Richardo Reviews: 'Michael Clayton', as seen at a Movie/Tavern Theater

[Richardo]

Movie: Overall very good. Casting is phenomonal and there is a lot going on with plot, characterizations and visuals. Sidney Pollack is one of the best 'corporate boss' characters since Jason Robards played Ben Bradlee in 'All The President's Men'. :thumbsup:

Tavern: Having a beer, cheeseburger and salad, with table service, all while watching the movie: priceless. Well, not priceless, but fun and reasonably priced. Screen was huge and the sound excellent. The auditorium only seats 147. It was all but deserted on a weeknight.

This was our first time trying one of these places (they're springing up all over Houston) and we'll definitely go back.

:thumbsup:

[swag]

1. Wow, they have first-run movies at your beer theaters?

Movies don't usually hit our beer theaters until they're about to go to dvd.

[Richardo]

3. Yeah, I hope this place lasts.

It just opened last week as a eight-screen multiplex. There were only three of us in the 'Michael Clayton' showing, and I must have seen at LEAST 20 employees there - servers, ticket takers, etc. Seems labor-intensive unless they get big crowds on the weekends.

[Bunny]

2. You left out the most important part.

How did George Clooney look?

:hi:

[Richardo]

4. F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S dahlink!

Very GQ and brooding.

Incidentally, I thought his acting was great also.

:hi:

[Richardo]

6. I know this is what you *really* wanted, Bunny...

...not my incessant prattling.

Note the brooding:

[Bunny]

9. Sw-o-o-o-o-o-n!

*thud*


Thanks Richardo, I needed that. ;)

[Heidi]

5. *Envy*

I've never been to a movie venue like that. Sounds fun! :thumbsup:

[Richardo]

10. It was fun! I don't know what it would be like if the theater was full

That could be pretty distracting. But still, I'd recommend it if they ever build one in Switzerland. :hi:

[terrya]

7. That sounds great, Richardo!

Only...please, for the love of God, tell me you WEREN'T drinking a Coors Light. :scared:

[Richardo]

8. No worries, terrya - they've got Shiner Bock

Sometimes it's good to be in Texas :9

BTW: Have I ever told you how much I'm paying per minute to post on the DU?

[Sweet Freedom]

11. Hi neighbor!

:hi:

Where is this place?

[Richardo]

14. Willowbrook: just north of FM 1960 on Hwy 249.

That's quite a drive from Sugarland. They're called 'Movie Tavern' theaters - there may be one on your side of town.

[Sweet Freedom]

17. Thanks! You're right -- I'm never near that area of town.

Enjoying our cool weather? My cats are having a blast running around the yard like frisky kittens.

[J-Lo Biafra]

12. Glad you had fun, one Richardo!

:toast:

[Richardo]

16. Thanks, JQ

and welcome to DU! :toast:

[ceile]

13. At the Alamo?

Or is there a new chain popping up there?

[Richardo]

15. Not sure if it's a chain, but it looks like it.

It's in a decommissioned Home Depot along with an arcade called 'ITZ'.

[txwhitedove]

18. What? You didn't order a "Blue Thing"? We go to the Movie Tavern

on Richey Road. Ah, fun times...

[Richardo]

19. Maybe next time - uh, what is it?

[txwhitedove]

20. A lovely cocktail called "The Blue Thing", recommended to me

by a friend after her evening at the Movie Tavern drinking Blue Things,
and she couldn't remember what the movie was.

:)

[Adsos Letter]

21. we had one of those up in McMinnville, Oregon...

suds and a movie...great idea.