10 movie surcharges (and why I'm not currently watching Coraline in 3D)

The little lady and I had planned to see Coraline in 3D tonight since the non-3D prints move to the so-last-week screens this Monday. Then, we discovered that it cost an extra $2.50 to buy a 3D movie ticket. WHAT? Sure, I light piles of $20 bills with $2 bills but I'm not going to pay a premium to watch a digital movie delivered on a hard drive AKA what I'll see on DVD in 8 weeks. Take this Hollywood jerks.

1. $3 - we'll make sure your car is safe
2. $2 - you can sit down
3. $3.50 - we won't prelick your drink straws
4. $5 - we won't give you the "buttered" popcorn
5. $4 - go ahead, talk to the screen, we don't care
6. $2.56 - here's a flashlight, shine it someone's eyes and exert your authority
7. $3 - you get to leave your cell phone on but you have to answer on the first ring: $0.50 extra per unanswered ring.
8. $10 - pants optional viewing (not available for NC-17 movies)
9. $8 - we'll personally notify your friends with graduate degrees when you see a foreign film. For $10 well tell them that you laughed at all of the culturally relevant moments.
10. $1 - we'll provide a ticket stub for the trendiest indie film whenever you pay to see a movie starring someone appearing on a Disney Channel program - you pervert.

All right, I like a good chick flick. Here are the best of the past 20 years.

1. Four Weddings and a Funeral
2. About A Boy
3. Bridget Jones' Diary
4. Love Actually (this one's got boobs)
5. Music and Lyrics
6. When Harry Met Sally
7. Definitely, Maybe

Do I have an unspoken and unspeakable man-crush on Hugh Grant? I think it has less to do with a deeply hidden attraction to sunken-chested Brits than it does with the fact that Grant might actually read scripts before cashing the checks. That may be unfair to McConaughey since it's unclear if he can read.

If you care to comment, it would be less interesting to know which good ones you think I missed (since I haven't miss any) than to know which supposedly great movies are actually nauseating wastes of time - yeah, I'm talking to you Pretty Woman!

5 deals with the Devil

1. On Borrowed Time (1939 movie with Lionel Barrymore)
2. Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels song)
3. The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings (4ACV18 Episode 72 of Futurama)
4. The Devil and Daniel Webster (Stephen Benet short story which inspired a movie)
5. American Idol (you don't think Ryan Seacrest has made it on talent, do you?)