A Saturday in Colombo

April 11th, 2005 by ShaolinTiger at 1:27 AM MYT - 888 views

Ok so I crashed out Friday night after indulging in some more room service and watching some more crappy moves on HBO/Cinemax/Star Movies..

Those channels are nice for about a week, then after that you are stuck with the same movies you've already watched a few days previously..

Occasionally a new one springs up that's worth watchin.

Saturday I headed out on a Journey into Colombo..

It was hot, no really it was SERIOUSLY HOT, I felt like I was in a sauna and was dripping like a skanky hoes underpants after a few minutes.

Majestic has a nightclub, casino and what I'll losely describe as a Cinema..

I took my camera to take some shots, but sadly it developed a random 'memory card error' and wouldn't save ANY of the pictures I took, which was somewhat annoying..

(To digress I managed to fix it by formatting the memory card)

So let me expand on the cinema...MGM/Majestic cinema seems to be the only Cinema in Colombo (perhaps in the country?) showing western movies, and it's a joke.

They show 1 movie, 3 times a day.

Yes let me repeat that ONE LOUSY MOVIE

And what's more...that one movie is Alexander..which is at least 6 months old..

'Coming Soon' is Underworld...WTF, that's more than a year old..if not two.

So you can see, it can barely be described as a cinema..

DVD piracy is rife here, and looking at the cinema, I can see why. The excuse in Malaysia is heavy censorship and some movies not being shown, here the excuse is you can't even pay to the see the movies legitamately if you WANT to.

DVD's cost around the same as Malaysia, 180rupees which is about 7RM.

Everything else here is pretty expensive though, food & drink wise, for a country I originally though was considered poorer than Malaysia, and from being here, it certainly 'feels' poorer.

I couldn't handle it out there too long, too hot, too croweded, reminiscent of those documentaries you see about India..

So I found a small supermarket, bought some snacks and headed back the hotel.

Watched some more crappy movies on cable and ate room service again (Maryland chicken) It's getting to be a convenient habit.

Some of the crappy movies I've sat through:

Sniper 2
She's Having a Baby
2 Weeks Notice
My Little Eye
Marines
Darkman III
Double Impact
The Assassin
Mystery Men
Dracula: Dead & Loving It
Sgt. Bilko
Long Time Dead

Half decent movies I've seen there would be..

28 Days Later
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

As far as I remember that's about it..my mind is a blur of B-grade movies.

Plus so many others I can't even remember..

Yesterday I even watched the UCA Cheerleading finals, wtf?

I have some photos from yesterday, took a walk down the beach, will post when I've sorted them out.

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15 Comments so far

kimberlycun on April 11th, 2005 at 1:50 am

go to the gym? rotflol *hugs*
Jon Choo on April 11th, 2005 at 2:49 am

Fuck, that is one long list of shitty films you had to sit through.

Personally I would move Dragon to the crappy list and move the (uncensored) 28 Days Later to the awesome list, but that's just me.
FireAngel on April 11th, 2005 at 3:36 am

Got missed me or not? Missed me leh.......
shanks on April 11th, 2005 at 4:32 am

i didn't know there is darkman 3, goodness ... i kinda like mystery men, the odd balls were quite funny the first time. 28 days later was just great.
ShaolinTiger on April 11th, 2005 at 4:34 am

I did consider it yesterday, but crappy movies just draw me in.

I am becoming a bed-potatoe..

ARGH SAVE ME SOMEONE LET ME COME BACK TO MALAYSIA!
ShaolinTiger on April 11th, 2005 at 4:35 am

Dragons ok, floats above the rest for me, but then I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan

28 days is indeed great, I remember seeing it in UK on the cinema, first mainstream release filmed on DV. Don't recall there being any other good movies
ShaolinTiger on April 11th, 2005 at 4:36 am

Of course I missed you
ShaolinTiger on April 11th, 2005 at 4:51 am

There shouldn't have been. LOL

Mystery Men was ok, a bit juvenile on the whole but amusing in places.

I mean Spleen? WTF
archangel on April 11th, 2005 at 8:56 am

see.. u miss malaysia.. say so.. hehe..
Jon Choo on April 11th, 2005 at 11:41 am

What bout Dawn of the Dead? Seen that yet? Bloody hilarious!
Jon Choo on April 11th, 2005 at 11:42 am

Sorry, meant Shawn of the Dead
FireAngel on April 12th, 2005 at 4:46 am

UPDATE LAH U LAZY CHEEBAIIIIIIII!
ShaolinTiger on April 12th, 2005 at 6:56 am

Already updated, just waited till you'd finished work to post
ShaolinTiger on April 12th, 2005 at 6:58 am

I picked up the DVD I think...haven't watched it yet though, heard quite a bit about it
Margie on April 15th, 2005 at 11:45 pm

i bet u dun miss me...sien...