After watching Children of Men in my favorite class I still had appetite to go watch another movie. Also the fact that I did not enjoy it as much I was told, but that is a topic for the response paper. Anyway, searched Google for “movies near me” which showed a long list of screenings in a 5 mile radius, so there were alot of options. I had heard of about Ladybird in quite a few conversations, the reviews were raving, so I decided to watch the 6.45 show at Lincoln square AMC, ambitious timing because I did not want to pay for a taxi and wanted to walk across to the west side and it was already 6.10. I reached on time to find a surprisingly long line. Only five minutes were left before the movie started and the line did not seemed to come to an end. So I looked on Google again for other showtimes and decided on watching Ladybird at AMC empire 25 at 7.20. Reached 15 min early and got to the kiosks to buy my ticket. Choose the movie and the time, then came the ticket price, $16.49, *cough* rip off. But because I like movies more than money I clicked continue which took me to seat selection, which surprisingly only had some corner seats in the back and the very front row available. Surprising because I did not take Ladybird as a crowd puller, not when the Hollywood brainchild, formula driven, superhero blockbuster Justice League is playing in theaters. Anyway I did not want to break my neck watching sideways or straight up, so I clicked on the Kiosk home button to check for other movies playing, nothing good was playing except hiding on the last page was Three Billboards Near Ebbing, Missouri. I wasn’t sure of putting my “large investment” into a movie I had not heard alot about. I was hungry at that point so I went across the street to Five Guys for some burgers and fries which in retrospect was not a good choice before sitting down still for two hours. Anyway I searched about the “Billboard” movie and critics called it “one of the best movies of the year”. I finished my food and went to buy the ticket. Same red kiosk, seating chart had two or three rows full, I choose a middle row and middle seat, I have an issue with seating, even one seat off center, my mind cannot concentrate on the movie. Anyway after climbing endless escalators, I reached the dimly lit theater. Sticky floor, smell of popcorn and sound of coke on the pre-show advertisement made me want some even though I was full, these people are getting good at consumerism. A couple sat on my right side and a girl on my left. I prefer watching movies with no one around, people are just distracting, fidgeting, crunching on popcorn, especially people on dates, who want to impress their partner with really bad movie trivia. After watching alot of previews, which I thoroughly enjoy, the movie started. It was a good crowd, no one used their phones, laughed at the same things I laughed. After watching the movie which I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommended, the credits rolled and the theatre was empty before even the credit for Director of Photography came on screen. Anyway I left after watching the credits, going down endless escalators to reach 42nd St. It was full of life as always and being a Friday, tourists were all over, and I mean literally all over. Took the E train back to Queens where I live which went local, obviously because well MTA does not want me to reach home. So I wrote this whole review on the train, which drained all my phone battery, hope this does not affect grading. I wanted to watch another movie but I had work the next day so I went to sleep. Sorry went a bit longer than I expected.