More on the movies
As long as we're talking about movies, here are some more photos. There are plenty of American movie theaters in Dubai, and from what I've seen, they're very popular with the locals:
But we also seem to mostly get the dregs and the blockbusters from America: National Treasure, Saw, Alfie, etc. On the other hand, in the 45 minutes before Alfie actually started the other night, I saw a preview for my favorite movie in years: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. I laughed louder than the entire theater combined just at the preview.
There are lots of Indian movies too -- there's an Indian movie house right next to my office building. Here's the marquee:
That movie is Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo. My friend Shantanu translates it roughly as: "I'm leaving you the nation, comrades."
In case we miss that one, the next movie opening is:
Take a closer look at the tagline. This one looks awesome.
But we also seem to mostly get the dregs and the blockbusters from America: National Treasure, Saw, Alfie, etc. On the other hand, in the 45 minutes before Alfie actually started the other night, I saw a preview for my favorite movie in years: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. I laughed louder than the entire theater combined just at the preview.
There are lots of Indian movies too -- there's an Indian movie house right next to my office building. Here's the marquee:
That movie is Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo. My friend Shantanu translates it roughly as: "I'm leaving you the nation, comrades."
In case we miss that one, the next movie opening is:
Take a closer look at the tagline. This one looks awesome.
posted by Eric at 2:29 AM
1 Comments:
In the last picture, is he gay, or just good with the ladies? I cannot tell. In fact, it seems a healthy argument could be made for both. I didn't expect my people to make such inroads in a country like Dubai.
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