Popcorn is a terrible snack. Will have it with plenty of butter and salt at the movie theater a couple times a year, at most. When I forget that Goobers are the #1 movie snack.
Raisinettes
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You have to work really hard to get a poop emoji from me
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Work smarter not harder
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I’ll be going more than a couple times just in the next 45ish days. Cinema making a big comeback over the next few weeks.
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LRA movie thread?
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@jazznutUVA gets us a popcorn emoji and I’m there
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We are getting to emoji saturation. LoL
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Need a Wiki on how we’re supposed to use each
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You’re both right - goobers mixed with chocolate covered raisins
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As someone who fully takes advantage of their AMC movie pass, the best snack is whatever you are able to sneak in for free/at market price in the outside world.
During lunch breaks or afternoons where I am off, my local amc lets me bring my backpack in and I usually put in like 1 or 2 bags of candy I bought from Safeway, a chipotle burrito and 1-2 bottles of water. (during the matinee times theres maybe like 4-5 other people in the theater of the movie im watching)
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If you don’t care about your health at all, cookie dough bites are an undefeated movie theater snack.
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Some wild takes here. Buttered and salted popcorn eaten in huge handfuls is the unrivaled movie snack. It also gives you more instances of tastebud contact throughout a film than candy and, as a savory snack, pairs better with a sweet beverage.
I’ll now break down via film the satisfaction, as indicated by facial cues, of movie goers munching on popcorn vs. other alternatives…
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Yeah I don’t know why but I always get the large popcorn, the trick is have them fill half the bucket, butter, fill to top then bucket again. 50/50 on if we get anywhere close to finishing it. If I’m really into the movie it’s gone because the Cuts large handfuls method takes over without thought…
@UVApride7 is right though, the cookie dough bites are the top tier snack. Only candy I’m buying at a theater. Damn those things are good.
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Anyone see F1 yet? Definitely want to see that one in IMAX.
Viewer scores on the review sites are like 98% positive too. Nothing gets that high!
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Buttered popcorn while eating = unrivaled
Buttered popcorn after eating = feel like absolute garbage
Part of it is mindlessness of eating it during movie and you never feel full, so you end up smashing a ton of it and your body is like WTF.
My preferred option: I usually go to Alamo Drafthouse in DC. Next level food choices there. Get a beer and some chicken tenders and fries during a movie? Life altering.
Massive recliner chairs, too. So if you’re seeing Gladiator 2 you can just pass out for 30 mins and not miss anything.
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Alamo is the move 100%. We don’t go anywhere else much now that there’s one on 5th street
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Like them both, but goobers and raisinettes are my favorite. Of course, doesn’t really matter since I haven’t been to a movie since covid.
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I get grossed out by those food-movie combo places. I’ve seen a normal theater floor and can’t imagine what gets spilled at those bistro type spots. Also beers during a movie mean I’m destined to have to run to the bathroom.
I do want to see 28 Years Later though.
Popcorn by itself - ok.
Chocolate covered caramel - ok.
Together??? Sooooo good!!