Jessica Garcia
Eng 60, CRN 30663
Assignment-Essay 1
Mr. Silva
1 July, 2013
Hole In The Wall
The weekend prior to finals, on May 23, 2013 my boyfriend , Christian, took me to a movie theatre called Four Star Cinemas. It was a small, hole- in- the- wall, movie theatre. As we sat down on our individual pillow-like reclining seats, Christian had no difficulty at six- feet- tall reaching the black hardwood floor. On the contrary, I sunk slowly in between the seat like if I had sat in quicksand. Christian just laughed until he eventually helped me. Although the seats weren’t fit for a petite person, we continued to return because of their fantastic prices and consistent showing of new movies. On an early Sunday morning I received a call from Christian at nine o’clock. I rolled back and forth putting my universe-themed blanket over my head: enormous star struck, Saturn-like planets, Dreamworks –like- crescent moon, and a Teletubbies Sun baby. Refusing to answer, but after his persistence I gave in. “Hey,” I said. “Get ready,”he replied with a tone of urgence. I immediately repeated the same routine daily, except today was a different day. Excited for what was awaiting, I felt butterflies in my stomach as if it was our very first date, nearly taking me two hours to prepare myself I was running late not knowing what to wear! Even though Christian pressured me, he was trying to make up for the time I took by speed driving like the excelerater at Six Flags.
We arrived before noon because of their special “morning mantinee”, each entrance cost four dollars and two dollars extra for a 3D movie. Christian and I stood impatiently in line, while we spoke about what was expected to be shown; we slowly advanced toward the entrance, where an Angelina Jolie look alike was awaiting for our ticket, as we approached her, he smiled like a four year old child wishing to gain attention; as we entered I was able to capture a Sneaker’s bar sitting in a glass counter, as if it were teasing me, if only we had more time, I would have savored the chocolaty , caramel-nut bar; but we had to rush to our seats.
. We instantly found seats to watch Hangover Part III, as we walked down the colorful carpet a Michael Jackson figure appeared, along with two joker faces (one gold and the other blue), two admit one tickets, and lights on each side of the carpet. There only existed two columns, on the left side, each row had six seats, while the right side it consisted of five seats. Both walls were parallel to each other having Christmas-like shaped stars. We sat comfortably on our seats where you were able to move back at a good angle and possibly sleep. While the previews began, one could smell different varieties of snacks : popcorn, nachos, and hotdogs. As I was watching Hangover Part III I consistently heard multiple sounds, the movement of one reaching down the popcorn bag, while grabbing a fluffy popcorn, bothered by the old man next to me, I turned for a second giving him a certain look, one of annoyance at his slow crunching on each piece of popcorn, the puzzle- shaped buttery popcorn, whose greasiness that causes you to wipe your hand after eating each piece, with his wrinkly fingers he rubbed on the seat, the red beautiful handmade chair which were once new just like him. At least there were no annoying, immature teenagers who were consistently texting, screaming, or talking throughout the movie. As Hangover ended Christian and I didn’t race to exit the theatre instead we waited patiently. Four Star Cinema is an alternative to big cinemas charging twelve dollars a pop, you can not beat the prices! If I can’t watch it here. I don’t see it. The movie sometimes starts on time, or sometimes does not , which totally works for me. Love this place.