Better Than A Double Feature...
When I was growing up in Charleston in the 1950s, a real treat at the movies was a Double Feature.
Wow. Two-for-one time.
Two black & white cowboy films, color cartoons in between and maybe a newsreel.
Could it get any better than that!?
Yes it can.
Attend a Triple-feature that starts at 6:30pm ands ends a few minutes before 3:00am.
And, receive a free 4-pack of an energy drink.
It helps you make it all the way to the end of
"The Dark Knight Trilogy.
By going to see the
Batman Marathon at the Mt. Pleasant's CINEBARRE, you were able to enjoy hot popcorn and cold beer with your movies.
Later, when it's time for dinner, throw in a hot and crispy pepperoni pizza.
Add some more beer, and the fun just keeps coming.
Two screens were set aside for "Batman Begins" (2005),"The Dark Knight" (2008) and the final chapter by Christopher Nolan. Judging by the crowd in the mens room, both seemed well attended.
Of course the midnight showing of
The Dark Knight Rises WAS playing elsewhere -even in 3D - but I doubt the "Scarecrow Man" was in the audience there.
Wish I had a Batman t-shirt.
Wham! Smash! Kapow!
(Click on the pictures for more details.
The campy shot of Batman and the Boy Wonder was from the internet and was NOT part of the Trilogy.
Director Nolan wanted to distance himself as far as possible from those days.
It was a fun evening. Thanks for dropping in.
** In light of the tragedy in Colorado, I hesitated to keep this post up on my blog.
However, it was a happy event here in Charleston and I decided to relate that.
Labels: Batman, Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, Colorado tragedy, Kapow, Mt. Pleasant Cinebarre Triple feature, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises
Yes..it's a Booty Bottle.
The Harbor Grille, next to the Aquarium downtown, touts itself as a restaurant with a great view.
I viewed a bottle on the back bar that made me ask a few questions. It was sexy-shaped. It was wearing a slinky red dress. And a red hat.
Bartender Martene Pendigrast didn't know a lot about the bottle of
Landy Brandy except it was almost empty and had been there
"for years."Several others joined in the inspection as
Miss Landy was turned around and dusted off.
(Isn't there a group called
"Red Hats Ladies?" Would this be their official drink when they gathered?)
The restaurant is working with the newly-opened
Terrace Hippodrome (formerly the IMAX) and offers a Sun-Thurs dinner & movie package that offers an admittance ticket discount.
The harbor view is stunning, especially when several container ships are sliding by, nudged by tugs, to keep them inside the channel.
A double-decker harbor cruise boat, probably the
Spirit of the Low Country, was loading passengers next to the 84' Schooner
PRIDE with its distinctive 3 tall masts.
An active scene on a busy harbor.
The internet supplied zero details about the uniquely-shaped curvaceous bottle.
It did point out that technically it is not
Landy Brandy.
I'm a beer drinker these days and don't know much about "hard liquor" but I was tempted to have the last drink from the bottle.
It would not be the first time that a temptress wore red. The hat
was different.
Oh yeah, it's not brandy, it's cognac...with the red dress on.
Waiting for that last Booty Call.
(Attention
Community Social Media: yes, I contacted various sources to verify names and went online to seek definitive answers about the shape of the bottle.
True research requires more than just having a beer at a great bar with a cooperative - and spirited - bartender.
The movie I saw that night at the Hippodrome was Batman -
Dark Knight from a year ago.
I was among a small but enthusiastic crowd at that screening who had not seen it yet or who wanted to enjoy the big a** screen and 12,000+ watts of sound.)
Labels: Batman, brandy, cognac, Dark Knight, Harbor Grille, Landy, Martene Pendigrest, Red Hat Ladies, Schooner Pride, Spirit of the Low Country, Terrace Hippodrome
When I was growing up in Charleston in the 1950s, a real treat at the movies was a Double Feature.
Yes it can.
