GC

I recently wrote a blog entry I lost titled "theatres" where I listed how my favorite theatres as a kid are now almost all gone and replaced with Kerasotes or Cinemark or Regal "big box" theatres. The main gist of the article was to revolve around the County Seat theatre in Valpo. It basically had three incarnations. The first was the General Cinema era from my childhood until like Freshman year in high school. The second was the AMC era from Freshman year until maybe Senior year. The last was the Village era from Freshman college to first Senior year. I miss that theatre so much. Unlike all other theatres, the County Seat had kind of a comfortable feel to it. I probably went to a hundred if not more movies there. I may list them. I'll miss some. I remember going there for the whole movie camp stuff and even in college. It kept its kind of ambiance up until Village took it over. I think that is when it lost its magic. I loved that place. You knew you weren't getting stadium seating or rocking seats, but it didn't matter. I also remember the old design to the place, it's dark lobby with the light draining in from the all windows front, the ticket counter outside. Inside, three large poster holders on each side. Usually, there was some big advertisement for some upcoming blockbuster that always looked amazing like Volcano or Super Mario Brothers. I guess, as an adult, I'd gladly trade comfort for the cramped feeling of the good old County Seat General Cinema…

 

Movies I am sure I saw at GC:

 

American Pie 2 (w/Bob and Joe)

American Wedding (w/Rachel)

Armageddon (w/Mom)

Big Daddy (w/Mom and Brother)

Bowfinger (w/Cody)

The Brady Bunch Movie (w/Mom)

Cast Away (w/Bob)

Cats and Dogs (w/ Rachel)

Collateral (w/Rachel)

Coyote Ugly (w/ Rachel H, Celina M. and Bob)

Dick Tracy (w/ Dad)

Dodgeball (w/Rachel)

Domestic Disturbance (w/ Rachel, Jenny and Jesus)

E.T. (w/ Casha, Lindsey, Melissa and Hannah)

Elf (w/Rachel)

The Exorcist (w/Bob and Tyler)

The Fast and the Furious (w/Rachel, Bob, and Casha)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (w/Bob, Joe and Casha)

The Flintstones (w/Dad and Jordan)

Hannibal (w/ Bob and Tyler)

Hook (w/parents)

The Hulk (w/ Rachel)

I, Robot (w/Rachel)

Jerry McGuire (w/Mom and Aunt Patty)

Jurassic Park (w/Mom)

Jurassic Park 3 (w/Rachel)

Kill Bill 1 (w/Rachel)

Kill Bill 2 (w/Rachel)

K-PAX (w/Mom, Dad and Jordan)

The Lion King (w/Mom, Jordan and Mom's friend and her kids)

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (w/Rachel)

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (w/ Rachel)

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (w/ Rachel)

The Matrix (w/Mom)

The Matrix Revolutions (w/Bob and Jordan)

Mean Girls (w/Rachel)

Meet the Parents (attempted (w/Bob))

Meet the Fockers (w/Rachel and Parents)

Men in Black (w/Ryan and Mom)

Michael (w/Mom and Aunt Patty)

Minority Report (w/Rachel)

Missions to Mars (w/ Dad and Jordan)

Monsters Inc. (w/Rachel)

Mr. And Mrs. Smith (w/Rachel and Jordan)

The Mummy 2 (w/ Rachel)

Not Another Teen Movie (w/ Joe and Bob)

Ocean's 11 (w/Rachel, Jessica and Bob)

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (w/Mom)

The Passion of the Christ (w/Mom, Dad, and Jordan)

Phenomenon (w/Mom)

Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl (w/Rachel)

Planet of the Apes (w/Mom, Dad, Jordan and Bob)

The Ring 2 (w/Rachel)

Rock A Doodle (w/Mom and Brother)

Scooby Doo (w/ Rachel, Stef, Scareah, and Jessica)

Scream 3 (w/Mom)

Serendipity (w/ Rachel)

She's All That (twice) (w/Ellen once and Amber once)

Shrek 2 (w/ Rachel)

Sin City (w/Rachel)

The Sixth Sense (w/Mom)

Spider-Man (w/Rachel)

Spider-Man 2 (w/Rachel)

Star Trek: Generations (w/Dad)

Star Trek: First Contact (w/Mom)

Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (w/Parents and Jordan)

Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (twice) (once w/Bob , Joe and Jordan and once w/Mom and Jordan)

Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (w/Bob and Rachel)

Super Mario Brothers (w/Dad)

Superstar (twice once with Ellen, Brent and others and once with Corey and Lexie)

Summer Catch (w/Rachel)

Talladega Nights (w/Rachel, Mom, Grandma and cousin)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (w/ Mom and Dad)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (w/ Mom, Dad, Brother and Shawn)

Ten Things I Hate About You (w/Ellen)

Toy Story (w/Dad and Jordan)

Twister (w/ Dad)

Wedding Crashers (w/Rachel)

The Wedding Planner (w/some girl)

What Lies Beneath (w/ Rachel H., Celina M. and Bob)

What's the Worst that Could Happen? (w/Ellen)

The Village (w/Dad, Rachel, Jordan, and cousins)

Volcano (w/Aunt Patty and Jordan)

X-Men 3 (w/Dad)

 

Others: The movie where Danny Devito and Martin Lawrence keep stealing each other's stuff (w/Rachel)

 

 

 

If I have missed any, comment me them and I'll amend the list if necessary. I know I am missing tens of movies.

 

 

The other thing I miss about this theatre was the whole layout in general. Two sides to the theatre. Each side had a movie straight ahead and two on the side. Office in the back between the bathrooms.