The Double Feature

The first time I ever pulled a "double feature" at the movies was when Dad took Andrea and me to see Jewel of the Nile (the so-so sequel to Romancing the Stone). After the movie ended, we walked into the lobby, and Dad looked at the other side of the theater and noticed that Spies Like Us was about to start. He looked at us and said "You guys want to see another movie?" From then on, I was hooked.

I can't even remember all of the double features I've pulled since then. I can remember some. Last summer we did a bunch of 2 for 1's back in Jackson, which was fine, but where you really need to pull the double is in places like New York and LA, where movie tickets are over $10 a pop. I mean, come on. Do you really think Fantastic 4 is worth a full-price movie ticket? Me either. In November, we did Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Walk the Line. That was a great night, 2 really good movies. Last weekend we saw Munich and Glory Road. Another good combination of 2 really good movies, but that one gets bonus points, because there really aren't too many movies that you can follow up Munich with. You really need a feel-good Disney sports movie to balance out a long, dark movie about assassinations and terrorists and double-crossing and paranoia.

Once in New York, Jeremy and I pulled the legendary trifecta, when we saw American Wedding, Bad Boys 2, and S.W.A.T. back-to-back-to-back. That one was tough, we were in the theater for like 9 hours.

Last Summer, we saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and we spontaneously decided to stick around and see The Day After Tomorrow. That one doesn't really count, though, as during the previews of the second movie, Brandy snuck out of the theater and actually bought 3 more tickets b/c she felt guilty. Good girl, bad criminal.

Sometimes, the double feature can be spontaneous, like it was with Dad and Andrea that first time. Sometimes, it takes planning. Sometimes, it even takes Search Engine Optimization. No, it doesn't really, but I had to work that in here somewhere.

Any good double feature stories out there??