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Ok, so we drove a couple hours to go see a movie last weekend. When we got there, the sign said that it started at 11 am. We hustled and got in the theater at 10:58. We were surprised to see that the movie was already going but figured we had only missed a couple minutes. But as we watched, it really seemed like it was the middle of the movie. Steve went and asked about it, and we found out that on the sign that said it started at 11, it also had a little "R4" next to it. Come to find out, that, yes, it starts at 11 am - at "Reel 4" - 1/2 way through the movie!!! When we asked what time the BEGINNING of the movie starts, they looked at us like we were NUTS and informed us that it was playing all day long. We said we understood that, but that we want to watch JUST from the beginning to the end. After we convinced them that we really wanted to start at the beginning of the movie and were not just pulling their legs, they scrambled to try to figure out what time it would be on "R1". They eventually said "probably around 12".
So we left to try to find somewhere nearby to get lunch (a whole other story) then came back at 11:57. We caught the last scene of the movie, then the credits. The credits were not even finished yet when it cut to "R1" and jumped right into the beginning of the movie. It would be impossible to time your arrival so as to miss the end of the movie and still catch the beginning.
As it turns out, Filipinos just pay for a ticket, arrive whenever they want and start the movie at whatever point, watch until the end, THEN they watch the beginning up to the point where they started watching.
So not only were we weird when we wanted to watch from the beginning of the movie, we were also the ONLY ones in the whole theater who left when it was over - everyone else was sticking around to see up til the point when they started. It also means that people are coming and going throughout the movie since they arrive and leave at random times.
Always an adventure!
7 comments:
That is one of the craziest things I have ever heard of.
Was it a good movie?
Ha, I am laughing so hard right now! Funny how after all the movies we've seen here, we've never experienced that. Maybe it's more something that happens out in the province cuz we've only ever seen movies in Manila... Anyway, I guess you know better for next time. :-) Miss you guys!
And you find this strange why?????
LOL. WELCOME TO LEGAZPI!!!
BTW..movies in Bacolod start on time! We're still adjusting:)
Hope it was a good movie! What was it?
So far we just have watched DVDs on our computer.
Yeah, But did you see anyone videoing the movie?
Stacy
hey - we were scrolling downward to find your "dead under the bed" story (which was also hysterical, btw) and found this one. we could so picture this going on...if the Akolet had theatres this would be the same for them!!
was it worth the experience?
adam & julie
Do they have movie theater popcorn there in the horse bucket size?
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