Rock me Sexy Jesus!

J and I celebrated our 10-month anniversary (aren't we cute?) last night by catching an actual first-run movie and dinner at an actual theater (as opposed to our usual stop at the Redbox on the way home to whatever I've got in the pantry). It was a mix of emotions.

On the upside, we are going strong at our 10-month mark, really happy together and making plans for the future, so we enjoy celebrating our monthly landmark and were, thus, in a good mood last night.

On the upside, we chose Alamo Drafthouse, which is always a little more fun than a regular theater, because you get to eat real food while you watch your movie. Just choosing this venue added to our good mood and feeling of celebration. Plus, we have good memories of this particular location of Alamo, since we saw a really funny Mr. Sinus Theater there of The Breakfast Club.

On the downside, with the potential to ruin our grand evening, was the service at Alamo. Usually, I have good luck there. I had a run of bad service at the Lakeline location and don't go there anymore, but I've never had a problem at the other locations until last night. When the waiter first came by, J and I were still trying to decide what food to order, so we just ordered our drinks (waters with lemon - not exactly difficult). By the time the waters arrived, we were still slow in writing up our order. We'd decided to split a steak sandwich accompanied by chili fries, and we were going to place a dessert order for chocolate molten cake a la mode when the sandwich arrived. Tasty, no?

So, we wrote up our order, stuck it on the table as we're supposed to, and we waited for our waiter to come get it. For a long time. Well into the movie. The people on either side of us had long since gotten their food (which was killing us with its fantastic aroma), and there our order sat - lonely and ineffectual in flagging down the waiter. J decided that perhaps he should place the dessert order with the food order, so he added that, with the notation that it should come later. Finally, the waiter came and got our order, and he verified that the dessert should come after the food.

The movie continued. Our neighbors got their dessert. I became distracted by my hunger, and still no food. I became agitated. I watched every single person who passed in the aisle, hoping it was our waiter bringing our food. Finally, after 40 minutes - let me repeat that: 40 minutes - our food arrived. All of our food. The main course AND the dessert. Way to follow directions. I thought the sandwich was great, but wasn't thrilled with the fries, which they'd added queso to (we only wanted chili - not queso AND chili). J didn't care for either. And we had to hurry so the ice cream with our cake wouldn't melt.

It really had the potential to ruin the evening except for one thing. The movie was phenomenal! We saw Hamlet 2, and it was absolutely hysterical!! Now, it won't be for everyone. It's an independent film, and it has that indie feel to it, like Napolean Dynamite. It's irreverant, and there's a lot of foul language, so if that bothers you, don't go. It's low budget, mostly with actors you don't know, but a few familiar faces pop up (such as Elizabeth Shue - here's her first scene - who knew she was still around???), and honestly, it was just the best thing J and I have seen in a long time! Not everyone will get the kick out of it we did, but we laughed the whole freakin' time and so did all the people in the theater with us, and we've been saying lines from it since we got up out of our chairs. We really loved it!

The ads focus on the presence of Amy Poehler, but she has a really small part. She's funny, but not even close to being the focus. The lead actor is a guy named Steve Coogan, and he is absolutely the reason the movie is so great. He totally commits to the role of this washed-up actor teacher who is about THIS close to going off the deep end and doesn't quite know it. He's really the key to the whole movie. And the play his character writes, Hamlet 2, is a Springtime with Hitler kind of delight. We just had a great time watching it.

If you watch it and hate it, then probably you won't ever listen to me recommend anything again, but I hope it gets a great following. For us, it snatched a sinking evening right out of the crapper.

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