Movie theater experience

I really did not expect to be going to the movies as often as we are! We discovered a brand new movie theater in one of Zagreb's malls with 12 screens. The place is new, spotless and huge.

I love the seating setup, as you have a good seat no matter where you sit. You never have to worry about having a tall guy with a big head sitting in front of you! In Europe, when you buy a movie ticket, you get a seat preassigned. Just like when you go to a concert or a theater performance. You can also book and pay for seats online.


Each theater has about a dozen love-seats strategically spread out throughout the theater. Yes, a love-seat, meaning that there is no arm rest between the two seats. It's pretty cool. We've been using the love-seat 'option' regularly. :-) So far, we've seen Iron Man (10/10), Sex and the City (10/10), Batman: Dark Knight (3/10) and Made of Honor (8/10).

They have a rule here that if the movie is longer than 140 minutes, then there is a 15 minute break in the middle of the movie. It's a great idea, as two hours into the movie with all that water/coke zero in your system, you are just begging for the movie to end so that you can use the washroom! With a short break in the middle of the movie, you can nicely enjoy the ending, without your back teeth floating. :-)

For the last movie we saw, we were the only people in the theater. Now I know how presidents feel like when they go see a movie. :-) Minus the bodyguards, of course.

The price of a movie ticket here is 29 HRK, which is about $6.5, but if you go before 5pm, the price of the ticket is 22 HRK. For example, last time Carla and I went to see a movie, we paid 44 HRk = $10!

Just recently, we found out that the same movie theater chain has another megaplex about five blocks from our place. So for those times that we don't want to drive to the other mall, we can walk to the closer megaplex in 10 minutes. I love living downtown!