Dongdaemun Movie Theatre

So last Thurday after our Korean class, my friends Anna (Germany), Jenny (Sweden), and Andrea (Germany, but she lives in Seoul now), went to the movies! We didn't go to a Korean movie (we are not that good yet), but went to see Warm Bodies (zombie/ romance movie?). It's not really my type of movie, but I thought it would be fun anyways. Anna found a theatre in Dongdaemun, which is pretty close. It took us probably 15 minutes by subway with one transfer.

The movie cost us 8000 won each, which would be about $7.50, so pretty much the same as Canada. It was a totally different experience that movies in Canada. Instead of free-for-all seating, we got to pick which seats we wanted when we were paying at the cash register. Also, this theatre was on the 9th and 10th floor of a department store, which was definitely the coolest part.

Movie theatre place.

This was the view of Dongdaemun from the movie theatre lobby! 

Korea is excited about Iron Man 3 too!

Another big difference was the food. They still sold popcorn, but the had 3 different flavours that seemed like different types of caramel corn rather than buttery/salty popcorn I'm used to. Here are pictures of the even weirder things:

If you look closely you can see that the middle one is squid fries!

French wine and a movie? Why not, I guess. They also sold beer too.

The one on the left is just a regular popcorn combo, but look closely and you'll see it is called the "CASH BEE LOVE" combo. I have no idea what that is even supposed to mean.

Jenny bought potato fries! There was plain and also one with powdered cheese on it. It was weird though because they were cold, not hot- but she said they were still good. 

The movie was a lot better than I expected and it was so cool to experience a movie in Seoul! The movie wasn't altered to have Korean voices, but did have the Korean subtitles, which weren't as annoying as I thought they would be. It was cool to be in a theatre will all Korean people who probably don't speak much English, but you still all laugh at the jokes and funny parts.

This next picture is really random, but I just thought it was so strange. This was the mural that they had in the ladies washroom. Why? No idea whatsoever. Definitely creepy.

I don't even have words for this caption.

So all in all it was a really neat experience! Somewhat the same as going to the movies in Canada, but at the same time a lot different.

Hope you are all doing well! Thanks for reading!
Love Kayla :)