It takes a home remortgage to afford movie snacks

In a post below, I added an animated defense of movie-theater employees who so often are forced to endure the stupid questions, actions of moviegoers.

So now let me add a post from the other side.

I went to see a screening of “The Green Hornet” yesterday. And after getting my brother settled, I went to the concession stand to get him a Coke. A small coke.

The cost? $4.25. For a small coke. A small Coke.

Did I emphasize that it was a small Coke?

Look, I know that theaters get most of their money from the stuff that they sell at the concession stands. And I recognize that even if most of the stuff they sell there is still crap, they’ve at least attempted to offer a more diverse menu of snacks.

But … seriously? $4.25 for  the smallest Coke in the house? Please. How about thinking of the folks whose budgets are already being stretched by paying premium prices for 3-D films that, for the most part, aren’t worth the money.?

Maybe, say, serve a 12-ounce mini-soda for $2.50? That, at least, would be a start.