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Old 04-08-2010, 10:30 AM
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we never go. i think the last time we went to one was when DH was stationed in Germany. i don't even remember what the movie was. so its been a few years. anyway, i want to see err i mean i want to take the kids to see that How to Train your Dragon. it looks so cute and the kids love seeing all the displays up at WalMart. i bought Aidan an outfit yesterday, lol. but its SO pricey to go to the theater. the one here is $8 for adults, $6.75 for kids and the matinee is $7. i thought matinee's were cheaper than that? it would still be around $30 for me to take the kids and that doesn't include the popcorn and drink. am i the only one who cringes at the prices of tickets?
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:32 AM
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yeh it's expensive.. i took ce to see alice- it was a super special and rare date night for kidlet and i ^_^ The last time I took him to the movies was to see happy feet.. whenever that was.. 2006.. so.. every 4 years haha
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:36 AM
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DH takes one or both of our older kids to a movie about every other month. I take them maybe three or four times a year.

Tickets for How To Train Your Dragon (maybe b/c it was 3D??) were $13 for me and $10 ea for the kids. I about croaked!
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:41 AM
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We only do the drive-in in the summer. It's $6 bucks for anyone over the age of 12 and it's always a double feature. So the 7 of us (who and I kidding most of my kids are asleep before the first movie ends ) can see 2 movies for $12 dollars!!!! Also wanted to add that they do have a snack bar but we always always bring our own snacks and drinks!!!!
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:43 AM
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Nope. We have 2 big screen tv's and 2 surround sound systems in the house, so it's practically a movie theater at home. Plus, I can wear my pj's and lay out on the couch and eat whatever I want. Sometimes I miss going to the movies, but not often. We rarely have time to go anyway and then by the time we do have time the movie we (well, usually hte movie *I*) wanted to see is out of theaters.

I'm waiting for New Moon to hit the movie channels so I can watch it, lol. I bought Twilight but Jordan doesn't like spending $25 on a Bluay I'll probably only watch once.
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:51 AM
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Wish our 3D Movies were those kind of prices - in the main cinemas here they're $17 to $20. I've joined a cinema club and also watch out for local independant cinema specials and can get to see a movie for $5 each if we get to the right sessions or $10 for 3D. Weekly special movie at the "big" cinema is $9 and you get one free after you've been to 10. If we get our tickets for $5 Ill buy popcorn in! Otherwise byo snacks for us too!

We still go about once a month (more if we can get em for $5 a ticket!
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:51 AM
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The movie theater in this podunk town I live in doesn't even have surround sound, so I prefer to get PPV on my Dish! LOL
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Old 04-08-2010, 10:58 AM
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We go when there is a good kids film that the girls want to see. We go as a family & make a date of it.

As far as Andy & I going for a date - it's rare. Like REALLY RARE. We'd rather spend our time talking and enjoying a quiet moment in a book store, over coffee or a drink than in a movie theater.

The last movie we saw as a Family was - How to Train Your Dragon. We LOVED LOVED it.
The last movie Andy & I saw was Werewolf or Wolfman on Valentine's Day this year. We splurged and saw it on the Ultra screen. It was enjoyable.
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:17 AM
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I go maybe 6 times a year or something. Usually with the kids, or with my friends if it's a girly movie that SO doesn't want to see. I go with SO maybe once a year or something, we usually wait until it's out on DVD and then rent it.

I did get a shock the other day though, I took DD to see Alice in Wonderland, it's the first 3D movie I've been to, and the tickets were $23 each. And no child discount because it was 3D. I'll be seeing 2D movies from now on I think It wasn't even at the Imax - just regular 3D
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:18 AM
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LOL the last movie I saw in the theater was Transformers (the first one not the second) and only because my brother treated us for DHs birthday. DH has been to a few with friends and took DD to see Hannah Montana last year but it really is a rare treat. We netflix it up however every chance we get. I have a really hard time paying the prices.
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:41 AM
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When my DH is here, we go quite a bit. We usually go on Sunday to a matinee which is a little cheaper, but the local theater here also offers a military price so I think that makes the regular price about equal to the matinee price. My DH loves the popcorn so we usually get a large Sprite and a medium popcorn to share. I think it's like $30 total for the two of us when we go.

I did see How to Drain Your Dragon in 3D last weekend and it was sooooo cute. Loved it.
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:41 AM
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We rarely go out to the movies as a family because it's so expensive with the five of us. Sometimes DH and I will go if we can get the grandparents to watch the kids (usually like for our anniversary in August we saw the Hangover) and sometimes he will go to a movie with his Dad & brothers or co-workers. We do have a small theater at our mall that is $5/ticket for all shows (mostly show kids/family movies) and I take the girls there occasionally.

The kids and I did go see How to Train Your Dragon on Easter but that was a special treat from my stepmom otherwise I wouldn't have paid lol! The 3D tickets were $12/adults & $10/kids 3 & up (matinees aren't much cheaper at $10ea). My stepmom had to pay for Kyle even though he won't be 3 til May otherwise he wouldn't have got the 3D glasses and the movie would have been blurry for him! But they don't have smaller glasses for the little kids so they wouldn't stay on his face even with the styrofoam spacers on them For as much as you pay they should have glasses made to fit the younger kids instead of one size for everyone!
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:42 AM
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Me and bf go usually once a week.. It is expensive, about 15€ for the 2 of us.. But we dont have kids and going to the movies is pretty much all we do on weekends.
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:45 AM
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We go probably once a month, but it's always kids movies at the matinee prices. DH and I did go see Avatar on a date night, but I don't think we had been to see a movie just us for probably something like 2 years before that!
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:48 AM
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We rarely go too. It's so expensive and the baby is almost 2 so too young to go. I did go with a friend to see Alice a few weeks ago; before that I think the last movie I saw in the theater was New Moon. I have a friend that likes to go to the movies so sometimes we'll go on a Sat. afternoon, but that's just every few months or so. I prefer to watch them at home.
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Old 04-08-2010, 12:32 PM
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I don't remember the last movie we saw... Now I'm all about getting free RedBox codes.. LOL!
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Old 04-08-2010, 01:23 PM
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Having an Imax/3D theater within 6 min of my house (since we moved in January) has changed out viewing habits. I finally told my man the other day ENOUGH is enough! LOL! We have seen far too many movies with it being so close.

We go to Costco, get the 'cheap' tickets and then just pay the $2 extra at the door, per person.

All that being said, I am not going to put my foot down on movie going until I have seen Clash. Period.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:28 PM
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My daughter goes ALOT and she takes me every couple of months. The last time we all went to see a movie together as a family was to see Brother Bear I think? Oh but we have a dollar theater where we can go which shows older films (like two months before a film is released on DVD they show it there at that theater). They have alot fewer movies at once like maybe six and usually only one that would be good for a family. When my husband worked we went there several times a year especially in the summer time because its cold. For all five of us we can get candy, tickets and drinks for 20 bucks. Also in the summer they have free movies for families/kids and we often go to them as well. Then every month at the botanical garden there is a movie showing for "date night" and we have been talking about going. So we have lots of alternatives where I live LOL.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:31 PM
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Oh and we also found out if you go to see a 3-D movie in the first veiwing of the day ticket prices here are 6.50 instead of 9 dollars. We have so many theaters that we can go to that ticket prices are pretty competitive. The dollar theater I mentioned tickets are 1.00 on Tuesdays. 1.50 during the day on any day but Tuesday and 2.00 after 6:00 except on Tuesdays.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:36 PM
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we go all the time, actually we are going to a matinée today.

we get all are movies for free since josh manages a blockbuster, so we figure its an okay treat to go.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:42 PM
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We go on special occasions, ie bdays or our anniversary. That's our date night, so we look forward to it. It is expensive, but it's not all the time. Before kids we went ALL the time, like every weekend, I cringe at the money we threw away.

We did go see How to train your dragon and we really liked it. They had it in 3D and that was really fun to see. Our matinees are only $5 though and then you have to pay for the 3D glasses.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:43 PM
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maybe only 3 or 4 times a year. My dh might go with my boys to movies that I don't care to see though...so he probably goes more often than I do.
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Old 04-08-2010, 04:48 PM
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I cringe at ticket prices, and almost always let a movie hit redbox before I watch it.

There are some exceptions- I think I go to Fork and Screen (the expensive meal-in-theatre option) 1-2 times per year, and a Regular movie 1-2 times per year, but usually I only pay when I go to Fork and Screen (my parents pay for all of us to go to regular movies with them).
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Old 04-08-2010, 04:54 PM
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Not very often, I went in Nov with my brother to see the new Saw film that was out, then in Dec to see The Chipmunks, and I've not been since.

I wanted to go and see How To Train Your Dragon last weekend, but when I went to book the tickets online it was £34 for me and the 2 boys. Then they always want popcorn and some pop, which is another £10.

The next time I go will probably be when Eclipse is released.
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Before kids...all the time...after kids...never

Seriously...in the past year I think we've been 2 times - on my birthday and for our anniversary.
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Old 04-08-2010, 05:03 PM
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I've stopped buying popcorn and drinks at the cinema. When I take the kids they get a bottle of soda and maybe some sweeties from the grocery store to take with them, it's like 1/3 of the price. They don't mind that at all, as long as they get some fizzy drink
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I have to wear earplugs to go to the movie theater. They are seriously too freakin' loud.

We rarely go these days...mostly just for the kids.
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I might go once a year. I'm just not much of a movie person and never have been. Last year I saw New Moon and I will see Eclipse this year. My husband usually takes my 3 year old, but probably only 4 times in his life. I would like to take Elliot to see How to Train your Dragon.
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We don't go very often. It costs too much and the kids find a barrel of popcorn and a vat of soda (the smallest sizes available) part of the eexperience so I get non stop whining if I bring refreshments with me. We can't eat that much popcorn and I won't let them drink that much soda so it's a waste of another $15 buying it on top of the $30-38 it cost in tickets.

The last movie we saw was Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We may go see How to Train Your Dragon this weekend but it's still up for debate
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We use to never go back in the states. Now that we are over here we go almost every other week. The movies come out here a week after they do in the states. Tickets are 4$ for adults and our kids are free. We can get nachos, popcorn, candy, coke, and tickets for less than 20$ for all four of us. I love it! I will miss it when we leave!

ETA, oh and its fairly easy to find a babysitter with the parents here that are unaccompanied and miss their kids. They love to watch ours for a couple hours while we go out
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i'm glad to hear that the dragon movie is good. but we'll probably wait til its on dvd, lol. maybe. since i never have taken my kids i might splurge this once to see how they do. if they are good we may take them once in a while.
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I might go three times a year.
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