I would totally go door to door for this theater.

[kungfuwaynewho]

You know how some people proselytize about their religion?  And they're super into it and you can tell it's really important to them and maybe you even think once in a while "hmm, maybe I should try it out if it makes you feel that good"?  And they just keep doggedly bringing whatever up over and over because to not preach is just unthinkable?

I'm like that about the Alamo Drafthouse theaters in Austin, Texas. 

These are the BEST MOVIE THEATERS EVER.  They are THE BEST.  Every other movie theater pales in comparison.  Full menu of really fantastic food, alcohol, very cool special presentations (a sample: Shaun of the Dead with blow-up bats to smack your neighbors during the zombie fighting scenes; Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical sing-a-long; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with all-you-can-eat pizza; all three Lord of the Rings movies lasting all day, served with a "hobbit feast" that is, like, eight separate meals).  Best of all, though, they have a very strict no talking/texting/being annoying policy.  Before every single movie, there's a short reminder that tells you that if you talk or text or annoy your neighbors during the film, they will, and I quote, take your ass out.  They're very creative with this message.  There was one featuring Ann Richards, former governor of Texas, for instance.  Here's a bunch of others.

This is the best one ever, though.  How could you not have the best time ever watching movies at a theater like this?

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[indigoviolet.livejournal.com]

Full menu of really fantastic food, alcohol, very cool special presentations (a sample: Shaun of the Dead with blow-up bats to smack your neighbors during the zombie fighting scenes; Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical sing-a-long; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with all-you-can-eat pizza; all three Lord of the Rings movies lasting all day, served with a "hobbit feast" that is, like, eight separate meals

I love this place already :)

LMAO, was this actually on the TV? "But I'm a CUSTOMER! I gave you MONEY! You should be kissing my backside not throwing me out, me me me me me."

I was kind of expecting her to have a yee-haw King of the Hill accent, though. In future please post videos that live up to my ethnic stereotypes. :p

[indigoviolet.livejournal.com]

Anyway, I used to have this cinema at the end of the street when I was at uni, although it isn't quite that awesome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_Picture_House,_Leeds

But they've kept the decor pretty much unchanged since 1914, including the gas lighting, and the piano and organ from the silent films. It's really atmospheric <3

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

OOO I WANT TO GO TO THERE.

[indigoviolet.livejournal.com]

They let you take your own alcohol too

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd ever seen a Drafthouse commercial on TV. No, before each show they have a "don't talk during the movie" PSA, and this was their new one.

I actually didn't run into a lot of people when I was going to school down there with heavy Southern accents, though of course Austin as a city is a bit different (a lot different) from the state as a whole.

[indigoviolet.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't run into a lot of people when I was going to school down there with heavy Southern accents

I don't believe you as I have seen the 80s documentary Dallas, so I know that everyone in Texas is a rich oil baron with a huge cowboy hat and says 'y'all'.