Comments on: Ichigo in Japan: Going to the movies

By: Stewie (Andres)

Stewie (Andres) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:31:24 +0000

Pretty rad, assigned seating is pretty cool. Now waiting in line to get a descent seat.

By: cornholeo

cornholeo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:47:40 +0000

I went to Indiana Jones while I was in Hiroshoma… I think I was the only person in the theater to make a noise the whole time. It was trippy to be in the movies and not hear a peep out of anyone.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:12:49 +0000

I saw Gakue no Ue no Ponyo in a cinema in Kyoto about a month ago. I’m from the UK and the cinemas here are messy, noisy, and generally unpleasant places to be. Not so the cinema (which was a Toho multiplex) was full of incredibly well behaved people. Also, the cinema was spotlessly clean and everyone took a little tray of drinks and snacks in with them.

As the movie, it was Miyazaki and so wonderful. Also as a bonus to those not fluent in the language, mostly very easy to understand. I can imagine Sky Crawlers would have been much tougher, as Oshii likes to fill his movies with lots of complex dialogue. I’d still of gone had I had the chance, but sadly I’m no longer in Japan…

By: Faith

Faith — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:06:55 +0000

The movie looks great. I love that preview and the song she sings at the end. It’s just lovely. I am listening to the sound track. Great, I just saw the preview for Ghost In the Shell 2.0. and that looks great.

In Los Angeles, we have the ArcLight. Best of all there is. This theater is about doing things right and on time. If the movie starts at 8pm and you show up to purchase tickets at 8:01 too bad. And yes membership does have its privileges. I am B23, smack in the middle and membership is usually free, you just need to have go to at least two movies per month and the tickets should be cheaper too.

By: Shogun22

Shogun22 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:44:19 +0000

Wow, tickets there are expensive.
In my country, tickets to theaters with reserve seating cost about $3.75 (converted to US dollars) and special theaters like the new one with La-Z-Boy leather chairs (and a special menu that includes wine) costs about $8.
…and I thought those ticket prices were expensive.

By: fallenangel

fallenangel — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:45:13 +0000

yeah the theaters in my area have reserved seating for big movies and a waiter to take orders its pretty sweet with extra leg room but the seats are leather to it upsets me a bit. All for the price of 14 U.S dallors. Looking forward to the full review on the podcast.

By: SomeOtherPerson

SomeOtherPerson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:46:15 +0000

I can’t spell.

By: SomeOtherPerson

SomeOtherPerson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:45:40 +0000

I speeled “good” wrong. Sorry.

By: SomeOtherPerson

SomeOtherPerson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:44:06 +0000

I’d love to see Bugs Bunny, Daffy, and Tweety(assuming that they were among the Loony Toons that also did the “guide to the theater) speaking Japanese. Anyways do you think any of the movies you mentioned will come to the U.S. especially 超巨大台風　東京直撃? Disaster Movies are ususally pretty god.