Eight Hours of The Batman

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I don't know how Regal Cinemas did it, but this brilliant company somehow convinced Sam, Angelica and I that it would be a good idea to spend $25 each and sit in a movie theater for eight hours watching all three Batman movies until 3 a.m. even though we had to be at work at eight the next morning.

Then, after all of this, Regal even got us thinking that we had a great time.
And you know what?
No regrets.

After work, we hurried over to Riverpark to make it in time for Batman Begins at 6:30 p.m. We quickly grabbed some Subway (and I mean real quick... pretty sure I ate that sandwich in one bite), then made our way into the theater.

Upon walking into the theater, we were relieved to realize that there was plenty of seating still...
...Only to realize less than a minute later that people were saving several seats, even entire rows for their friends and family members who weren't there yet.

How nice.
After much debate, and almost splitting up, we found three seats together.
Phew.

Before Batman Begins started (that sounds redundant, I know), we decided we were going to take a before and after picture.

This is our concerned look:

Yes, we tend to take the most awkwardly awesome photos.
Then we noticed something even more awesome:

Do you see him? The random guy in the back? I think we came to the conclusion he was hiding from our flash. Who knows. Love it though!

Anyway, back to Batman.
I never saw Batman Begins in the theater before, so that was awesome. The two guys I would have narrate my life in the same movie -- Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.

When the movie was over, we took a quick bathroom break and went to get our free popcorn but ran out of time since The Dark Knight started almost immediately. That was fun seeing on the big screen again! And it was just as creepy the second time around.

I'm so glad before the final movie, the movie we had waited for all this time, had a longer break beforehand. Sitting down for that long after sitting down all day at work is not fun.

The Dark Knight Rises
Was
Amazing.

If I liked it as much as I did half asleep, I can't imagine how great it would be fully alert. It wasn't nearly as fast paced as the first two, but it's the last one so I know it had to tie up a lot of different things. There were so many twists in it that I wish I could comment on, but I won't to spare you spoilers. It ended absolutely perfect though.

Even with the amazing films, I'd have to say that one of the most entertaining things that went on was with the five people sitting in front of us who were playing some sort of drinking game. The first movie, the key word was fear. I think the were drunk within the first hour. They got up several times for soda refills and what I assume were bathroom breaks. One of the guys ended up being gone for the majority of Batman Begins. I'm guessing he just wandered off. It was pretty amusing.

Unfortunately, we only ended up getting a "before" picture. I think that says a lot about what our "after" picture would have looked like so maybe it's better that we didn't get that picture.

It was a great, yet tiring night. Not sure I would do a midnight showing again. I can't really seeing wanting to go to another one... Batman is the best ever.

Batman > Any other super hero

On a not-so-happy, but related note: Please remember to pray for the victims, friends and families of those who were involved in the Colorado shooting that happened during the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises there. A wonderful night gone horrific. 
And read this powerful blog post from a victim.

Enjoy your weekend!

Go enjoy a good film with those you love.