I went to see this yesterday, Monday, December 7th, 2015, in Richmond, CA, at the CENTURY HILLTOP 16, for the 7:00 p.m. show in auditorium 4, 5th row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $10.75. I bought a junior Buttered Popcorn for $5.05 and a small Powerade Strawberry Zero at the concessions counter to supplement the $0.50 bag of 1 5/8 oz Sabritas Lime Flavored Roasted Peanuts that I bought earlier at the Chevron Gas Station in Benicia, CA, after I got off from work. And I paid $5.00 at the Carquinez Bridge Toll Plaza on my way back to Vallejo.
Quickie Review: A stranded gal ( Deepika Padukone ) and a backpacking guy ( Ranbir Kapoor ) meet, by sheer chance, in Corsica. They spend a week-long, fun-filled platonic relationship, knowing that they may never see each other again. Four years later, they meet once more and try to start a meaningful relationship. But the reality is that Mr. Fun Guy turns out to be a Mr. Dull Guy. She loses interest in him. He realizes that life without her is meaningless. He must become a Mr. Fun Guy once more to win her heart.
The audience, there were two young Chinese (?) couples in the auditorium with me, seemed to enjoy this movie.
I, on the other hand, couldn't quite "wrap my head" around the premise/plot line of this movie. I think that you may want to wait 'til this comes out as a DVD rental.
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When I arrived at the theatre, I decided to go and empty my bladder first. I went into the restroom only to find three black teenage girls doing a "selfie" in front of the lavatory counter and who were unaware of my presence. I discreetly walked out so as not to embarrass them. Why would they want to do a "selfie" in the men's room, I asked myself as I exited. Then, I looked up at the sign above the entrance and realized that I walked into the women's restroom! Ha, ha, ha.
In my defense though, the men's and women's restrooms at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO are on opposite sides of the main lobby. I'm a creature of habit, what can I say.
The concessions employee who served me put too much butter in the popcorn. There was LITERALLY an inch of hardened buttered at the bottom of the bag when I checked it after the movie ended!
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I went to see this today, Tuesday, December 8th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 4:45 p.m. show in auditorium 3, 3rd row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought $6.80 Lite Bites at the concessions counter to eat along with the $0.50 bag of 1 5/0 oz Sabritas Picante Flavored Roasted Peanuts which I smuggled-in for this show.
Quickie Review: The life of Mother Teresa ( Juliet Stevenson ), based on her personal letters.
There were just two other people in the auditorium with me. I had no way of gauging their reaction to this movie.
I liked this movie solely for its spiritual overtone. You may want to see this if you're into Inspirational/Religious Movies.
This movie shows the reason behind Mother Teresa's nun's habit.
And I thought that it was fitting that Mother Teresa's hospice for the poor once was a temple dedicated to the goddess Kali.
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I wanted to post pictures to accompany the following incidents but I couldn't seem to upload pictures to this post because of something that happened while I was at a local McDonald's Restaurant.
Update: Tonight, Saturday, December 12th, 2015, @ approximately 7:52 p.m., I was once again able to upload pictures from my digital camera to my computer. What follows now are the pictures to accompany each incident ....
I started my day off with a light trail hike/jog at a local park, Dan Foley Park, right next to where I live. I stepped out of my condominium to the sight of a discarded sofa on the sidewalk directly opposite of my building--this was a first!
My bad left knee has made hiking/jogging an activity that I can not indulge in on a regular basis anymore until after I have surgery done on it, hopefully sometime of next year. But my knee felt good enough for me to do a light jog today. I jogged on a slight incline for 400 yards and staircase-jogged upstairs for approximately 85 feet at the park and at the adjoining Sutter-Solano Hospital compound.
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| The "new" staircase. View from the top. |
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| View from the bottom. |
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After I showered, I drove on over to the Taj Grill, on Admiral Callaghan Lane, for an Indian buffet lunch. I asked for a cup of Indian Chai Tea with sugar. The waiter returned with my tea and a small bowl of sugar. I put two teaspoons of sugar in my tea and took a sip. Bah! this doesn't taste like tea---It's too salty, I said to myself. Then, I realized that I was given a bowl of salt! I told the waiter about it. He went to fetch me another cup of tea and a different bowl. The waiter explained that someone mistakenly had put salt in the bowl. The next time that I dine here, I'll be sure to taste the sugar first.
Most of the dishes, like Chicken Tikka Masala and Dal, were watery. And the Pakora was kind of overcooked. But, at least, the Tandoori Chicken was moist this time around.
After I finished my lunch, I had the sudden urge to have a bowel movement. I went to their restroom and saw that the toilet paper roll was almost empty--and there was no spare roll to be found! I asked myself, Where can I go? Should I go to the McDonald's Restaurant ( two blocks away ) and take a chance that their one toilet stall would be unoccupied when I get there? Or should I just go home?
I decided to go home to relive myself. But the local Food-Maxx Supermarket on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood Streets was closer for what I had in mind to do.
I went inside the supermarket and made a beeline for their restroom facility. Unbeknownst to me, a tall, somewhat overweight light-skinned young black male followed me into the restroom. Before I could even reach the toilet stall, he asked me, "Sir, could you spare me $2.00?"
That was a first! Never in my whole life, until today, had someone followed me into a restroom to beg for money. Soliciting is not allowed inside of businesses. So, either this guy was unaware of such a policy or he was just one of those aggressive panhandlers. I told him that I had to take a shit.
"I'll wait for you to come out," was his response. Imagine that! And I felt like I was having a case of diarrhea.
At some point, his impatience got the better hold on him as he tapped on the stall wall and asked, "Sir, are you there?"
Of course, I was still there! I mean, where was I gonna go? I stayed in there 'til my bowels were "clear."
I guess that he was tired of waiting because he wasn't there when I stepped out. I promptly asked a clerk for the whereabouts of the store manager. I complained to the manager. He knew who I was complaining about. The manager told me that this panhandler's usual hang-out spot was at the nearby A & W/Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant. The manager walked all over the store to see if the panhandler was still in there; he wasn't.
I bought a couple of mangoes while I was there. And I was on my way to the Admiral Callaghan Lane McDonald's Restaurant in the Target Shopping Center to work on this blog while I waited for this movie to begin.
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| I took this photo on my way back to my car. |
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I bought a medium cup of Hot Chocolate ( I also asked for three creamers ) to sip in a leisurely manner as I worked on this post. I connected my digital camera to my computer as I started on this blog. I had some pictures at the ready for me to post. All of a sudden, I had a nosebleed--yet another first. I never had a nosebleed at a McDonald's before. I plugged-up my left nostril with a small wad of napkin.
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| I took this photo just mere minutes before I had a gusher of a nosebleed! |
I removed the wad a few minutes later because I thought that the bleeding had stopped. It hadn't. Blood poured out. It didn't help me in the least bit that it was warm inside of the restaurant. I gathered all of my stuff and pulled my camera from the USB port as I made a dash for the restroom.
Thank God that there was nobody in the restroom. I bent over the lavatory sink to let my nostril drain out as I repeatedly applied running water to it. And it, too, didn't help me in the least bit that the water was warm! Finally, after a few minutes, the bleeding had stopped.
I went back to the dining area to work on my blog. But, somehow, when I yanked my camera off the USB port earlier, the data somehow got lost so that I could not attach pictures to this post. The pictures are saved in the micro SD card; I just can't seem to upload them to my computer any longer. I may have to buy another digital camera to use for future uploads.
After I bought my movie ticket at the box office, and just before I stepped inside the theatre, I found out that the ticket seller gave me the wrong ticket. She gave me a ticket for the 4:40 p.m. showing of THE GOOD DINOSAUR!
I saw THE GOOD DINOSAUR movie on Tuesday of November 24th, by the way. And, yeah, I liked it. But I somehow could not "wrap my head" around the idea that dinosaurs ruled the Earth while humans were more like dogs.
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