Yesterday, Carolyn and I got a chance to watch the new Disney/Pixar film, Ratatouille a whopping two weeks before it even comes out in theaters! Carolyn had pointed out a calendar bulletin on News 8 Austin saying that they were showing screenings at Gateway that night. However, you had to be a member of a film society to get in for free. The bulletin said that non-members could get in for $4. I called the society to make sure that that was true. Unfortunately, the website was incorrect, and instead it should have said that members get 4 tickets to give to non-members. However, the guy that I talked to said that he would try to help me out and that I should email this manager guy.

I did, and the manager replied to me and said that he would put me for two tickets on the guest list at the door. Wow!

When we got there, there was a really long line and it looked like people had been waiting for a long time. We decided to wait, but then after a few minutes we noticed that everyone in the line had paper tickets in Disney envelopes. Carolyn suggested that I try to find out what was going on since we didn't have tickets. I found an usher and asked him about the guest list. He confirmed that I was on the guest list and then Carolyn and I were escorted past everyone in line and into the theater! Unbelievable. Pretty sweet deal considering we didn't pay a single dollar.

The movie was actually really good. Those Pixar boys and girls tell a very fun story. Not only that, we were discussing the movie afterwards and pointed out that the moral lessons in the movie were actually very substantial and deep. I recommend watching it when it comes out June 29th. (I'll be on a plane that day to Taiwan)/