Let's Go to the Movies!

Come to the movies with me in Bogota!  Today I am going to write about the experience here of going to the movies.

This is a photo from back in January when the girls & I went to see Night at the Museum 3, which we really liked.  


A few movie facts in Bogota:

• The majority of movies here are in Spanish.  It is rare to find movies in English.  All movies in English include Spanish subtitles, which can be good for those of us learning Spanish, yet a little distracting too.
• Movies that are in English come and go very fast....like it can be in a theater one week, then gone in the next.
• You have your choice of purchasing general admission or preferred seating. We have only done general admission & with either choice, you pre-select your seats prior to entering the theater.  
• If you go to the movies on Wednesdays or prior to 2pm, tickets are cheap.  By cheap, I mean $2 USD to get into a movie.  
• The best value is to purchase a kids snack meal.  It includes a drink (think average medium size fountain drink), popcorn, & candy.  We had a bag of M&M's last time (so good candy), and they even allowed Avery to exchange it for a Snickers bar.  
• Movies are released here on different dates than they are in the states.  And often, some movies are not released here.

This is an example of the kids snack meal.  All 4 of us went to see the movie Annie, which we also really enjoyed, got popcorn, drink, and candy for $21 USD.  It was a deal to say the least.  

So in general, going to the movie (especially if you go at the cheaper times) is a fun experience here.  The hardest part about it is travel time to see the movie.  We do have a movie theater next door to us in the mall, but they rarely have any movies in English.  In 10 months, I have been to 3 movies, which is pretty average for what I would see in the US!  At home, we either watch movies on Netflix or rent movies from Amazon.