Chateau Lloyd

For the first time in a long time, I want to see a movie in the theater.  The film in question is Godzilla Minus One.  This is the first Godzilla movie I've wanted to see in years.  I'm aware that there are now two "monsterverses", one in the US and one in Japan and - unsurprisingly - the Japanese one is much, much better.

The trailers for it are captivating, and fan response overwhelmingly positive.  It appears to be a true "reboot," in the sense that it starts the Godzilla story over again, and is set in post-war Japan.  It also looks legitimately scary, because it focuses on people rather than just spectacular special effects.

Anyhow, as much as I'd like to see it, paying $22.50 for two tickets to a matinee is just nuts.  I'm much better off waiting for the DVD or streaming it. 

Yesterday I saw a news story that compared the ten items purchased at a grocery store in the movie Home Alone (which cost less than $20 in 1990) were $44 last year and $73 this year.  At some point, I'm going to have to mentally adjust myself to the fact that money is worth a lot less.  Coins are effectively worthless and $5 is the new single.  Barring a revaluation or crippling deflation, that's the new normal.

At that point $22.50 won't seem such a bad price, but before then wages are going to have to rocket up as well.  Since mine haven't, movie theaters are out of my price range.