Happy Jews Go To The Movies Day!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 4:22pm

December 25th is the one time of year where all Jews, of which I am one, feel that odd sensation in their blood to go to the movies collectively.

Happy moviewatching!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 4:27pm

And.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 4:34pm

If that picture is a meal courtesy of the good General Tso, that's my dinner!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 4:40pm

I had Chinese food last night, and seeing Sweeney Todd in about an hour.


I'm SO the honorary Jew...

[wexy]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 5:00pm

I saw "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly" and picked up some won ton soup on the way home.

[shira467]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 5:05pm

The gentleman I was supposed to go the movies with hasn't *sniff* answered my calls.

Updated On: 12/25/07 at 05:05 PM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 5:11pm

Went to Sweeney last night and I'm going to Atonement today, and after Atonement out for Chinese food!

Woo!

[liotte]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 5:42pm

I went to see Juno, but I deviated from the Chinese this year. Got Mexican instead.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 5:51pm

Well, I just turned around and came back home.

The theater is MOBBED!

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 6:11pm

This here Jew is stuck sitting at coat check! If I get any tips, maybe I'll pick up some Chinese on the way home~

[dramaparoxysm23]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 6:47pm

My family celebrates Christmas, but we're going to see Enchanted. (I've already seen it but they haven't.)

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 6:52pm

We do a movie every Christmas, it's a tradition my family. It's my birthday and movie theaters and chinese food are basically the only places open, so we usually have no choice but to do the Jewish Christmas.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 8:14pm

colleen, that's basically what my family does. Every year on Christmas we go see a movie and the past three years, the movies have been packed. We had to do the express ticket thing at the Regal near me and we made it in before Sweeney started. We were close to getting Chinese tonight for dinner, but we had lasagna instead. Happy Birthday by the way Colleen(mine's on Thursday).

The Water Horse was apparently sold out, I don't know what time, but it was sold out. There were alot of people though at Sweeney, and this audience was more responsive to it than the one from this past Saturday.

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 8:17pm

I saw Sweeney also, the theater was about half full.

We were commenting how much the audiences grow every year. We've been doing the "Birthday Movie" for about 15 years now and every year it gets more and more crowded.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 8:26pm

My mom made the comment earlier that she didn't think that it would be crowded at the movies because the movie was at 2:10 and a good majority of people would be out on their way to visit grandma or something like that, we pass the movies and the parking lot was full. My sister turned to my sister and said, I guess all these people don't have any grandmas.

[jasonf]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 9:33pm

Jewish also but at home with Christian girlfriend's family :)

Can't shake the urge for some hot and sour soup though...

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 9:40pm

I went yesterday (saw Enchanted) but spent today with family members who celebrate.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 11:50pm

Saw Sweeney with my grandparents.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 11:51pm

...had Chinese today w/mom (we're Jewish and it's her anniversary!?) at a very nice, obscure, restaurant CHEF YU (NYC - 36th & 8th). Outstanding ambience (in the middle of drecky Eighth Ave). What a find! Happy hour drinks - $3.50. Food - above average. Linen tablecloths and napkins! Spacious, w/a cool balcony. Prices - unbelievably cheap! Atmosphere: extremely clean, beautiful; romantic, even.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/25/07 at 11:58pm

To keep the tradition, I did pick up a small container of lo mein on the way home from work!

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 12/26/07 at 12:05am

I'm part of the movie and chinese food crowd.

There was a group of 10 of us. Me, my parents, my aunt, and a couple neighbors and family friends.

I saw Juno.
5 people saw Atonement
My aunt saw Great Debaters
3 people saw I am Legend.

We all met for Chinese food (where every other Jew, their mother and grandparents were.)

Then we went back to a neighbors house and played some games.

My aunt got donuts for dessert since she had a gift card. Dunkin' Donuts was open!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 12/26/07 at 12:10am

Well the Chinese place wasn't opened tonight. It has been open EVERY OTHER year! Weird.


Anyways, Atonement was ok, I didn't really love it but it was a very well made film and was visually beautiful. Also, the score was quite something.