Entry 5: Rise of Cobra

Seat C9.
I found out today that Korean movie theaters, or at least the one that Grace and I went to last night, have assigned seating. The more I thought about it, the cooler it was.

We got the the movie theater around 7:45, called up our friends to see if they were going to meet up with us, but soon found out that they had not wanted to go to the movies but rather wanted to sing their Korean hearts out at a 노래방. Since Grace and I weren't up for the singing, we ended up watching GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA.

The movie seemed to be out for a while, since it was a Thursday night, but the theater was pretty much full. I think I enjoyed the previews before the movie and the commercials as much, or even more than the actual movie.

The movie started, the screen was exceptionally clear, the sound was not too loud (the movie was an orgy of explosions and car crashes), and it was nice being in a semi-air-conditioned room even though my butt was getting all kinds of sweaty from the extra cushioned movie seat.

GI JOE: the rise of Cobra, was fairly entertaining and for someone who didn't even really play with GI JOE's when I was a kid, since they were an 80's toy, I still found the movie to have very entertaining qualities. To be honest, I think that this movie held my attention much better than Transformers II had done. It was also a lot more coherent, although there were one too many flashbacks and side arcs. The action itself felt a bit cheap, but then again, I didn't have the same expectations for amazing special effects as I did for Transformers. I thought that they casted the actors well, and I almost giggled like Steven Hyon when I noticed that the main character from 500 days of summer was in the movie.

By the time the movie was over, and my mind had been completely numbed with explosions and gunfire, I was ready to hit the sack. Grace and I squeezed with about 25 other Korean people in an elevator, and found that while we were enjoying GI JOE, Korea was enjoying RAIN (rain as in water rain, not the guy who has the retarded smile). It was nice walked back to the dorm after it had just rained. There was something about the streets being covered in water, the lights of the buildings, and just the general atmosphere of Korea at night, that just made me really calm and happy at the same time. Content, I suppose is the feeling.