Movie experiences

     One of the earliest movie experiences I can remember well is going to see the movie "Shrek" when it first came out. I remember this time in particular because it was the first movie I went to see at the newly built Century 11 theater downtown. Before going to see this movie I had always gone to the rundown movie theater closer to my house. Before we got to the theater, we stopped at seven eleven to get candy to the theater; my parents preferred not to spend $5 for a pack of M&M's. We also had ordered our tickets on-line through "Fandango", something we had never done before and I was quite excited about.
    When we got to the theater, we went though pretty much the same ritual as we always did in movie theaters. My parents told me and my sister to go to the bathroom so we wouldn't have to go during the show. Then I went and got an ICEE from the snack bar. The movies were the only times I can ever reember getting one of these frosty treats in my childhood.Once inside the actual theater i would always want to sit up in the front but, my parents would protest against it and we would end up sitting somewhere in the middle of the theater.
    The movie itself was great. I remember being thoroughly entertained watching "Shrek" for the first time. The part i remember most about the movie though, was my parents were also entertained by it. This was something that did not often happen when we went to see kids movies. Later on, I realized this was due to the abundance of adult humor that is also present in the movie, which i did not understand at the time. I also remember "Shrek" in particular because it was the first movie I had seen with the new type of 3D animation that got away from the cartoon drawing animation i was used to.