One of Kari's and my favorite things to do back in Quaintville, TX was head to the movies for an easy date night. We'd settle in with our popcorn (butter halfway through and again on top) and a big soda to split. The movies weren't always the best but it was fun to get out of the house.
Movies here are similar to elsewhere but with the added challenge of figuring out which level of experience and which language you would like. The cheap theaters (I've been told) are very run down and have a bit of odor; they are also, as far as I can tell, exclusively Hindi. Mid level theaters are on par with standard USA seating, pricing and experience. They seem to mix Hindi and English showings. We have not been to these. Today we jumped right to the executive movie experience.
My office has morale boosters occasionally, and today we went to the new Batman showing. US movies show for one week here; occasionally two. After that, if its a big movie they will play once a day, very early or very late. Batman is showing for two weeks.
We went to the first show of the day; which was at 10AM. That is pretty early for the first show of the day but it worked well for us and tickets were ~$11 (600Rs) as oppose to ~$16 (900Rs). The theater was half full and there were just 15 of us. Each powered reclining chair had a small table built between it and your neighbor's chair. The pillows, blankets and utensil plate were left on these tables. Besides the controls for the chair, there was a button to call the waiter for drinks, popcorn, shakes or your meal. We had a tub of popcorn, a large soda and a shake. Tasty though we should have asked for butter! The food looked fairly good as well, but we stuck to snacks.
The movie was about 4 beers and Heath Ledger away from being great. I forgot to suspend disbelief when I entered the theater. Still it was a fun flick and our office footed the bill through the proceeds from our selling souvenir shirts for our morale fund. (The four beers could have been bought there to help with the disbelief)
Another interesting tid bit, half way through the movie was an intermission!?! I always thought an intermission would be distracting, but then again, so is 32 ounces of soda after 2 1/2 hours. So this, relieved that.
The mall the theater is in is nice; similar to what we are accustomed. The Big Bazaar store downstairs was like a Walmart with a very, very nice produce section. We purchased sun screen. Prices were on par with the US. It is still only half constructed. It was quite amazing to be there after doing most of our food shopping out of huts and tiny open air stores. The mall next door had the swankiest names found in the snobbiest fashion magazines; we did not go there.
Tomorrow we depart for a few days in Thailand. Our one year anniversary.
Movies here are similar to elsewhere but with the added challenge of figuring out which level of experience and which language you would like. The cheap theaters (I've been told) are very run down and have a bit of odor; they are also, as far as I can tell, exclusively Hindi. Mid level theaters are on par with standard USA seating, pricing and experience. They seem to mix Hindi and English showings. We have not been to these. Today we jumped right to the executive movie experience.
My office has morale boosters occasionally, and today we went to the new Batman showing. US movies show for one week here; occasionally two. After that, if its a big movie they will play once a day, very early or very late. Batman is showing for two weeks.
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| Clarification: This is not the actual theater we were in but the seats are the exact same set up. |
The movie was about 4 beers and Heath Ledger away from being great. I forgot to suspend disbelief when I entered the theater. Still it was a fun flick and our office footed the bill through the proceeds from our selling souvenir shirts for our morale fund. (The four beers could have been bought there to help with the disbelief)
Another interesting tid bit, half way through the movie was an intermission!?! I always thought an intermission would be distracting, but then again, so is 32 ounces of soda after 2 1/2 hours. So this, relieved that.
The mall the theater is in is nice; similar to what we are accustomed. The Big Bazaar store downstairs was like a Walmart with a very, very nice produce section. We purchased sun screen. Prices were on par with the US. It is still only half constructed. It was quite amazing to be there after doing most of our food shopping out of huts and tiny open air stores. The mall next door had the swankiest names found in the snobbiest fashion magazines; we did not go there.
Tomorrow we depart for a few days in Thailand. Our one year anniversary.
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