Having spent several hours at office, Amitabh and I walked down to the
Regal Cinema Hall
to watch "The Emperor's New Groove". Given that it was a saturday afternoon, and a Disney
movie, we were expecting only to see a family crowd, and weren't disappointed. Tickets,
as always in Mumbai, were a bit more expensive than we were used to. Rs. 60 and Rs. 80.
We took the Rs. 60, and discovered that there was no difference between the two. Well,
there was, but not much.
Regal is pretty spacious, with comfortable (and new) red chairs. And as Amitabh always
checks out the quality of a place by the men's room, I accompanied him to hear his verdict
first hand. "This is not bad, for a cinema hall," he declared. Regal is hence eminently
visitable.
The movie is hilarious. Just 75 minutes of pure fun, completely devoid of any moral
lessons or take-aways, and a first person narration. It's about this punk emperor (aged
18) who lays off his minister (or ministress?), who poisons him, and he becomes a llama,
and the guy whose house he wanted to destroy to build a summer palace saves him, and they
live happily ever after. No, I haven't spoilt any of the suspense for you, and its still
worth a watch.