Tonight we took the opportunity of a free Friday night to go to the movies here in Kuwait. We've been wanting to see Enchanted for a few weeks now, and unfortunately Deepak didn't have a copy yet. So we shelled out the 2.5 KD (~$10) and went to the theatre.
Well, what can I say about the entire experience? For one thing, even though it's a kids' movie, it's absolutely hilarious.
The other thing has to do with the censoring rules here. They can't show anything that has nudity, sex or even kissing (among other things). Within the first five minutes of the movie, we find out that it is based entirely on "true love's kiss". Cue the censoring...now. First it was the scene with her showering in the bathroom, and then it was every kiss - including when the cartoons kissed!
It is officially our first and last movie at the theatre here - because we feel the overwhelming urge to watch it again, just to see what we've missed! (I suppose this isn't a huge loss; it is a fantastic movie. I haven't laughed so hard since like... yesterday.) It was just a pain, because the censoring isn't even that good - the guy who cuts the movie really needs to learn how to do it a little more smoothly!
Anyways, I'm sorry that I haven't been writing much - it's taking some time to get used to being back here, and then some days it just feels like there isn't a whole lot of new interesting things going on ;) And the days when I feel that I should update, I put it off until the mood passes ;) I'll try to do better!
