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The Adventure Returns

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Indiana Jones is back and it's worth going to the theater to see a movie. I always loved going to the movies when I was younger. Of course the only options we had available were to see the movie at the theater or wait several years for it to show up on TV. The options for collectors were limited (in the US at least) to 8mm or 16mm films. When home video was introduced the quality was iffy and prices were high. Video stores could charge, and get, $10 a pop. As a kid fifty cents would bet me in the movie, a bag of popcorn, a coke and maybe a small box of candy. I still remember the sticker shock when tickets went up to a dollar. Even that was affordable enough to catch several movies in a week. For that matter, most movies didn't play over a week at any one theater unless it was a special like West Side Story for example. Now, I still enjoy seeing movies on a large screen, but the multiplex screens aren't that big and ticket prices are disgraceful. I only go to barg