My first trip to the cinema in a long time! From before 2019 at least, I’d been thinking about it for a while and thought a relaxing change of scenery doing what I already do. I thought with starting to watch more films again that it would be good to get the Omniplex film pass, the Omnipass. Pretty much if you go to watch two films a month, you’re saving money and generally I watch more than two films a month. And would feel like I’m doing something.
The only thing that was putting me off was my health, will my legs be good enough to get there, will I be comfortable in the seats, can I manage on the steps in the screen? The risk of infection also but if I go to showings that will be quiet will reduce that risk, I think it will be a worth while risk though so long as I’m cautious enough about the whole thing.
The first showing I went to see was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, I really enjoyed the whole experience. I booked my ticket before leaving the house, there were only four other people in the screen and to avoid having to go up too many steps I booked row B. I generally prefer being closer to the screen to get the larger screen experience, the only problem can be the angle and having to look up.
This happened to be the issue a little in this screen when I got in but it wasn’t bad enough that I had to move and was comfortable enough and could still take in the whole screen but I think the next time I will sit a little further back.
When I got there I decided that I’d try some of the food and went to get a medium combo, apparently now you have to go to a machine order it and then go back to the person that told you that to give them the print out of what you’re after so they know what to get you. Although despite ordering a salted popcorn and the guy saying “the salted popcorn is very salted” and me being okay with that, I waited till the film was starting before actually trying any and it turned out to be sweet. I really didn’t mind this though as I wasn’t quite sure which to go for initially.
The film itself was very good, the best film I’ve seen in the cinema all year! It was fast paced and plenty of action and Indy showing that you can bring a whip to a gunfight, it was your typical Indiana Jones film, well the original ones rather than the alien one, unless I made that one up in my head.
When I was leaving there was no one around and got to the car, it was the first time I’d drove the new car in the dark and had to change the internal light settings as they were so bright, but it works at night time too which is handy, especially in the winter when it’s darker, longer.
Anyway there you go, more a review on my experience than the film, it was nice to be back in a cinema again.