More on Twilight Cinema Event

Last weekend, on Saturday, August 2, we walked over to YGP to catch the British flick, "My Blueberry Nights," starring Jude Law, Nathalie Portman, and Norah Jones. We arrived at 6:15, with 30 minutes to spare and there was literally no seats left. Both sides of the official seats were flanked by "late-comers" who had to sit on the floor. So there was actually no seats left on the parts of the floor where the screen was completely unobstructed either.

After doing the walk-about to find a suitable spot for sitting, we finally sat on the left side of the flank. 10 seconds later, an usher came up to us and told us that we were actually sitting in the aisle and had to move out of the way. So we circled again and decided to stand on the back right side of the seating area. While waiting for the movie to start, my legs started to hurt. I know - I'm a wimp. I could have stood throughout the whole movie, but since I had spent the entire previous day outdoors watching beach volleyball, I think a full 2 hours of standing would have done me in.

I'm writing about the event again, because it continues to be popular. That particular movie must have been the most popular movie to date, since I've walked past before or during other movies for this event. Tonight is the last showing and I will miss it as I will be out doing something active. It's the movie, "All About my Mother," starring Penelope Cruz. I do want to see this movie. However, the original movie is done in Spanish. Here, the subtitles will be in Japanese. I think this might be too much of a challenge at this point for me. So I'll have to wait until we return to Canada to rent the film.

I'm sad that I've missed most of the rest of the Twilight Cinema series, but since the original languages vary, I didn't think that I could enjoy the full movie trying to read the Japanese subtitles. Unfortunately, it seems that the English movies are very popular to watch. This makes me miss TIFF, but sadly I won't be back in Toronto for it this September either.

It seems that this is the peak of Japanese summer as most festivals are winding down. There are only 2 more weekends where you can officially climb Mt. Fuji and so far, no plans are in the works. I may have to miss that too, or climb in September when it might be more dangerous since it might actually hit zero degrees at the top. I still find that too funny --- our perception of cold weather versus theirs.

Summer Events Summary so far:
Hanabi - 1
Twilight Cinema - 1
Beach Volleyball - 1
Mt. Fuji - maybe