Brad Pitt has Fight Club and we have Movie Club. This weekend marks the first (of hopefully many) movie club nights. Now you are probably thinking what the hell is movie club? Well, I will tell you but it has nothing to do with soap or fighting (I hope). A couple of months ago some pals came over to the house to watch the Oscars. As we sat and watched, we all kinda came to the realization of two things. That a) we don't see much of each other anymore and b) we don't see that many movies anymore. As we all pretty much have been fond of movies since we were kids a little idea was born. That idea was to get together once a month and watch a good movie.
Lots of rules were discussed amongst the boys which involved voting rights and when to take a pee break and when talking is permitted. But basically here is the gist. The members of Movie Club each take turns hosting movies at their places. They select a movie from a list. The list is comprised of each member's 3 wishes. Movie Club members can veto choices they don't think suit the club (basically, we are trying to avoid watching dumb movies). All members of the club have to attend each month unless some kind of emergency or good excuse prohibits. While all members are aware of the movies on the list, the actual movie that is shown by the host is a secret until the night of the showing (which is typically a Saturday as that is when all members are available). The host provides some kind of themed food or snack that goes along with the movie and the guests bring the liquor.
The hub is the first host of our movie club. Even I don't know what he is showing. I am pretty geeked about the club and really hope it is something we do each month, as what is better then friends, movies and food? We even hope to have field trips to drive-ins and special movie houses. It's going to be cool.
Want in? Well, it's already formed and the members are picked. So if you want in bad enough you have to go through movie club initiation. I have no idea what that involves but I know the club members will have very precise rules about it.
Lots of rules were discussed amongst the boys which involved voting rights and when to take a pee break and when talking is permitted. But basically here is the gist. The members of Movie Club each take turns hosting movies at their places. They select a movie from a list. The list is comprised of each member's 3 wishes. Movie Club members can veto choices they don't think suit the club (basically, we are trying to avoid watching dumb movies). All members of the club have to attend each month unless some kind of emergency or good excuse prohibits. While all members are aware of the movies on the list, the actual movie that is shown by the host is a secret until the night of the showing (which is typically a Saturday as that is when all members are available). The host provides some kind of themed food or snack that goes along with the movie and the guests bring the liquor.
The hub is the first host of our movie club. Even I don't know what he is showing. I am pretty geeked about the club and really hope it is something we do each month, as what is better then friends, movies and food? We even hope to have field trips to drive-ins and special movie houses. It's going to be cool.
Want in? Well, it's already formed and the members are picked. So if you want in bad enough you have to go through movie club initiation. I have no idea what that involves but I know the club members will have very precise rules about it.
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