Today is #MarketFriday, an initiative by @dswigle and this is a story about my Friday night as well. You can learn more about Market Friday here or you can visit the community.

It's Friday night! Work for this week has officially finished and usually I celebrate my Friday nights at home, watching anime or tv shows. But for this night, I decided to head over to the theatre by myself to watch a movie - an english movie. I don't usually watch english shows (I know, I'm sorry) and I can't justify why. It just depends on my mood and my mood has always been Japanese and Korean shows. So watching a movie in English is somewhat surprising.

The theatre is in Shinjuku, Tokyo, few minutes train ride from home. I wanted to walk to exercise but I figured I might reek of sweat so I'll reserve the walk home I took the train home because it started drizzling.

Friday night and Shinjuku well, it's chaotic. Everywhere there are loads of people, walking drunk, sitting on the streets drunk, and worst, lying on the streets drunk! It's chaotic, and the cinema is just across the Red Light District of Tokyo so you'd see a lot of stuff.

The movie theatre is named Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema. I usually watch movies in Toho Cinemas, which is somewhat the most popular cinema in Japan, but this time, I went on a little adventure and so Piccadilly it is.

The ticket for a regular movie with a regular seat usually costs around 2,000 yen (around 15 USD). It would cost more for a 3d movie, or for more comfortable and luxurious seats.

So the main reason why I was watching a movie in this theatre was because I received a coupon which will expire on June. The coupon is only applicable to Shochiku Multiplex Theatres (SMT) and Shinjuku Piccadilly Cinema is part of it. Because of the coupon, I only paid 1,200 yen (around 9.4 USD) for the movie! (Well, still expensive but this is Japan LOL, it's not expensive)

It's my first time in this theatre! Upon entering the building, this guy will welcome you.

I reserved the ticket online so I would need to get the printed ticket in the cinema lobby.

The movie I watched was Fantastic Beats: The Secrets of Dumbledore. I've been planning to watch the movie since its opening last April 8, but I already forgot about FB1 and haven't watched FB2. It wouldn't be advisable to watch the 3rd in the series if I skipped the first 2. So prior to watching this movie, I watched FB1 last weekend and FB2? Well, I just finished watching it this morning! 😅

It's in Cinema 6 and well, I didn't know I had to take the escalator going up to the 9th floor from the 3rd floor which is where the lobby is. It's probably the first time I rode the escalator going way up just to get to the cinema. Usually theaters are just on that same floor as the lobby or 1 floor higher.

At last, I arrived!

So of course, I must not use my phone during the movie but let me tell you a little about it my thoughts. Well, it was nice. I was actually lost for words but I had fun watching it. They filmed in different locations and the graphics were so good. I would want to watch it again, but not in the cinemas - just at home. The movie I watched has Japanese subtitles, not the dubbed version LOL, so I kept reading at the subs from time to time. It's already a habit. Anyways, the movie was really great - I just miss Johnny Depp in there. And there was really a funny scene that I couldn't stop smiling (not laughing because the Japanese are so well mannered and defined in watching the movie, I wouldn't want to annoy them) - that was when the main character and his brother did some pose that I really think was weird. 😂

Anyways, that's all for the movie review. If you want to know more about the film, you can check it on Wikipedia.

Finished the large pop corn by myself and the movie was finished. Outside the cinema, there are some posters for the upcoming films so I checked them and oh my, there are a lot of good movies to look forward to this year.

There were a lot of people who watched the movie even though it's already almost 2 months since it aired in Japan. I guess they also thought that it's not yet too late to watch it. Heard some people's feedback and they were positive.

That's how my Friday night went. Overall, I spent around 2,000 yen (around 15 USD) for the movie and the snacks. Not bad I guess. How about yours? Any stuff sizzling this Friday night? Let me know in the comments section below!

See you around!
またね！

All photos are taken using my phone unless stated otherwise.