Actually, I texted someone I know who works at AMC in order to confirm my findings. She did not know the answer. That's never a good sign. Then again, when I worked at Boston Store, I didn't know whether or not someone's coupon was good for use on Ralph Lauren, so I always had to walk over to ask Anya. If Anya was not working, I didn't really care if the coupon worked.
Back to the $4 movies at AMC this summer. It's called Summer Movie Camp. You get a movie and a Kids Pack. That's $4 plus tax. A Kids Pack includes tiny versions of soda, popcorn, and a snack. I assume a snack in movieland is a small package of candy.
But there's a huge catch to this. One, it's only at participating theaters. Even though a Jacksonville news channel promoted this camp, here's the official list of Florida AMC theaters that are supposedly participating:
AMC CLASSIC Centro Ybor
AMC CLASSIC New Smyrna
AMC CLASSIC Palm Harbor
AMC CLASSIC Pensacola
AMC CLASSIC West Melbourne
AMC CLASSIC Yulee
I don't think any of these theaters are very close to me. I guess Yulee's 30 miles away, but I don't think there's another reason on earth to go to Yulee, so I probably won't go there. Still, pretty silly to waste a news segment on an ad for AMC when only a handful of theaters in our state are part of the deal.
But wait, there's more. Actually, less. It's not ALL PG or G movies. Nope. Here's the list of films you can choose to see for your four bucks, once you make the trek up to Yulee:
The House With a Clock of Walls
How to Train Your Dragon (not the original)
Smallfoot
Wonder Park
Teen Titans Go to the Movies
Peter Rabbit
Hotel Transylvania 3
The Lego Movie 2
Trolls
So it's a list of movies that Sony made that did OK or not well and aren't even really in theaters anymore.
That's it. 9 Old movies. Last night's popcorn. 6 Florida theaters. And a spot on our local channel to promote the whole non-deal. Oh, and one sad son who wanted to see A Dog's Journey but was told by his old man that it wasn't going to happen. Maybe we can pretend Yulee is Jacksonville and Peter Rabbit is a dog.
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