Comments on: Movie snacks: they’re too much

By: Shamwow

Shamwow — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:33:23 +0000

Eh, the way I see it, the theater is ripping people off by over-inflating the cost of beverages and candy. Give me a break. I snuck in food last week and it felt good because I didn’t have to pay $10 for 3 bags of M&M’s. With the current economy as it is, people can’t afford to throw money around on stuff like candy at a theater. Bring a great big purse and fill it with popcorn and candy. Even when I was little my Mom would pop popcorn and put it in a bag and hide it in her purse so we wouldn’t have to eat that fattening butter popcorn at the theater.

By: OlderandWheezier

OlderandWheezier — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:37:38 +0000

Believe it or not, there’s a triple-screen theater in a small town about a half-hour from me where a couple can get tickets, popcorn, drinks, and a chili dog, all for around $20. That’s for both of them. Some patrons drive in from urban areas, some from as far as 60 miles away just to see a movie without being scalped.

I believe the theater has been in existence so long that the price it pays for movies is grandfathered in. And yes, it does get first-run movies.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:16:30 +0000

This nation is going to go back to Prohibition, with smuggling of booze, except it will flout American “laws” made by the Aristocratic alliance between corporations and Democrats. Sooner or later.

By: texexec

texexec — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:19:36 +0000

I like Neo’s capitalistic approach…just don’t buy the damned stuff.

I am not at all intimidated about sneaking candy bars into a theater if I feel the need (via my wife’s bag). The moment they search my wife’s bag is the moment I demand a refund and leave.

I also agree with Neo’s “Netflix-type” arrangement. I like watching movies at home…Netflix, Amazon Prime, DVR saved movies off Dish network channels, etc. With this approach, you get a better selection of movies and you don’t have to sit and watch a movie with spilled popcorn and soda puddles under your feet.

When I do go to a movie once in a blue moon, I always eat just before I go to the theater.

By: Marine's Mom

Marine's Mom — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:49:09 +0000

I smuggle food in everywhere. So shoot me. Disneyland has lost my vote because of the high concession prices, plus banning bringing your own food. I did get caught once though, going into a local arena for a concert. Bag got searched and I lost a very fine bag of gourmet popcorn.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:47:51 +0000

Maybe that’s why women’s bags have gotten so large lately, too; they have to be, in order to store the contraband.

nah… when your waist gets wide, you get big, and a normal sized bag makes you look like a circus lady (not to mention wearing different shoes between work and home. and if it could fit, the pilates mat all rolled up)

By: anonymess

anonymess — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:39:41 +0000

Scholastic Choices (Feb/Mar 2012) recently reported on movie popcorn. First the price: the average price of a large tub of popcorn is $6, while the average cost to the theater for that same tub is approximately 25 cents. It’s little wonder then that many theaters don’t allow food to be brought in. That’s a mark up that’s hard to beat anywhere. If you’re the average movie-goer, if the price doesn’t kill you, maybe the movie popcorn will.

Nutritionally, movie popcorn is a disaster or, as the magazine calls it, a “horror show.” That same large tub has approximately 980 mg. of sodium (about 40% of the recommended daily total); 60 grams of saturated fat (that’s about three days’ worth!); and has approximately 1600 calories which is roughly 83% of the recommended daily calorie total for women, and 63% of the total for men. (And we wonder why we’re getting fat?)

If you aren’t in the mood for munching a tub of movie popcorn while waiting for the ads and previews to end, you can get the nutritional equivalent by instead eating three Quarter Pounders and 12 pats of butter. Yum. That is, of course, if theaters would let us bring this non-theater stuff in. By the way, if you’re still hungry after finishing off a mega-tub of popcorn, you should know that some theaters allow a free refill, if you can prove that your will is in order and your final resting place selected.

And if you’ve survived the popcorn, you’ll probably want to wash all the salty stuff down with a theater King Kong Mega Super-Size Coke…for which you’ll likely need a bank loan and a personal endocrinologist standing by.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:35:34 +0000

Exactly. They tell you you can’t bring in food. Which makes a monopoly. All you had to do was to make them strike that rule off, and now you have free markets. But that’s not how the government thinks. Either they will shake down the movie companies for money, or the companies will initiate the bribe and use government regulations to cut down on their competition, even if it means they have to pay more.

Isn’t Leftism great.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:07:23 +0000

Ah yes, Newman confesses in 1959 to smuggling greasy popcorn into the movie theater inside his tuxedo.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19590511&id=ZDJSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8nYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5577,433295

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:54:35 +0000

I seem to recall that the Paul Newman brand of popcorn once had an anecdote on the package where it referred to Paul making the popcorn and sneaking it into the theatre. Anybody else have that memory?