It’s the middle of the week and you still have to get up and go to work tomorrow. Unfortunately, heading out to the bars for a few cocktails just isn’t really in the cards. However, you still want to get out of the dark, depressing void of your apartment, see your friends, enjoy each other’s company, and maybe reward yourself for getting through the first half of the week with a glass of wine or two. What do you do? Movie night!
Drop a few messages in your group chat, get the gang together, spend the first two hours deciding on a movie, and keep the snacks moving around the room. Movie nights are a great activity for a little mid-week fun with your closest friends.
In my inner circle, we give everyone their own week for movie night, meaning that you host the movie night at your apartment, you pick the movie, and you’re in charge of whatever drinks or snacks are to be consumed. Naturally, this turns into a little bit of a competition. “Remember last week when Sam made white Russians for everyone and passed out a plate of apple tarts with little walnuts in them? Oh, and that movie he picked was honestly one of the best films I’ve ever seen.”
Screw Sam. It’s time for you to upstage that mofo with the best movie night your friend group has ever seen. It’s time to remove all doubt that you’re, in fact, the hostess with the mostest and that no one will ever top movie nights at your place.
No, you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on caviar and Veuve Clicquot. You don’t have to call up Christopher Nolan and have him direct the next box-office hit. All you have to do is follow the next # steps and you’ll be well on your way to having the best movie night of all time. You’re welcome.
F***ing Pillows Everywhere
Go into your bedroom. Go into your roommates’ bedrooms. Get every goddamn pillow and blanket that you have in your entire apartment or house and throw them all over the floor and the couch. If you’re really not messing around with your movie night, head over to Walmart or Target or something and buy as many pillows as you can carry and add them into the mix.
There is absolutely nothing more important than being extremely comfortable during your movie night. If you’re forcing your guests to sit on a hardwood floor with their back up against the hard corner of a couch, your movie night is going to be a letdown. Don’t let that happen. The more blankets, pillows, bean bag chairs, and stuffed animals the better.
Get Saucy With Your Snacks
One also cannot underestimate the importance of a good snack selection for a successful movie night. Get on your phone and start scouring Pinterest for snack ideas right now. If you’re putting out microwave popcorn for your guests, then your movie night is going to be lacking that extra flair that comes from homemade or creative snacks.
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Even if you are putting out microwave popcorn (and I’d recommend having that be only one of many snacks that you put out), dress that sh*t up with some maple syrup, hot sauce, honey, or salsa verde. Buttered popcorn is played out.
If you really want to be the champion of movie night, though, you’re going to have to do even better. You’ve got to make dips. Hundreds of them. Homemade hummus. Buffalo chicken dip. Artichoke dip. Babaganoush, baby! There is literally no point at which you can have too many dips.
Next, get an assortment of things to eat those dips with. Go to the supermarket and buy the entire snack aisle. Pretzels. Tortilla chips. Potato chips. Freakin’ Bugles, if that’s what you’re into. The name of the game here is variety. And, if you really want to wow your guests, bake some homemade bread before everyone congregates at your place.
Weed
The Devil’s lettuce. The jazz cabbage. I’m talking about weed, yo. We already covered the fact that snacks and pillows are essential to a good movie night. And what makes both of those things a million times better? That good kush.
In terms of what kind of weed and what method of smoking to go with, you need to read your audience. Are your friends about that Backwoods lifestyle? Or is it better to hit the bong? Is it better to get indica and have everyone sink into their pillows? Or do you want sativa to have everyone rolling around and laughing? Making these decisions requires preliminary research.
Personally, the best movie night pot session I’ve ever had was with one of those volcano vaporizers that fill up the massive bags of vapor that you can pass around. Normally, I’m not really a fan of vaporizers, but these things are the perfect contraption for getting your friends snicklefritzed over the duration of a movie. There’s no ash to deal with. They get you nice and stoned. Plus, only the host has to deal with working the vape, so all of the guests can sit back and enjoy.
Themes, Themes, Themes
You can do all of the right things during your movie night: have amazing snacks, the best weed, the comfiest floor space, and the greatest movie anyone’s ever seen. However, that Joe Blow who chooses one of the Harry Potter movies, serves chocolate frogs, and asks everyone to dress up as a Hogwarts student is still going to have a more enjoyable movie night than you.
Why? Themes, man. People absolutely love them. Asking people days in advance to dress up for your movie night builds anticipation and excitement for your get-together and makes people feel more involved with the festivities.
Of course, you can build the theme around whatever movie you want. However, there are some films that are better for building a party around than others. Of course, Harry Potter is a great theme because it’s pretty much universally adored by everyone. But, you can also do a fancy The Great Gatsby theme or a Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs theme and serve, well, meatballs. Just don’t do an Eyes Wide Shut theme. Watching an entire movie while wearing a mask is no fun.
Pick the Right Movie, Obviously
The festivities around the movie are of extreme importance, don’t get me wrong. However, if you choose the wrong movie for your movie night, none of those festivities are going to matter. Don’t go out on a limb and pick some indie movie that you’ve never seen and may just end up sucking. If you know who David Lynch is, don’t ever watch one of his movies at a movie night. Human Centipede is also completely off-limits (unless you’re sure that your friends are a bunch of sickos).
Watch a movie that you think everyone is going to enjoy no matter what their particular tastes are. Movie nights are about enjoying the company of others, not forcing people to consume what you like. Picking the right movie can take several hours of meditation, but it’s something that must be done.
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Emory Scott
Where can I order Beluga caviar? My friends told me that it is one of the most delicious caviar. Is that true?
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