I love this theatre! perhaps it's all the teenage memories of making out in the back row, Perhaps it's the late 90's classics and the nostalgia, I don't know what it is! I just love this place!
I remember when it opened way back! Everyone in the area was buzzing with excitement. Back in those days this place was just a regular cineplex theatre. Normal prices, new releases. Now it's a second run theatre which brings me to its best feature. ITS CHEAP! I love the idea of second run theatres. Perhaps we don't wanna fork out 15 bucks to see a questionable movie, so we wait until until it hits the cheap one!! That saves me 10 bucks!! And if the movie ends up sucking well, its just an hour and half of my life I won't get back...
Why five stars for a second run theatre? Because it exceeds my expectations! The theatres (though pushing like 12 years old) still feels new to me. For me the movie watching experience is equal to its more expensive counterpart and it's never crowded which just pushes the experience over the top. No crowds, no lines no stupid laser pointing jerk would dare wield his pen in an open environment like this.
This place is sweet and quite frankly Calgary needs way more theatres like it!!
24/30