Term Paper #2

 

Before arrival:

I decided to bring along one of my friends to enjoy the movie with me and I knew that offering to pay for the ticket would sway her to join me. We decided to go to Cinema fourteen in Eldorado because I can often be a lazy driver though Texarkana’s theatre’s style, look, and food is better than Eldorado’s.

 

Deciding on the film (Friday October 30 at 3:45) :

After a short deliberation, my friend and I decided on the film “Woman King” due to the theatre mostly shows horror films and that’s something that I am not intrigued by. I had seen many advertisements for the film, but I did not think it would be worth my money due to the little that was shown in the advertisement video.

                                                   

First food stop at two fifteen:

Due to my friend and I left campus around 2:00 knowing the showing of the movie did not start until 3:45, we decided to head to Yamato and get some sushi and a small appetizer because we had not eaten that whole day. Shocker! The sushi was so good that we were ultimately rushing through traffic to get back to the theatre which was about 5 minutes away. We were still late though!

 

Finally arriving at the theatre:

As stated previously, we were rushing to arrive at the theatre as well as rushing to get into the actual theatre for our desired film.

 

Outside appearance:

While rushing inside, I did notice the feeling and nostalgia that the theatre brought me referring to my childhood when I and my family would visit there regularly. The second thought I had was that there’s no way that I thought it was so huge as a child, to now being an adult and saying, “This theater is really small compared to others that I’ve been to.” The last thing that came to mind was that this theatre is getting old far as the décor on the outside and the parking lot.

Inside Appearance:

Once we were in the theatre, we decided to also get another round of snacks and food because we’re foodies and we felt like the movie experience wouldn’t be complete without some food accompanying the film. I knew the prices to which of food beforehand, but I soon remember that I’m young and $13 will come back to me one day, so why trip about it?

 

Entering the showing room:

Since were late getting there and late getting in to see the advertisements, we missed the first few minutes of the film and we were expecting to be stared at once walking in with our food, but to our surprise, they were about five others there with us to which three out of five were African Americans and the other two were Caucasian.

 

The Actual Film:

Maybe we did not understand the first plot of the film due to us entering kind of late, but we were confused for at least the first ten minutes of the film and almost decided to call it wraps and just leave. Gladly, after those ten minutes, the film began to intrigue us when we saw (Nanisca) Mrs. Viola Davis as the leader of her group of young ladies in her strong stance with glowing muscles and natural hair. This was a head turner for us because we had never seen her in an action kind of film before and she killed that role!

 

The Plot:

After the confusion was rested, the film was still all over the place, but we understood every switch that came with each scene. The whole tribe consisted of mostly women whom she would train to defend themselves against men and to also become the most proficient warriors which was a major problem in her life, due to being sold and used by men without her consent or permission. The young ladies that she was training also were previously traded or thrown away.  

 

The Theater Experience:

Though I have been to this theatre a million times in my lifespan, now that I had to observe everything around me for a grade, crazily, I noticed everything that I may have not being a little kid like the overpriced food options (because I was not buying it with my own money), creepy looking characters plastered by the bathrooms, and the feeling of going to the bathroom alone and making sure no one is in there to snatch me up!

 

The extended theater experience:

The theater itself is still a nice size like I felt it was as a child. The theatre was not overly dirty (maybe because it was the first showing), the lights on the steps helped us, old people, to see the actual steps, the quality of the film far as high definition or so was pretty good, and the general audience there was actually pretty humorous, though the film was not a comedy everyone including me and my guest had times were we busted out laughing because we are all extremely goofy individuals.

 

My overall feeling:

The movie had acts and ideals of trading and selling slaves in the movie to which is not something that I would often look at, but the overall plot tied everything together and it all seemed to make sense. I was very impressed, and I feel as though everyone should experience the film and potentially go early on a Friday afternoon if you do not like big crowds of people.

 

The aftermath:

Since I am a kid at heart, I had to pull out my dollars and play some of the games before leaving. The first and only game that I played was Guitar Hero. In my younger days, I could beat anyone, anytime, of any day, but that Friday around 6:00, I sucked! I don’t know if my fingers have gotten bigger or if I potentially was overconfident and not that good as a child.

 

Final Thoughts:

The film and experience were a ten out of ten and you should totally go see it! I am still a little messed up about using more than just the $13 dollars that I told you guys about on food, gas, and the delicious sushi, but cool beans!