Movies and Moonbeams - July 2006

I posted previously about movies and moonbeams, a movie presentation at a public park each month in the Shreveport (and maybe Bossier) Louisiana area. I'd been talking it up as a great idea for quite a while, and finally successfully attended a show last weekend. I say successfully because we tried to attend one two months or so ago and apparently it had been rescheduled, or we went to the wrong park. Katie and I showed up just as the movie was starting and were able to find Billy, David and Jeff and set up our chairs right down front - prime time.

They showed Raiders of the Lost Ark on a huge inflatable screen. There were concessions available - waters, drinks, bags of candy, and of course... popcorn. While that's all great, the best thing about the night was the amount of people watching the show. Probably two to three hundred people (by my fingers and toes estimation at least) showed up.

I mention this as the best aspect of the show for two reasons. First, because of the amount of people there you can tell that something like this was needed - and also because I'm telling you... something like this was needed. Secondly, if you've ever watched a good action/family movie with kids around, you've probably noticed as I have that the movie becomes better. It works the same way when a group of people gets together to watch a funny show on tv... it always seems funnier/better in groups.

I wonder what they're showing next month...