What's up, my people? It's Neil D. Back with that's, right. You guessed it another film segment. I read an article today about movie theaters and the possibility that they might be reopening movie theaters with the debacle we're going through in society today and got me thinking about movie theaters. So today's question is, what is a local movie theater that is sentimental to you that you frequented as a kid and give me a little story about it. I have two
But I do have a distinct memory from when I was really little, so I couldn't tell you how many times we ever went there, but probably not that many. It was a drive in theater. My younger other is about three years younger than I am, but we were small enough that we could be on the roof of the car without denting it or anything. And I remember my parents took us there for a double feature
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 3:52
You just kind of specifically went there to see your movie, and then you left. And that was pretty much it. And like I said, they were all Twin cinemas. Or there was one that had four whopping four screens. That was the big deal. But yeah, I mean, for me back then, it was just what was playing. Where could I see the thing I wanted to see right now? And that was the other weird thing
phil spade
@Phil · 3:09
And then the third movie theater was the brand Cinema. And that was over in Cinema Plaza, where there was another Bradley's and a service merchandise. And the branch cinema was a three Plex that ran the second run films, and it was a cheaper dollar amount, the second run films that you wanted to see again or ones that you didn't need to go to right away
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 4:47
This is so weird, because obviously, y'all don't know what my local area is like all that much. But born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and downtown Minneapolis was where you went to go see the films back in my time. And it was a place called Skyway because downtown Minneapolis has a lot of Skyway. Some reason we thought this was like, revolutionary. So a lot of skyways connected different buildings. And this particular theater was in a part of the Skyway network of mobility pedestrian travel
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 1:15
We kind of sit up on the hood of the car as well and could still hear it and watch most of the classics like Peter Pan and Robin Hood and all those classic Disney films. So we had a drive in Other, which is a skiing town in Connecticut. It's in the Hills. But they had a huge driving. So my mother would drive us up there in Other Nova, and we would go watch the Disney's. So thanks for the memory
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:11
Wow. So your movie theaters were called Erix. I've never heard of that. And that's why I made this post to hear the interesting kinds of different theaters and different different demographics. And where you're from, I guess the theaters were called Erix, where I grew up here on the East Coast, they were showcased cinemas. But I was lucky because my town or my state rather, was enriched with movie theaters. We had the big Hollywood theaters
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:53
So it was just a really cool theater. And it had a marquee out on the top of the movie showing, and the floors were sticky, never cleaned. It was a rundown, dirty theater. The seats were ripped up, not kept in good condition. But there was just something about that theater. We would go and the movies were $0.99, and the popcorn was a dollar. 50. So if I could just take you on a visual of that theater
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:32
So you had AMCs. It sounds like wonderful in your Minnesota stomping grounds. I've heard of Mall of America, and from what I've heard of it is a huge mall. And correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've read up on it, it's one of the biggest malls in the world. So mall culture must have been huge in Minnesota. I've never been to Minnesota, but I would like to go check it out. Seems like a pretty cool place
Aces Of Fun
@FilmStarlet · 2:01
So my favorite movie theater growing up was called The Last Picture Show. It was located in an area that was known for being populated by senior citizens, and it was a cash only business. The tickets were are probably about two or $3, maybe even five at most. But it was very cheap, especially actually, no, I take that back. The movies on Tuesdays would be about $3, and on a regular basis it would be about $5 to go
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 1:43
And I've seen so many second run movies. There great movies, a lot of fantastic memories. So you can't really beat those theaters. But what happens is they always end up getting knocked down or bought out. It just happens. Corporate America comes in. They tore down the Forest Theater and other video store in the back of it got shut down to Video Plus, which was my favorite video store. And they're gone. Now they're just memories