Comments on: Movies Make You Fat

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:33:54 +0000

The theater where I live just started offering a popcorn-and-soda combo for just $1.50! You get a small bag of popcorn and a small soda, and it costs probably 1/10 of what costs at the other theaters nearby.

I still prefer to sneak my own food in, just because I know that whatever size popcorn I get, it will be nearly gone before the movie even starts :)

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:10:31 +0000

I don’t think the movies here are any more expensive than in NYC (although I’m certainly not making NYC wages!)

There are ways around the prices, though – one chain offers a points/rewards system, and almost all theatres have a ‘cheap’ night (Tuesday), when all movies are just $10. I love the fact that we can choose our seats beforehand – no waiting in line for a popular movie!

Recaptcha: then outings

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:24:38 +0000

A lot of my friends work at the movie theater, and they’ve told me more than enough horror stories that made me NEVER get anything from the concessions that isn’t prepackaged. I suppose it’s a good health choice on my part, now that I think about it.

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:03:37 +0000

I sneak in 100 cal packs of M&Ms, etc. Also, because I just have to have it, I get the kids pack at the concession – small amount of popcorn, small soda (diet), and a little packet of candy – for less than a large popcorn. I’ve never had a problem with buying the “kids” pack as an adult.

- Jess

ps: REcaptcha = Steet Pudding

mmmmm… street pudding…..

By: Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:26 +0000

@ Dawn —

We DID go to the movies in new zealand … and BOY was it expensive. Surprised you could afford the food after buying the ticket! :)

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:21:43 +0000

Don’t know if you went to the movies when you were here in NZ, but so much more food is sold in the theatres! Ice cream, for one – as in scooped, put in cones, and covered with chocolate (a la Dairy Queen)! Can you imagine? And yet, the floors are not sticky or covered with dropped ice cream.

I’ve also seen people carrying up trays with a pot of tea and two cups/saucers!

And don’t let me forget the beer and wine…

As for me, I love popcorn, but that curious liquid butter isn’t available here and I’ve never been a snacker anyway. I’m also cheap, so I tend to bring my own water in, and sometimes even a snack bar if the movie is a long one.

By: Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:59:50 +0000

@Holly – that might be what is now the Laurelhurst. They have real butter…but I think it’s like a $3 theater now. :)

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:58:06 +0000

I have a friend who lives in the country, and her dad use to sneak cornbread and milk into the theatre.

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:07:09 +0000

I worked at a movie theater when I was sixteen. The greatest way to wean yourself off of that addicting popcorn product is to actually work in a theater and make it. Our theater had an old fashioned popper that required you to put all the ingredients in by hand. This led quite often to oil burns and other painful injuries. In addition to this, that dreadful butter smell haunted me months after I quit. I swear I could smell it everywhere! To this day I still refuse to eat the stuff, it makes me sick!

By: GTT

GTT — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:37:36 +0000

Great… Now I´m afraid I´m walking around with a ticking time bomb heart-attack! We go to the movies (almost) every Sunday and we ALWAYS get the large popcorn, largo soda and peanut M&Ms to share… Most of the time they are gone before the movie even begins… It would be so cool if our bodies needed fat instead of vegetables to stay healthy…