Going to the Movies in Da Nang, Vietnam - Snowpiercer

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This movie is full of Hollywood actors such as Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, John Harris, Octavia Spencer, and others but we never heard of it until a week ago! It was written, directed and produced by a South Korean movie studio but it is a Hollywood style movie in English and currently in negotiations to be released in North America and here we are in Vietnam watching it.

The Megastar Cineplex is very nice. http://www.megastar.vn/en/vtp/ We were able to communicate to all staff in English without any problems. Like the rest of Asia, Hollywood movies are not dubbed but have subtitles for the particular country's spoken language.  And like every cinema we have been to in Asia, you get to select your seats at time of purchase. I really do like this system!

We went to a lunchtime showing of Snowpiercer, and it was 95,000 VND (Vietnamese Dong) each (or almost $5 CAD). We sat in the lobby and waited to be let into the theatre. Before heading in, we stocked up at the concession. Jason got a large pop and popcorn - mixed sweet and salty (these are more like mediums back home - we really do have large portions in North America!). His two items were 63,000 VND (approx. $3.20 CAD). It's rare, but I felt like having my own bag of sweet & salty popcorn but opted for the medium. Only 40,000 VND ($2 CAD). There was nothing "interesting" or "strange" at the concession, the closest thing would probably be Milo, which is big in Asia.

 Jason paying for his goodies

Heading into the theatre it was clean, nice seats and good leg room. We had seen online, that some of the theatre's in Vietnam have "couples seats" (like a love seat so you can cuddle with your sweetie - blah!) but ours did not. Thank goodness, I was worried Jason would want to cuddle! ha ha!

Before the movie we had the usual commercials and trailers, but we have never experienced so many before. Mainly commercials intermixed with a couple of trailers for a good 17 minutes before the movie started! We could not believe it, and they repeated some of the commercials too?! That is just silly!

Our thoughts on the movie itself, overall excellent if imperfect.  As you've noticed, we don't like to write/say a lot about a movie itself so as not to spoil it for you if you decide to see it. You can read what others have to say about the movie itself if you are curious! Everyone did a great job in the movie, and like we said, we were curious to see it based on the fact that it was a Hollywood movie made in/by South Korea!

Until we meet again for the next movie!

~ Christine