If you’ve read The Movie Blog for any length of time, you know one of my biggest pet peeves in the world is the ungodly prices that theaters charge us for popcorn and pop. Excuse me?!?! You’re going to charge me $5 for a $0.15 bag of popcorn?!?! Is there no sanity left in the world? Is there no beacon of light and justice that can light our way to enlightenment?
Wait… wait… maybe there IS! I got this email from a reader who is an American ex-pat living in Australia that makes the land down under look like Eden to me. Here’s what Nikki had to say:
I have never heard what Im going to tell you brought up on the audio edition OR in print… but I thought you may want to know, that in this country, you can take any drinks, snack food or anything else you want into the theatre. And you arent required to purchase 4 dollar soft drinks or ANYTHING from them if you dont wish to.
We went to see King Kong ( FINALLY ) last night, and my fiancée said lets go buy our food at the grocery store beforehand. I saw her pick up a big bag of chips and informed her that it wouldnt fit into her bag or under my shirt, so we couldnt sneak it in. She laughed and said what does this look like? A communist country? Evidently, you can bring your OWN stuff, is what Im trying to say. That is what I call a free country.
Oh yes, let freedom reign Nikki… let freedom reign.
Just out of curiosity… are there any other of our international friends who can say that bringing outside food into a movie theater ISN’T frowned upon in your country? I only ask because I’ll be planning my vacation soon. :)
