2008년 1월 6일 일요일

Going to the movies in Korea / 영화 보러 가기

Although it's certainly a lot more convenient to just rent a DVD and watch it in the comfort of your own room and your laptop, but sometimes you feel like you could use some big screens and some strong surrounding sounds. So here's how you can go to a CGV theatre, the biggest cinema chain in Korea and actually the best in my opinion, and get a ticket and watch the movie you want.

Unless you go to their webpage http://www.cgv.co.kr/ and book your tickets online(which is not easy because everything is in Korean), you will just have to go to the nearest CGV theatre to your house and do the following :D





Once you get to the lounge, what you want to do is to find this 'number ticket distributer' and pull one from the machine. In Korea it's written "순번대기표(Soon Bun Dae Gi Pyo)".



Or 순번발권기(Soon Bun Bal Gwon Gi), which means the same thing.



Once you have your number ticket in your hand, wait for your turn. You can check the numbers that are being called on the screens above the theatre staff.



A ticket for a movie in Korea is on average 7,000 won, roughly 7 USD, so it's pretty expensive. But it's cheaper than buying an authentic DVD(15,000 won), and it's not too much more expensive than renting one (2,000 won), so it's not bad after all.

Once you have your ticket, :D all you have to do is just sit back and enjoy your movie! :D


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