To the Movies

We just came back from watching a movie - Sweeney Todd - in Las Cinemas de Galerias. Here, it is called by it's complete name 'El barbero demoniaco del calle fleet' (The demonic barber of fleet street).

Relatively new (about 2 years or so) and just around the corner from where we live, Las Galerias is a high-end mall where you can encounter name brand shops like Benetton, Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger and Guess. In this cinema (there are others: Cinemark in Metro Centro, Cinemas in Plaza Inter, Alhambra in Camino de Oriente, Alhambra in Multi Centro Las Americas and Plaza Oriental), they have introduced the VIP lounge where seats recline (very much like seats in business class) and uniformed waiters come in to take your order. Complete with menu, serving trays and the bill served afterwards, just before the movie is over - like in a restaurant. You can order from their extensive menu your usual pop corn and hotdog, chocolates and candies, chicken or sushi or pizza, soda and beer(!). To facilitate restaurant eating, there are tables between each 2 seats.

I believe they only show very popular and interesting movies in this lounge as it would be so easy to fall asleep when watching a boring movie after having had a beer.

Going back to Sweeney Todd, although I liked the cinematography, I found it lacking in intensity. I've seen johnny Depp more intense in The Pirates of the Carribean series (when his character called for it) and Sleepy Hollow. The guy behind me probably thought that it was slow as I heard him snoring in the middle and towards the end of the film. Helena Bonham Carter's character on the otherhand was some kind of an enigma....evil or not? Well, nevertheless entertaining and not bad for an evening of 'just wanting to get out of the house'.

While in Las Galerias, I took the chance to take some photos of La Zona Viva, the new entertainment area of Las Galerias where the rows of restaurants and bars are located: