Anyway she arrived at 10am, and we went up to collect our movie tickets for Avatar (we booked them on the net a couple nights ago just to be sure!). She brought along a couple of vouchers that gave us $5 off each ticket which made the IMAX tickets cheaper than regular tickets for 3D! Diane actually paid, and so throughout the day I was trying to find some way of repaying her!
There was still quite a bit of time before the movie started, so we went down to Burger King to buy a drink and for her to buy some breakfast. I discovered she I refilled my drink a few times and had to go to the toilet a few times. I hope I'm not developing a weak bladder!
Finally when it got closer to the start of the movie we made our way to the theatre. They gave us the 3D glasses upon entering the theatre. I thought we'd get to keep them but we had to return them! I don't know what I'd do with them at home though. We got seats that were somewhere near the middle of the row and closer to the back which wasn't too bad. The theatre was quite packed. I don't think I've been in a theatre more full than that one!
As for Avatar, EXCELLENT! I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it (like my family...we were thinking about trying to get the whole family to go together to witness a cinematic revolution, but if they do decide to I'll just go watch it again...that's how much it was worth it!) I didn't really know what to expect from a 3D movie before, seeing as this was the first one I had seen. It felt like you were there!
I have to say I really enjoyed the soundtrack as well! Music for Avatar was composed by James Horner (he also composed music for Titanic), so no surprises there! The movie ran for almost three hours, and by the end I really needed to go to the toilet...again!
Both of us weren't too hungry after the movie so we skipped lunch. We went to the arcade where we had a game of that basketball shooting game. I was leading for most of the game before one of the basketballs I threw rebounded right out and bounced to the other side of the arcade so I was one ball down! I ended up losing to her!
We also had a go at DDR (a dancing game where you have to match the arrows). We couldn't get both machines beside each other to work, so we just used one. We started on the easiest level, with her going first followed by me. Me = FAILED! Diane then thought she'd give the hardest level a go, and five seconds into the game she FAILED! I did record it for evidence but she deleted it off my camera!
We then had a little wander down Queen Street all the way to Downtown Shopping Centre, having a few stops along the way before wandering back up Queen St, stopping at Burger King for a toilet stop (yep me again! Too much drinking!). By then she was pretty tired as she didn't get a good sleep the night before, so we walked to the bus stop and I watched her leave.
It was really cool catching up with Diane again, but I just can't help but feel something feels a little awkward whenever we meet up! Don't get me wrong, we're like best friends, chat and text almost every night, but because she studies vet down in Palmerston North and only comes back up to Auckland during the Christmas holiday, I only get to catch up with her around once a year. We don't seem to talk as much in person! For the past few times we've hung out we always watch a movie, and then after when we're just walking around we run out of stuff to do or talk about. Maybe we're just not used to being around each other in person, and I guess watching a movie isn't such a great way to socialise! She did hang out with another friend the day before, and so she had done a lot of the stuff you can do in the city already.
We did have a bit of a talk about this after we both parted, so maybe next time we catch up we'll do things a little differently and we will be more like ourselves around each other the next time! It really was cool to catch up with her again, and at least I managed to get a photo together with her (wearing the necklace I bought her for her birthday this year! Wow I didn't think she'd still have it! haha) after repeated attempts just before she left!
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