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Let's Go To the Movies!
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| Let's Go To the Movies!There are plenty of movie theaters in Montevideo. If you live in Pocitos you find them at Shopping Punta Caretas and Montevideo Shopping (both malls you can walk to) and some smaller theaters too.What I like best is you can get the schedules on the web. My favorite is http://www.moviecenter.com.uy . They show whether the movie is in Spanish or has subtitles (subtitles usually means English audio, but not always). Their web page works ok on my Nokia 770 At Moviecenter they have machines where you can buy your tickets on your credit card (there is usually no line). Unfortunately the machines are too often turned off. 2 tickets usually run $7.22 or $9.22 (depending on the night). That price is the total cost of 2 tickets. Another is http://www.cinehoyts.com.uy I hate their webpage as it has too many plugins so I can't get any useful information with my normal browser configuration. |
|  Moviecenter is getting a bit annoying as their ticket sales machines seem to be turned off more than they are on these days. |
| Okay, you give us the price for two tickets but is that in U.S. Dollars or Uruguaian money. Speaking of which what type of money do they use in Uruguay? If that is quoted in American dollars then that is a pretty decent price. It would be a very cheap entertainment. There would hardly be a reason to download movies from the net or to rent them for an evening of entertainment. |
| What I put in the original message was U.S. Dollars (based on the charges appearing on my card). The local money is Pesos which are currently about 24.2 to the dollar. They use the $ to indicate pesos and US$ or U$S for dollars. And something U$ for pesos. Most things are priced in Pesos, except for real estate for sale, some rentals, home applicanes in Pocitos are priced in $'s in downtown in Pesos. You can often pay for things in a mix of dollars and Pesos, but normally get a poor rate at stores (and banks). There seems to be a currency exchange on almost every corner. All of the ATM's dispatch pesos or dollars, but only 100 dollar bills. In Uruguay money I think the movie tickets are 190 or 210 depending on the time. The early movies are always nearly empty and the later ones packed full on a Friday or Saturday night. |
| That's very interesting to know how they separate the dollars from pesos. I wasn't aware of that. That is actually very reasonable pricing for movies. Do they have special discounts for seniors or is it all the same for seniors and students and everyone else? I know the theatres in Canada have a distinction between the 3. It's not much but when you are on a set income as seniors are it helps to get us there. |
| They may well have a senior discount. They do have a discount for those who carry a "Bank Boston" card, a two for one special. However, Bank Boston, being US owned won't readily open accounts for Americans... Now that Bank Boston has been bought by a Brazilian bank (and changed their name) we'll see if the policy for not opening accounts for Americans still persists. |
| I never knew the money was separate. I am glad to know that I will be able to get it exchanged easily. Now I just need to figure out when I want to go. |
| There are a lot of current releases that I recognize playing there. And I agree that it's nice being able to tell if the movie is subtitled or in Spanish. |
| It is good to know if it is in spanish or subtitles. My spanish is very limited. Was there a particular reason why they didn't want to open to Americans? |
Comment #910/07/07 16:13Smilers Girl from silent Ninja mania | YThis is no help with my project at all what kind of money do ppl in uruguay use?? pls answer!! |
| I didn't write it to help you with your project. My preferred money to use is PLASTIC (ie: credit cards). Except at the grocery stores when buying something priced in dollars. The grocery stores will price an item in dollars, but charge my credit card in pesos. Which usually means the actual amount charged to my credit card is larger than the tag on the item! For items priced in pesos and charged in pesos I get a good rate on the pesos. For items priced in dollars, I get charged dollars. For your project you are probably looking for the national money of Uruguay which is the Uruguayan pesos. But many items are priced in U.S. Dollars, notably real estate, electronics and even the exist tax you need to pay to leave the country! In the hospital I paid the surgeon in U.S. Dollars and the hospital in Pesos. A few things are priced in Euros. I suspect that in some places, like Punta del Este in the high season it would not be too unlikely to find people using Brailizan reales or Argentina pesos. If there was something specific you wanted to know you would post a new message asking, but you don't think we are supposed to do your project for you? |
| Oh yeah, at the ATM machines you can get Pesos of 100, 500, or 1000 denominations or U.S. $100 bills. |
| For Smilers Girl from silent Ninja mania: I don't know what kind of project you're working in. But what I can tell you is that in usual, everyday transactions (buying food and clothes, dining outside, going to the movies or theaters, going to a disco, etc.), Uruguayans use the Uruguayan Peso (salaries are mostly paid on that currency). For certain transactions, though, we mostly use the US Dollar. For example, as Lee already explained, for real estate transactions. Or for cars. Or electronic appliances and software. |
| With the recent fall of the U.S. Dollar many rental properties changed to pesos... now with the Dollar bouncing back a bit I won't how happy they are! |
| Since we are talking about the life in Uruguay, are there any get-togethers or special events for expatriates to attend to? Are there also video rental shops in Uruguay where one can rent DVD or home videos? Aren't the movies dubbed in Spanish (or the national language of Uruguay) and subtitled in US English or is it the other way around? |
| Are the movie houses or cinemas in Uruguay updated on various and latest movie releases? For example a James Bond film is released internationally at November, will Uruguay also released it at around that year or will it take time before people at uruguay can actually see the movie at the large screen. I know this may sound stupid but I still would like to ask about this and release dates. |
| Here is the current list of movies showing at Movie Center: 007 Quantum of Solace LEONERA NOCHES DE TORMENTA (Nights in the Roadanthe) Navidad sin los suegros QUEMESE DESPUES DE LEERSE LA NIEBLA (The Mist) ROCK´N ROLLA Madagascar Espaņol MADAGASCAR 2 (Subtitles) Cuarentena (Quarantine) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: LA GRAD HERMANASTROS UN NOVIO PARA MI MUJER |
| Just like in any other countries where they use their nations currency, the Northern American Dollar currency should not be their main and priority mode of payment. It is not like the country will give everything or all to its tourists and foreign visitors and neglecting their own. So, it is up to expats and tourists to change their dollars to peso and not demand that everything will go their way. |
| 'Let us go to the movies, indeed.' Quantum of Solace and Madagascar 1 and 2 are old movies so I am assuming that these are quite old posts. It seems that Punta Caretas movie theater is an interesting place to be. To quote an account of one person's quote I found online, ' This past fin de semana, weekend, I watched Angels and Demons at Punta Caretas shopping movie theater. It was nice, pleasant and surprisingly people packed in real close though there were plenty of seats further away from the crowd.' |
| I am wondering, how much would a theater ticket would me? And how much would i be preparing for five that would include our cinema popcorn, my kids wouldn't want to have a movie without a bucket of popcorn. Just hoping that someone would post here some exact figure regarding my theater concerns and additional info would be greatly appreciated. I love to watch movies and would want to know the Uruguayan theater prices. |
| I understand that moviegoing is really considered as a big thing in Montevideo. I would have never guessed it. |
| "After 10 pm"
Only after 10pm... go to the 5 or 7 pm showings and you get the theater to yourself... after 10 and you have to fight the crowds! |
| Really, i think i have to take Lee's suggestion and advice if ever i am to watch a movie in Uruguay. But nevertheless, the movie experience would be very nice. |
| Wow!! that's great stuff Lee. If ever it is that I have found that am in Montevideo, most definitely, I would be sure to take full advantage of the opportunity. |
| Can looking at movies ever be better than the Imax experience? Come on guys, this is the pinnacle of it all. |
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