Germans and Cinemas

I’m not really a movie lover, but last week I went to the cinema twice: the First time in Antwerp (Belgium), the second one in Düsseldorf (Germany). In Belgium I paid seven euros to watch The Hobbit. I didn’t like the film. For such a brilliant story there was too much humour involved, which made it lose its charm. Nevertheless I know I’ll watch the whole trilogy again, ‘cause it would be a shame not to.

Yesterday I went to Düsseldorf to see Life of Pi. An epic movie, you should watch it! I was quite impressed by the prices in that cinema. A single ticket cost fourteen Euros, twice the amount as a movie in Belgium. Let’s call it German style. I saw a lot of ugly Germans and tourists with a gigantic box of popcorn and a one litre fifty coke. They could barely carry it. Even a fat man looked thin with these huge things in his hands.

  

When I was waiting in the queue to order some movie snacks, I couldn’t really read the prices. Then I got closer, looked at the screen and almost fainted because of the exaggerated amount of money they asked for a coke and popcorn. Six Euros for a coke, six for puffed corn. Since I only brought twenty Euros and German cinemas never heard of paying by card, I was forced to chose between the two. I ordered a gigantic Pepsi Max, but got normal Pepsi, a woman’s (and overweighed person’s) biggest nightmare. Then Kim ordered a small popcorn, but the vendor advised her to take a large one, since that was cheaper in combination with my huge drink. So it went.

We were just in time to catch the wonderful advertisings on the big screen. Since the movie was in English (for tourists), I’d expected that everything would be in that language. I was wrong. Somehow the Germans always succeed to keep some kind of nationalism in every situation, even at the movies. The advertisement was in –oh yes- German. I almost killed myself.

All in all it was a great experience. Paying twenty Euros for a Pepsi I didn’t order and a fantastic movie. But now I imagine what else I could have done with the money. Think I’ll just keep on dreaming.

See you on Wednesday, folks! Then I’ll write about the German television!