past holiday season. They looked around at what other holiday offerings were happening in the community, figured the classics were well covered so decided to celebrate the holidays as a time with family and movies being a common family activity. Thus, a tribute to John Williams. It was delightful! They played music from Superman, Harry Potter and Star Wars. Some of the musicians came dressed as characters from those films. They did photos out in the lobby before the performance and during intermission. There was a Hagrid, a McGonagall, a Chewbacca, a Princess Leia, and others. So much fun!!!!
Private showings by the chain theater in our area. I splurged and rented the theater to see Elf with my work team during the holidays the second year of the shutdown. Being a small team, we were able to space ourselves according to our personal comfort level. It was a real boost for our morale.
Indy theaters. I love film. I especially love arthouse films. And the people who do the programming at those are some of the most creative minds around. There is an indy theater within 100 miles of me that I love. When they did an anniversary screening of The Godfather, they partnered with the Italian restaurant across the street to include cannolis with every ticket purchased. Similarly, the one in town, had White Russians available at the balcony bar when they did an anniversary screening of The Big Lebowski.
has lasted ao many years in general and that it still lets you check in with all of us,
or in a movie. Thank you everone for sharing such precious family Drive In and movie in general memories.
and his friends have been special to me all my life and that was a start of why.
), because I thought he was a Hellraiser movie fan page (his name was "Hellraiser" and he had a picture of Pinhead for his profile). He messaged me not long after, and I realized he was just him. 18 years later, it is still the best mistake I ever made. 
