A Different Experience

Well, we went and saw Prince Caspian last Saturday. I won't say a thing about the movie, as there is a rather more fascinating side of the issue to talk about.

The cinema.

This was my first time in a cinema outside of the US. It was a rather interesting experience. For one thing, the advertisements before the movie were quite different. I don't think I've ever seen breakfast cereal or candy sweets advertised like they would be on television at the cinema. Or, for that matter, potato crisps!! There was an advertisement for Walker's Potato Crisps, which as it involved a bunch of grown men farming potatoes in really muddy conditions (something about mud being good for spuds) singing, was rather fun, in my opinion. It was one of those things that was so ridiculous that I couldn't help laughing as I thought of how much fun they must have had doing it (actually, I think the ad was the only thing to make me laugh during the entire experience). :-D Another odd thing about the ads were that they were somewhat scattered into the ads for the upcoming films---at least, they led right into them. :-S

I said I wouldn't say anything about the film, but I will say that the projector went off twice during the film (in somewhat ironic parts, to my mind then). I know that happens in the States sometimes, but it's never happened to me before. :-)

Also, I don't know if it had anything to do with the time or the day of the showing---the film had opened Thursday and we saw it two days later at a mid-afternoon showing---but, the theatre seemed rather empty. There were maybe 30 or so people watching besides our group, I'd guess. I have no idea how it was in the States, but maybe it was just where we were---it doesn't seem very popular here. Who knows.

Anyhow, this is probably a bit boring and rambling, but I just thought I'd let you all know what I've been up to lately.

Then, of course, I came home and watched Doctor Who... ;-)

World War II

Today is the Sixty-Fourth anniversary of D-Day. It seems so long ago, but yet not.

On a related note, an unexploded German bomb from the Blitz was found this week in London. Excavation was being done for the future Olympic Park, when the 2,200 pound bomb was discovered. It's the largest one found in London since 1975, measuring about two feet by four feet. The Tube has had to be closed down while the bomb is being defused. It's amazing that after all this time, bombs are still being found---apparently they're discovered two or three times a year. I'll give you all the link to the news article, but I wanted to put down the last few lines here:

'The London Blitz lasted from September 1940 until May 1941. German bombers attacked the city every day or night for the first two months, but the worst night was the last -- May 10, 1941, when 3,000 people were killed in London, according to the Museum of London.

Much of the Blitz focused on east London.

In all, more than 20,000 people were killed in the Blitz, short for "Blitzkrieg," the German word for "lighting war.'

The first section there made goosebumps break out on my arms for a moment.

Not much here, I know, but I wanted to make a post on it.