Day 46: Where are my subtitles?

Woke up at noon, head out the door intending to pick up some essentiasls, face wash, tooth paste, sunscreen, etc. Remembered there was a Carrefore (French Walmart) up the street and around the corner, so head that direction. It's in a new mall, which always means a theater. I check out the pricing and what's showing, $4 for a premium seat, $4 for popcorn + bottle of water + a bottle of lemon tea, deal! Valentine's Day was next up and I've been wanting to see it - talk about star overload.  Woah, looks like everyone is in this movie ... Julia, Bradley, Anne, Jennifer, Taylor squared, Shirley, George, Ashton, Topher, Alba, Biel, Foxx, Queen Latifa  ... 

Previews and Commercials begin, they intermix them, 70% are not in English, and of course, there are no subtitles. Kind of makes it a game to figure out if you're watching a preview or commercial, both seem sufficiently cheesy. The commercials have me baffled, what does Fisho (a weird snack) have to do with a girl ticked at her boyfriend for looking at another girl? Is it like a diamond ring? Does it give her memory loss? In America, if she's pissed, some stupid crisp is not gonna make her think, oh, it's ok if he stares at another woman, he spent $1 on a stupid crisp. The movie previews were actually a bit better, though I'm pretty sure one of them is about a 10 yr old Thai kid whose in love with his female doctor and towards the end, kisses her - uh weird. Would give you the title, but it is in Thai which to me looks like proper scribble. 

At the end of the previews and commercials, a title card in Thai comes on, a instrumental song begins to play, everyone stands up, an operatic voice begins to sing, and old school videos and pictures come on screen of what I assume is their king. I follow suit, stand for the 3 minutes and then follow everyone elses lead to sit again. Strange custom but kind of special.

Valentines Day review: 
It's well done, like the premise and I think they pull off the storylines. The pacing moves well, no lingering on any scene too long, overall believable. Little shocked by the Bradley Cooper - Eric Dane twist, but saw the Julia Roberts thing coming from a mile away. Credits were hilarious, Julia Roberts, "big mistake, big, huge!" Brilliant. Overall, refreshing, nothing pushed, definite point of view, but not cynical or gooey, just kind of real. It gets a "I'd watch it again" recommendation from me for both the guys and the girls!

Head to a coffee shop, catch up on some blogging, post, walk for a bit on the beach in the surf and relax. At the hostel they are watching Taken, next up is Butterfly Effect, a film I think did not get it's due. Before I know it, 1am has come upon me and I have not had dinner. Grab Marcus, a Swede who had arrived earlier today, and we went in search of food. Wrangled up some 24hr Subway - not trusting street vendors or late night Thai places trying to sell their leftovers - and head down Bangla Rd to watch the Mayhem. Everything you could ever want to see ... Or not see ... is available there. From Ping Pong shows to drag queens to lady boys to perverted old men, to intoxicated adolescents showing their age, to horny 20 somethings ready to tango ... It's loco. 

End up back at the hostel by 3, and desperately in need of sleep. And that was day 46 my friends ... 

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