Pride's Corner

Went to the drive in again with Breanne last weekend, this time to the one in Westbrook. It was 7 bucks a person, which ended up being the same as Saco, which is 14 dollars a car. Saco was showing UP! and The Hangover while Pride's Corner in Westbrook was showing Transformers 2 and Star Trek, so we opted for Westbrook.
Transformers 2 was about as bad as you'd expect. There were some confusing fight scenes that involved bright flashes of medal and explosions. What I noticed most about the beginning was the gaping plot holes and bad acting. One moment there was a robot fight in Los Angeles and somewhere in a big city and Asia, and the next second the government was denying it. But that didn't matter once John Turturro stepped on to the screen. He's one of my favorite actors. I guess I started getting more interested at that point- they went to the Smithsonian, then the pyramids in Giza- and then the movie was upside down. The whole picture was flipped and the audio was crackly. The motorists/viewers, parked on their grass moguls, started laying on their horns and yelling out windows. It was literally at the climax of the film that the reel got flipped.
We turned the radio off so we couldn't hear the audio and started watching the shouting and gesticulating people milling around the concession stand. We walked over after a while and discovered that there was nothing that could be done; the reel had to play out until the next movie started. The guy running the place was a bit worked up, understandably, but he gave everyone free passes for their trouble.
We went back to the car and waited to see if Star Trek would be upside down.
It was not. And the best part is enough people left that we were able to move our car up a couple of rows right into the center, literally the best spot in the parking lot.
And it was a good movie. I was never much of a Star Trek fan, and I've never seen any of the other movies, but I liked this one a lot. The actor who played Spock was particularly good. The story was interesting too. It reminded me of an episode of the show my brother used to have on tape. I think that was Star Trek: the Next Generation though, because Patrick Stewart was the captain and the last line of the episode was "Five card stud, joker's wild, the sky is the limit." Not sure why I remember that but it seemed important at one time.
Breanne seemed captivated with the movie too, actually staying awake till the end of the movie.