Last night, John and I went to see Dark Knight, the Batman movie. I’m usually bored by action movies, but this was not your typical action movie. The acting was great, and Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker — WOW! I was blown away!
We have two modern movie theaters in Playa del Carmen, MMCinemas and Cinepolis. Both are located in shopping malls and have all the conveniences we are used to — concessions stand, stadium seating, and outrageously cold air-conditioning. Most of the movies are from the U.S. although they often have one or two films from Mexico, Spain, Italy or France. Generally, movies are shown in the original language and subtitled in Spanish. But animated movies are always dubbed so that children can easily follow along.
We went to MMCinemas last night with our friend Antonio. Wednesday nights are discount nights at both theaters and we paid a mere $29 pesos ($2.90 USD) each for the movie. Even regular nights at $47 pesos are cheap compared to the obscene movies prices in the U.S.! Next, we went to the concessions stand and purchased a big box of popcorn, nachos with cheese and jalapenos, two 32 oz. sodas and one 32 oz. cherry Icee for $118 pesos ($11 USD). So our night at the movies cost us less than $7 USD each. How much are movies going for in the states again?!
As we left the theater, we noticed that they were building a Planet Bowl bowling alley next door. YESSSS!! Life just keeps getting better here in Playa.
I’m heading to Playa the end of this month. From the pedestrian walk on 5th, is everything else (for example the cinemas, and walmart) with in walking distance?
Hi Jeff, The Walmart is in walking distance from the tourist areas of 5th Avenue, but the cinemas I talked about in this post are not. You may want to check out my other website InTheRoo.com where you will find an will find an interactive map of Playa del Carmen. Here are links to the places you are interested in on the map:
Walmart
MMCinemas
Cinepolis