Op vorig weekend, ben ik naar de bioscoop in Rotterdam gegaan. Daar heb ik de film "Hugo" gezien. Het was een leuke film en een mooie bioscoop.
This past weekend, I went to a movie theater in Rotterdam. There, I saw the film "Hugo." It was a good movie and a nice movie theater!
But really, who would've thought I'd make a post about the movie theater? Something so simple and universal? Turns out its not really that universal...or simple. In fact, I wish I'd brought my camera.
At this particular theater, you walk in and have about four machines on either side of you with a desk in the middle. At the desk sits one person waiting to help you. One. Luckily, you are not stupid (neither are we) so you have preordered your tickets. With the sheet printed at home, you take the paper to a machine, where it scans the barcode and prints your tickets. Then, like a theater at home, you take it to someone who tears it. But when you walk past them, you enter the concession area. Unlike in America, you do not go up to someone and order your huge tub of popcorn (which you will inevitably spill, right Angela?) and wait for them to serve you. Instead, everything is laid out for you to take yourself. The popcorn is prefilled in tubs, and comes in sweet or salt flavors. There are sodas chilling in a refrigerator, and candy laid out on tables. When you've taken what you want, you proceed to a checkout area, similar to the kassa's (cash registers) at the supermarket. After paying for your snacks, you continue on to the escalators. However, the escalators only stop at certain floors. If you want to get to the others, you can take various sets of winding or steep or oddly layed out stairs, depending on your preference. Or, I guess you could take the elevator...
The movie theater itself is similar to American theaters except there is more leg room. Very nice, they should definitely bring that to America! The movie was in English (because really, I don't know Dutch that well) with Dutch subtitles. It was interesting to see how the translations matched up with the English. From what little Dutch I do know, I could tell that some of the translations were not exactly what they were saying in English. I guess that's why people in America never want to see movies with subtitles: you lose some of the feeling the movie is portraying.
Ik heb geen foto's dit tijd, pardon!
I have no photo's this time, sorry!
Tot ziens,
Flat Julia
FJ - If you live in Leiden, you need to see a movie at the Trianon, It is a cool old cinema that is slooooowly being renovated. It's way cooler than anything you'll find in Rotterdam, and much less high tech. Also, if you have a chance, you need to see a show in the Leids Schouwburg, our 300 year old theater.
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