a night at the movies
You’re not a soldier.
Damn right I’m not. I’m an army.
So for those of you who don’t know, movies are pretty expensive over here, well less so than I thought, but still 10 euros, which now adays equals about 600 dollars. Lol but seriously about 17 dollars to go to a movie – its not something you can afford to do every week.
Now, that has been, not quite bothering me, but something I wish wasn’t. At home I see on average at least one movie (in the theaters) a week.
So when Christy suggested we use our awesome vouchers (that we won from the orientation scavenger hunt) yesterday to go see Iron Man, I was pumped! (pun not intended)
We rounded up the crew (including Alex’s mom who is here visiting!) and minus Sarah (so sad, she was exhausted) and headed out toward Rembrandtsplein, which houses our movie theatre.
We buy our tickets and walk into the lobby – the first sign that this isn’t going to be a normal theater. It looks like a live theater lobby, decked out in style and richness. The “concession stand” looks like a bar you’d find in a restaurant and sells beer I believe. We walk into the actual theater and plush seats, balconies, a stage with a curtain, and unbelievable art deco-ish decorating greet us. We settle in with excitement. Then the room goes dark and the curtain creeps open. Advertisements. The curtain opens a little further; Hallie claps her hands. Previews! Oh how I’ve missed you! There was one for Deception which made me think of the parentals (bad ending right?) and the next Indiana Jones (looked super animated if you ask me). And then the main event, where we sat entranced by Robert Downey Jr.’s pimpness and the robots’ cuteness for the next two hours.
The movie was typically super hero-ish. To call it formulaic is too vague and pedestrian for me (very few movies aren’t, if you really think about it), so I’ll just say it’s what you would expect. You won’t be blown away by the writing or plot, but the actors are fun to watch and so are the visual effects. There are some funny lines, and RDJ’s performance was spot on (except when he tried to emote.) Seriously, wish I could have one of his cars. Sometimes it was a bit silly, maybe a bit nonsensical, but it was fun, a good time, and as long as you don’t go in expecting an Oscar-winning movie, you’ll like it.
I don’t know, that might just be the four-months without a movie talking, though. It was such an entertaining night. Definitely something I, if not needed, wanted. I’ll probably see one more; it was just too good of a time to pass up again. And seriously seeing the inside of this theatre was a cultural experience all on its own – we all kept saying, “I wish I’d brought my camera.”
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