#22 (and half of #21) at the new movie theatre

I had a free weekend but apparently some friends did not. Undeterred, I walked into the movie theatre alone because hey, I went for the movie. It's a new movie theatre that opened recently, furnished with luxurious reclining chairs. I had heard about how comfortable these seats were but I never had the chance to try them out myself. Also, Star Wars (movie 7) has been out for almost 2 months now and because it is somehow still showing in theatres (namely this new theatre) and because I had a free evening (and figured I should try to work through my bucket list), I went.

Despite knowing utterly nothing about Star Wars (or for that matter, what that and Star Trek are even about), I could still follow the plot and though there were some odd comedic moments (almost too much), they didn’t require knowledge of what happened in previous movies. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it. My experience would have been absolutely stellar if not for two things (and I take full blame). Firstly, I couldn’t figure out how to pull out the footrest and recline the chair backwards, so I wasn’t able to enjoy the full experience of the chair. Secondly, my traitorous bladder failed me 30 minutes into the movie. Given that the movie is 2hrs and 46 min long, and I was not about to miss a single second of the movie, it was a trying 2 hours.

To complete my crazy night, I was driving home on a two-lane street, with an island separating the two lanes. Some genius this late at night was driving on the wrong side towards me and had it not been for a break in the island that allowed that car to swerve onto the right lane at the same time I slammed on the brakes, I probably would have died. Okay, maybe not that drastic, but certainly a head-on collision would have occurred with awful consequences.

What made it even worse (or better?) was that my dad had called me and I picked up the phone a few seconds before this happened and the the call connected just as I yelled some swears...whoops.

It was a night well-spent and I would give the movie 5 stars out of 5. Of course, I’m not the most reliable critic because I haven’t seen any of the six previous movies...

Oh and I watched it in 3D. Sure, 3D was a cool experience, but 2D wouldn't have been any less out of this world.