The Triple Show
Posted by Matt Rosenberg on December 27, 2009 at 12:10 am
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REDDITDecember 25, 2009 will now be known on my life calendar as the day I first completed the triple show. I’ve pulled off the double show before, as I’m sure many have you as well. My recent absence from the movies forced my hand as my list of want-to-see movies piled up. I had no choice but to attempt a triple, and survived to tell the story. Before getting to the theater I had to figure out a schedule that actually worked aka pick movies that would be ending as the next would be starting. The best schedule I could come up with was Invictus at 1, Sherlock at 3:50 and Avatar at 6:30. So off we went.
Part I – The first show began at 1pm, and was Invictus. If you saw the trailer, you know the movie. I’ve got to say I really enjoyed this movie. It was the rugby version of “Miracle.” The one thing I’d say needed to be added to make this movie better was some explanation of rugby. Sure, I got the picture that kicking it through the uprights got your team 3 points, but the WWF grappling made little sense to me. All in all the movie was great and Morgan Freeman could have something to say come Oscar time. By the way, my snack consisted of pick-n-mix candy; sour-patch watermelons are incredible. Part I complete at about 3:25.
Part II – The end of Invictus gave me a movie high, so I had a burst of energy and plenty of patience left to take me into the second part – Sherlock Holmes which started at 3:50. I brought a six-inch sub with me, so no popcorn or pick-n-mix here. The first hour of this movie depleted my patience tank and destroyed my energy. I fell asleep at the 40 minute mark and twitched and turned more than Gary Sheffield at home plate. RDJ and Jude Law bored my attention away and Rachel McAdams was lame. She pretty much sucked. Though, I guess it wasn’t her fault the script was subpar. At the end of Sherlock, the clock showed 6:15. Let’s just say round II of the triple left my running on fumes.
Part III – The finale of the triple was Avatar and started at 6:50. This time I brought in popcorn with me; the only way to appropriately complete the triple. By the way, I had to sprint to the box office during the intermission to grab my 3d glasses. Man did the sound nerdy. At first I doubted my energy to make it through another 3 hours of movie. However, Avatar fixed that real quick. Nick already talked about the movie in his snap review, but let me just say I was blown away with Avatar. This also marked the first time I did not get dizzy in a 3d movie. The movie was a masterpiece. Sure, the acting only needed to be average, but even the acting was pretty good. The only bad thing about this movie was the a**hole sitting to me who had his ringtone turned on with maximum volume. This was a grown man with some Britney Spears ringtone that he would let ring until the phone went to voicemail. Then when we finally thought our misery had come to a close, his piece of crap phone would release a high pitched sound to let him know someone had left him voicemail. PUT IT ON VIBRATE – schmuck. He also came with his annoying kid who didn’t stop asking questions. Hey kid, I thought you were only asking your father, not the ENTIRE theater. Thanks guys. Anyways, I was really impressed with how well this movie was made, and especially that it didn’t lose any touch of feeling like a movie despite looking like a video game. At 9:25 the triple show came to a close.
I walked out the movies at 9:30pm. Avatar was so good that I was ready for a fourth. I did not do it obviously. My lower back would’ve left me hate mail had I done so. I actually felt a lot better than thought I would have, and would definitely do it again.
So that’s it, the triple show, one of the cooler movie experiences I had in some time.
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