Day 338: Movie Marathon

So I've been on quite the movie marathon since returning to Korea! In the last two weeks I've seen National Treasure (a lot of fun!), The Phantom of the Opera (incredible music and cinematography!), Alexander (bleh!) and today saw Ocean's 12 (kick ass movie!). I guess that isn't *that* many but it's the most amount of movies in a two-week period I've seen in recent memory.

But hey you gotta go with the trend. English movies seem to come in waves here. There'll be nothing at all for months and months and then all of a sudden *SHAZAM!* a whole slew comes out at once. And you really gotta see 'em fast cause they don't stay in the theatres for long at all. Most English films are only here in the theatre for 2-4 weeks and then they're gone. That leaves a very short window of time to see them.

Sometimes they last longer, and sometimes a lot less. Quality films like Whale Rider don't seem to last long at all (was only in the theatre for five days, and we missed it!) whereas shite like If Only (Jennifer Love Hewitt crappy love story) was in the theatre for over two months I swear! Crazy!

The other thing about movies here is that just because you've seen a movie trailer for it, doesn't mean it's actually going to come. I saw a trailer for Dodgeball and was stoked about it coming. And then it never showed! What the...??? Why advertise a film only not to end up playing it all? Strange, I tell ya! The only sure way to know if a movie is coming is to see posters for it on busses, or on the outside sides of movie theatres. And still even then it might not come. I guess the only guaranteed way is if you actually wander into a movie theatre's lobby and see it having tickets for sale at that exact moment. Otherwise you just never know!