The drive in is apparently alive and well. Last night (and early this morning) the Boss and I decided to try out the drive-in theatre that is just down the road from the house. Last night was he confluence of factors that made it a logical decision - $5 Tuesday, perfect weather and neither of us had to crawl out of bed for anything this morning.
The 5 Drive-in has three screens each showing a double feature we elected for comedy night - Crazy, Stupid Love and then Horrible Bosses. Both movies had some laughs but Crazy, Stupid Love was definitely the funnier movie. Steve Carrel is a funny guy.
The Drive-in does play off the “50’s nostalgia with the snack bar, interlude music and pre-movie adds but surprisingly (to me anyway) the vast majority of the customers were young people. Like late teens early 20’s. and a lot of pick-ups. Backed into their spots with air mattresses in the truck bed, a cool idea for our next visit.
The place was pretty busy, not packed but more than half full. More full by percentage than a regular indoor theatre in my experience. Pretty good considering the movies weren’t blockbusters and the shows ran from (1:30 PM to 1:30 AM on a school night. Yeah I know school is out for summer - and that might explain the high percentage of youths too. The awesome is that in the cab of the truck I don’t have to worry about the youths annoying me with their enthusiastic self absorption.
In all the drive-in gets my wholehearted recommendation.
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