Do you remember the Fifty Cent Matinee?
Or the $1.10 Movie? Average theatre prices in Canada – $15.00 – seniors $14.00 – children $13.00 So if you and your spouse and two young teens go to the movies it will cost you $56.00 plus any applicable taxes and the cost of refreshments. Now that’s reasonable. Going out for some entertainment keeps the family sane, avoids the mental and physical problems associated with being house-bound, keeps those in the theatre employed and contributes to a healthy economy. There is a more important lingering reward. You will have an opportunity to ask everyone in your party what they liked, how they saw or now understood particular characters, or what they took away from the movie – joy, fear, hate, love. Those where questions my parents asked my brothers and I when we went to see things such as “Old Yeller”, “Darby O’Gill and the Little People,” “Shane” or “The Alamo” (1960). Just think of that; a family conversation! What happened to them anyway? You’ll notice up there I mentione...