littlefuzzy

I went to our local bargain theater for their .50 cents Tuesday special yesterday, and I managed to time it so that I was able to see three films: Electra, Spongebob Squarepants, and The Incredibles.

Electra was okay, although I found the crack team of supernatural weirdos to die far too easily (especially since they were portrayed in the trailer as badasses...)

Spongebob was pretty fun, considering it was mostly aimed at a juvenile audience.

The Incredibles was... INCREDIBLE! Pixar does it again... I figured where the villain was going to come from fairly early on, however.

Geofferson

The dollar theater near me closed down a year or so ago. I'm still kind of bummed about that since I used to go there quite often.

Glad to hear some people can still reap the benefits of Super Tuesday though.

FiveO

Nice....it takes me more than $1.50 in gas alone to even get to a decent theatre!

Gotta go pick up The Incredibles this weekend.

invisiblegt

Yeah, it takes me about 35 to 40 minutes to get to a theater worth paying money for.

Once there, I have a choice between Cinemark, Regal, or the dollar theater. My usual weekend is two or three movies on Saturday. Always love doing that.

(My only problem is that, during the week, the earliest showing of half the movies isn't until 4, so it's nearly impossible to see three movies during a weekday anymore. Weekends... it's a bit easier.)

wendersfan

I love the dollar theater. I've probably posted my little anecdote before about how one time I went to the theater, realized I hadn't brought any money with me, and ended up paying for my ticket with loose change I found under the car seat...

OldBoy

i wouldn't pay .02 to see "Electra" or "Spongebob", in fact they would have to pay me to watch them in one sitting!

island007

Well, thank goodness you are not littlefuzzy.

Thanks for the though.

conscience

We had a dollar theatre, but it has since closed down. I am guessing cause trashy people always went there and you would always have something moving across your feet while watching a film (bugs/rats). And the stench was AWFUL! Don't even pee in the bathroom in fear of catching something.

Yet I loved paying only $1.50 (even though it was called the "dollar" theatre).

TomOpus

Closest we have to a "Dollar Theater" is The Vogue in Chula Vista.

$3.50 for a triple feature. The concession prices are also low. It's great if you have a family on a budget. Movies aren't terribly old. This Friday is Finding Neverland, Cursed and Racing Stripes.

tasha99

At the dollar theater in my town, it's rugrats moving across your feet. I am not kidding--some people just let their kids roam.

DonnachaOne

There used to be a dollar theater near us, and it was fairly well-kept; but the clientele - good God. Never shutting up. Unruly. An ugly-feeling presence.

Prints were usually in awful condition, too. Stereo or mono sound.

The last film I saw there before it shut... hmm. Adaptation.
Thankfully, me and my brother were the only ones in attendance. Some movies, thankfully, aren't for everyone.

conscience

I don't think one single time went by that there was not a group of women that brought their babies in the theatre just so they can cry...

Charlie Goose

No dollar theaters around here. I'm glad though. I can imagine the dregs of humanity that would slither in there.

flagstone

Last dollar (well, two dollar) theater closed here in Austin last year. Only about 2 miles from my house - great for an impulse movie. And for a second-run house it wasn't in too bad of shape. Oh well - now my impulse movie experiences are on DVD.

I'm still kind of surprised I survived heading down to the Aquarius during my college days - that was a scary place at times.

littlefuzzy

It did get kind of noisy, as several day care places were in attendance, although oddly they weren't at Electra...

invisiblegt

That is my biggest problem with the "dollar" theaters.

The place, while being in good condition, just attracts a wrong sort of crowd. The one who thinks that, since they only paid a dollar (or dollar fifty) to see the movie, they can act however they want. Crying babies, ringing phones, people just talking in general.

My worst experience there was when a friend and I went to see 28 Days Later. The crowd was nearly one gigantic mass of idiotic high school students, mixed in with some moronic college students. About halfway through the movie, they decided they didn't like it, and decided to just start yelling (literally) about their digust with the movie. They then proceeded to get up out of their seats and just start walking around the theater, screaming some more.

Now, I can respect the fact that they didn't enjoy the movie (granted, I enjoyed it, but still), but there is no need to act so immature and in such poor taste.

Amator

Bastards took out the Dollar Theatre and the Carmike(with THX) in one fell swoop and replaced them with the "Redemption World Outreach Center". And then Hollywood 20 and Cherrydale closed down all the smaller theatres(I didn't mind that one so much...)

conscience

I know. I really liked the Carmike. Especially that one bigger theatre. I remember seeing Blade in it and the sound was spectacular.

I go to Cherrydale usually, as I'm on the "northside" of G'ville near Furman. Hollywood 20 is overrated, IMO. Plus I was there when they had that big gang fight that one night and we had to stay in the theatre lobby. Awful.

SPiRAL

Would your theater happen to be an, Interstate Theater ? " Home of the $1 Hot Dog "

littlefuzzy

Yep, and as a matter of fact, I ate one of those dogs of questionable origin...

EDIT: Web searches seem to call this a Cinemark theater instead, but that could just be the old name, as this was converted from a first-run theater after we got some of the larger multiplexes.

Emma311

I don't live in a big city. I wish we had a cheap theater. That's cool that you guys can go check out some movies so cheap. I paid $10 (Matinee for 2) to see Elektra & I didn't like it. When I was visiting my sister back in October I was excited to go to the $2.50 theater. What I also thought was cool was that the later showings were the same price. The concession prices were about the same as a normal theater though. This place was nice & clean. There was one annoying loud elderly woman, but she quieted down before the movie started. I was happy the last time I went, because I saw Without A Paddle & Collateral & enjoyed both of them.

Cameron

nothing cheap in nashville...i need to go back to dallas

BigDan

When I lived in Connecticut, there was a 99 cent movie theater. They'd have piles of pennies in the ticket booth for the ticket seller to give as change. I always wondered why they didn't just make it a dollar.

I've only been to the dollar theater in Plano once, and it was okay, but I went on a weekday afternoon, so the place was pretty well empty. It was as nice, if not nicer, than the first run theater in McKinney (which is also an older Cinemark and, last time I went anyway, charged a discounted rate over the new Cinemarks in Plano).

Dabaomb

In NYC, tickets are $10.50. The closest thing that we have to a bargain is one Loews theater sells their tickets at a discount of $8.99

Luckily, I have a lot of those Weekday Escape Tickets that I buy for $5.50 so I can watch movies Monday -Thursday and get a free child's popcorn.

Amator

Most of my best movie memories are from that Carmike. All three Star Wars Special Editions, ID4, Matrix, Phantom Menace opening night, etc all in THX.

I'm pretty close to downtown, but I work near Woodruff/85 so I'll hit Hollywood after work but Cherrydale on weekends. I'm just glad there's a group of people bringing indie/foreign stuff to the Carmike.