After watching the snooze fest that was “Shooter” I felt like I had to find a way to cancel that out. I decided to go watch two movies back-to-back. I chose “TMNT” and “I Think I Love My Wife.” I had a good time. Both were good films. I found myself coming back to the idea that movie theatres should have a deal for movie nerds like me. You pay something like 20 bucks, and you can watch any four films that day. I love going to the movies, and often find myself shelling out in excess of 20 to 30 bucks a weekend to fund my movie-going habit. Why not make it easier to do that?

I think it could catch on. I loved my good time at the pictures. It would also give a consumer an actual decent matinee price. I always felt the matinee and non-matinee price tags were ridiculous in terms of the difference between movies. There’s something very annoying about paying close to 10 bucks for a ticket to a movie that wasn’t worth five. If there was something like the above-mentioned movie deal, a person would only be spending five dollars a ticket.

Also, considering someone who takes this pass is likely to grow hungry during the course of the day, it almost guarantees concession stand visits will be made. This puts more money in the coffers of the movie theatre. In the cases of places such as the Alamo Drafthouse, this could mean serious money.

I drop close to 50 bucks on average for a weekend. I’m sure other people spend more. They could marathon trilogies. They could show the first part of a movie and the new part after. A perfect example would be the upcoming third installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean.” They could show the first two films, leading into a show of the new third movie. Alamo Drafthouse does things like that on occasion, but I’d like to see more theatres take note.

I hope this idea does catch on. It’s about time.