There Was A Time When You Had To See Movies In A Theater – Meltdown

While I was on vacation last week, I did something that in some ways has become a lost art...I went to the movie theater and watched a classic horror film! I was in Milwaukee last Wednesday and Thursday, and as I was searching for something to do on Thursday night (Wednesday I went to see GWAR...that's another story for later), I came across an old movie theater showing Freight Night from 1987. I thought I'd take a chance and go check it out. The theater wasn't very full, but it brought me back to a time when my friends and I would go to the theaters on Friday or Saturday nights at midnight to watch the latest scary movie.

This theater was one of the old style ones, with only one floor that slowly inclined. Yes, I was looking over the seats in front of me as opposed to the theaters we have now, where there's no blocked viewing. They even showed to previews before the movie- the trailer for the original Nightmare On Elm Street and Halloween. So cool!

A few weeks back, I went to a late night showing of Terrifier 2. I'll be honest- it had kind of the same vibe. It was during homecoming season, so there was a lot of kids on dates there. While watching some of these movies at home is nice and easy, it does miss out on the ambiance of watching it in a theater with complete strangers...even if one of them was sleeping very loudly during Terrifier. LOL.

-Meltdown-

Old people. We love them. They are wise. They are hilarious. And when their not crashing their cars into buildings... sometimes they are kicking ass on the big screen. Here are 5 of my favorite kick ass old people from the movies.

Yes, he looks like he used to be a roadie for Willie Nelson. Yes, he smokes some kind of weed-like substance from his pipe. And yes, of course he kicks some serious ass in Lord of The Rings. Not only does he use the might of his magic... but he's not afraid to bestow a beating upon orcs with his staff. Gandalf ain't nothin' to f**k with!

Count Dooku is one evil son of a bitch. The once super cool Jedi, that turned to the Dark Side and became a truly nasty bastard. When he's not tryin' to make it to a 5:30 am breakfast to get his senior discount... he's whoopin' ass with lightsabers and his ability to manipulate the force. Once he's had his Metamucil, steer clear of this old mean son of a bitch!

Liam Neeson's character Bryan Mills. He's pretty old. But he's not afraid to kick some serious ass, even if his hips are made of metal. Watch him bring his elderly beating here. Doesn't matter how much ointment it's gonna take, there will be hell to pay if you f**k with him!

Campbell is the Dad of Hamish from Braveheart. This old man proves time and time again how tough he is. Whether he's getting his hand chopped off or being shot with arrows, he never backs down from a fight. Hell, here he is with an arrow in him and he's still got the energy to get every body fired up after an epic ass kicking, they didn't even have advil back then.

Yoda is hundreds of years old, so he is by far the oldest of these ass-kicking old men. He tiny and walks with a cane. But don't be fooled. He's the most powerful Jedi there's ever been. He gets around pretty good for his age and proved by his flips... he's able to work through his joint pain to pick a fight with the evil Darth Sidious.