movie experience: Bend It Like Beckham & Tomb Raider II

August 8th, 2003

Last weekend, Jamaal and I had the most interesting experience at the movies. For the longest time I had been wanting to see Bend it Like Beckham but I never got around to going to see it. Eventually it was out of theaters. But then Pirates of the Carribbean came out, and the girl starring in it–Keira Knightley–was also in Bend it Like Beckham. So they rereleased the movie, I think to make more money, cuz it got good reviews and all that.

So, we’re having a good time watching the movie. It’s funny, and the story is just starting to go somewhere, when at a serious plot development point, the movie shuts off. So. . .long story short, after about 40 min of the incompetent teens working at the movie theater messing around w/ the projector, they can’t get the movie to come back on. However, the manager gave us all a rain check to see another movie free w/in the next 30 days. But we also got to see whatever movie was playing at the time for free. We ended up seeing Tomb Raider 2. It was ok. . .much better than the first one at least. I think there were way too many close-ups on Angelina Jolie’s lips.

So, we got two free movies out of the deal, but I still don’t know what happened at the end of Bend it Like Beckham.

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