I went to the movies

The Disney/Pixar Movie "Up" just came out and we wanted to go to the movie theater to watch it. I was really looking forward to it, because I had always heard that it was a very good and funny movie!

I had already fun buying sweets and snacks in the konbini before the movie, which I wanted to sneak into the movie theater. The prospect of saving money and enjoying some forbidden snacks during the movie even enhanced the joy of buying them ^^ Don't you think?

One ticket for the movie theater for one adult during weekdays and weekends is 1,500 Yen, which is about 11 €. I heard that in other movie theaters a ticket is even 2,000 Yen! A little bit expensive, I think. But for りゆうがくせい (international students) it was only 1,000 Yen.

We were 5 people, 2 of us were no international students. How to get everybody in for the reduced price? Andora (a real international student) showed his ID at the entrance and told them that the whole group consisted of international students. While he was telling them this little lie, I talked to my Japanese friend in English, calling him Edward. And the others just looked away. We were so excited and happy, when we all got the reduced tickets! We felt so smart!

(Oh man, I just realized something. At this point it becomes clear that this blog must be written by a student, who else would devote a blog entry to having saved 500 Yen / 3,60 Euro.)

Coming out soon:

"The mole: Some of us are not one of us..."

Feeling this rush of excitement about our smartness (remember, I also had my secret snacks in my bag! ... and somebody else had McDonald's hamburgers in his pockets)  we went in and snuggled into the comfortabe seats.

Please do not go into the wrong entrance. 

 

There are no seat reservations, you just sit anywhere you want. The seats in the back are also the same price. (Keine Loge) 

This reminded me of the times, when I went to the movies at the age of 12, when there were no seat reservations in Germany. Nostalgia... ^^

There we are, unpacking our forbidden snacks and sitting in the last row (in Germany, the last rows are the most expensive ones!).

When the movie theater went dark and the commercials started I was still busy talking to Ludmilla and unpacking chocolate in order to pass it around. But suddenly I realized that the people on the screen were talking in Japanese... Hmm, we got a little bit nervous, Andora jumping up to ask at the entrance if the movie would be in English. When he came back, grinning brightly, I knew it was over. The movie was in Japanese. No subtitles!

We did not feel so smart anymore. Of course, we got a discount. Which international students would actually go watch a movie in Japanese without subtitles?

We had the choice, we could go outside and get our money back (Japanese are really fair when it comes to service) or we could stay. We decided to stay.

So there we were. Two Germans, one Slovak, one Indonesian, and one Japanese. I did not understand anything that they were saying on the screen.

But I had so much fun watching the movie. Even without understanding the dialogues! The plot was easy to understand and the pictures spoke for themselves. I am sure that I did not get most of the jokes, but still, I had to laugh so much. It must be a fantastic movie, when you also understand what the characters are saying. That's why I highly recommend this movie! Pixar, thumbs up!

Well, but actually I lied. I did understand some words. 5 or so. Those who already watched the movie might recognize where in the movie following lines occured:

き　お　つけて！Be careful!

ボル　が　ほしい　ひと！Who wants the ball!

いぬみたい！Looks like a dog!

かめみたい！Looks like a turtle!

Well, that's about it ^^

One of the words that was new to me, but which frequently reoccurred was

ぼうけん　adventure

So, go watch the movie, it really shows a great adventure!