The movies

G'day to y'all! I hope you are having a spectacular week so far!

This past weekend a bunch of girlfriends and I went to the movies. This is my first movie theatre experience here in Oz so I thought I would share.

First off, the rating system is different here. For instance, some movies that are rated R in the US are not rated R here. I am not sure if the movies are any different or if the rating system is just different.

From what I can tell, these are the basic guidelines for movies here...

G - General (all ages)

PG - Parental Guidance (pre-teen and teen, so this will vary a little but most kids between 7 or 8 to 13 will be fine watching the movie)

M - Mature recommended, 15 + is recommended but younger can attend, usually these movies you wouldn't really go below a 13 or 14.

MA - Mature Audience 15+ a must unless with an adult

R - Restricted to 18+ only regardless

The movie theatre experience was different in general. First, when we got there at 8:00pm on a Friday night, it was basically empty.

Then, the tickets have assigned seats on them and you are supposed to sit in those seats. Now, if not very many are in the theatre, I am under the impression that you can sit where ever, but some people came in and sat down and then an usher came in and told them to leave, so I guess they knew those seats were supposed to be empty. The theatre itself was wide and very clean with nice comfy chairs.

We went up to the concession stand and bought our movie tickets and our concessions. The movie tickets were $15.50 each, so you have to REALLY want to go to a movie, much less take a date!

The concessions offers many of the same things that we would have in the US. Here are some pictures.

I like the "Candy Bar". This is a wall full of all sorts of candy (or lollies as the Aussies would say). You purchase a cup for $5.50 or $7.50 for large and then you can fill it with any of the lollies in all these little bins.

Concessions prices for popcorn and such were high, just like in the US. We paid $19 for the #1 combo which was 2 drinks, 2 chocolate dipped cones (they call them chock tops), and a popcorn. All good.

Picture of a choc top!

Here is the group I went with, I am taking the picture. We had out choice of the Bridemaids poster or the Smurfs, so we chose Bridemaids.

It was a fun night...and an expensive one...but a great night out with the girls!