Movies in Brazil

Going to the movies is Brazil is very interesting. First thing is you get assigned seating. That is right! You get to pick your seats. So you go and buy the tickets early enough you can get the best seats, then you can show up 5 minutes before the movie starts. And no one sits in seats they did not buy. The US needs to adopt this, but I don't think it will ever fly. Have you ever been to a concert or a ball game where someone is sitting in your seats? It is a pain to get them to move. Then, it is really dark and no one is using their cell phones or chatting. I really like going to the movies here. Plus, the HD surround sound is way better than in the States.

We have been to the movies twice since we have been in Brazil. We first saw Airbender, I think the week after we got here. We could not understand much Portuguese since it was a dubbed movie. However, we did not have too hard of a time figuring out what was going on because the action and acting helped a lot. Today we saw the first installment of the last Harry Potter movie. The movie theater website said it had subtitles. But when we got there they told us it was dubbed. Great. Even in English some of the British accents and coloquialism (if that is a word) are difficult to understand. But Harry Potter in Portuguese? I will have no idea what is going on. But, to my amazement I could follow about 75% of the conversations! Yey! I am getting way better at understanding. And Ricardo got just about all of it. So we were able to explain to the boys the parts they could not figure out. We had a really good time. And the best part is that Cinemark's Saturday matinee movie at 3 pm is R$4 per adult and R$2 per child. So we saw Harry Potter for R$12 ($7 US dollars) total! How awesome is that! Do you think the US will adopt that? We could all be so lucky!