Three Rivers 6

• 120 Enterprise Drive
• Three Rivers, MI 49093
• (269) 279-8300
• Website

It was time to go get the boy.

He had been staying at J’s parents all week. J and L were in Wisconsin for a figure skating camp and I don’t get out of work in time to pick him up from daycare/camp. By Friday, I’m sure they were ready to send him back home.

We had talked earlier in the week about meeting at the movie theater in Three Rivers to see the Barbie movie. B has already seen in by MIL hadn’t nor have I. When I texted her to make sure that was still the plan, she said they weren’t interested in seeing the movie but they could still meet me there if I wanted to go.

I figured B has already seen the movie so I wasn’t going to drag him there again. I asked if he’d be interested in the Ninja Turtles movie. He gave her an emphatic yes so that was the plan.

The Three Rivers 6 is a Goodrich Quality Theater located on the northside of town just as you come in from US-131. The theater is in The Shoppes at Marketplace North shopping center on the corner of North Main Street and Enterprise Drive. The theater takes up a large corner of the building closest to Main Street.

I was trying to use the GQT app to buy tickets but it wasn’t letting me so I had to go inside to get them once B got there.

There is no ticket counter or self service kiosk like there is at the Kalamazoo 10. Tickets are purchased at the concession stand which is the first thing you see when you walk in the door.

I got us two tickets (just under $15) then of course, B needed snacks. He has been to this theater several times. It’s the one my in-laws always take him to when they see a movie. In fact, they had been here earlier in the week to see The Haunted Mansion.

We grabbed a large popcorn, a small popcorn, a box of candy, a large Pepsi, and a medium icee. The damage was $35. Movie theater snacks are so expensive but it’s really the best part of going to see a movie in the theater. A $50 Friday night for the two of us is about the same price as going out to dinner and this way, we also get a movie. We just had popcorn for dinner.

The theater isn’t very big. It has six screens and all are accessible from a hallway just past the concession stand.

The auditorium themselves..also not very big. The rows are on a slight incline with the last few rows having some semblance of stadium seating.

We typically choose the last row so B’s not distracting others. He gets *really* in to movies and can’t always stay quiet.

The seats are pretty small and also pretty close together. I don’t really have an issue when we go to the GQT in Kalamazoo but I was slightly uncomfortable in these seats. I’m a bigger guy with long legs. There wasn’t much room in front of me and when B put his drink in the arm rest next to me, I felt kind of squished.

B still doesn’t believe me that I watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was a kid. This movie is different from the movies and TV show when I was in to it. The movie really focuses on the “Teenage” part of the title. It was still a fun movie and I loved the animation style. B loved the movie. He thought it was a hilarious. I didn’t think it was as funny as he did but it was still an enjoyable evening and a solid movie.

Three Rivers 6 isn’t a big, fancy theater but they have everything you need to have a great movie going experience. I told someone recently we don’t do the fancy theaters with the full bars, food menus, and reclining seats. Those theaters are nice but not really worth the price. Those are “treats.” We stick to the GQT theaters because they’re more affordable and the product on the screen is exactly the same. All you really need to enjoy a movie is a big tub of popcorn and an oversized drink.