Bricktown in December

The girls and I headed promptly to Bricktown after I picked them up at school, as we were intending to see the 7:15 showing of Narnia. Unbelievably, that showing was sold out at the Bricktown theater. I found it unbelievable because that theater seats 600+ (I KNEW I should have bought tickets last night), and we tried to pick up tickets an hour ahead of time, which has worked out okay for other highly anticipated releases in the past.

We had to settle for the 8:15 showing in the MUCH smaller theater, but even then we had to stand in a line that wound through the lobby, though we were there 45 minutes before showtime. So obviously our seats weren't so good.

We probably could have gotten much beter seats had we gotten in line at 6:15 when we got our tickets, but we chose to get some dinner first, and then afterwards we checked out the Bricktown Christmas scenery (here's one with the girls).

The movie was pretty good. I'm not sure it lived 100% up to the hefty hype, but it was a darn good movie. The girls enjoyed it, though Shelby got pretty scared at times (but she scares easily). Though it was a 2-hour movie, it almost didn't feel long enough, in that it seemed like they rushed through some detail for the sake of keeping it near 2-hours. Maybe we should have waited for the Saturday matinee for better seats, but all in all the girls had a good time, so I'm not sure there was a real downside (except maybe for having to walk more than a quarter mile to the car after the movie in the 30 degree weather).