Half our movie theaters just closed. We used to have 2 options for places to watch movies, and now we have one. Imagine if half our book stores closed! We used to have Half Priced books and Barnes and Noble, now its just Barnes. No more cheap books, only the stiffest hard covers with the most obtrusive ‘now a major motion picture’ stickers applied with the firmest adhesives. What a shame. 
Seriously! How do they expect 14 screens to support the movie needs of 250,000 rabid wacoans. Especially considering 4-6 screens are being used to screen the latest maga trash hitler slop Angel Studios has out, at least 2 for the newest statham, 3 for kids movies, and then whatever's left gets divided between blumhouse movies and movies based on books women like to masturbate to that year. MAYBEEEEEE if we’re lucky they'll show an interesting movie on the 3rd week of its run, but only if it has proven it can make a billion dollars and has a marketable popcorn bucket. If it doesn’t have a bucket that looks 90% like a fleshlight then it doesn’t get picked up. I’m not saying AMC is an arbiter of taste and independent cinema, but they do the first step towards it. Their AMC artisan film label gets the job done in providing a balanced film watching diet. If the Apprentice came out today I wouldn’t be able to see it, because Matt Walsh decided to pay for a million screenings of Am I Racist at cinemark.
Do we hate Nicole Kidman? Is her presence unwelcome? Do we really want that stupid ass “Are we gonna make somebody sleep with the fishes” ad? Do we want that? Do we want to switch from Stubs A List to Cinemark rewards? 1 free ticket credit a month and a puny 20% snack discount, suck my dick cinemark fuck you. I need FOUR movies a WEEK with FIVE DOLLAR snack CREDITS being deposited INTERMITTENDLY. I come to this place for MAGIC! The INDESCRIBABLE FEELING! Seeing a movie at Cinemark feels like getting Chemo at the Cleveland clinic. Like yeah, im in good hands in a clean safe environment yada yada yada, but is that all that matters? 
Was the AMC Galaxy 16 a very shitty theater? Yes. Is it completely inexcusable to not have luxury loungers in this day and age? Yes it was. Did anyone except me choose to watch a movie at the AMC over the Cinemark? No. But man when I was a freshman that massive neon sign and the odd checkered floor felt like home, That weird yellow bathroom was somewhere I wanted to be, The creepy ass upstairs section that nobody ever went to will be missed, maybe only by me. But someone will miss it. I’m not asking for a Metrograph, but keep the AMC open. FREE GALAXY 16 SCHOOL WALKOUT NOVEMBER 11 2:30 PM