Twilight - A truly cultural experience

Yes, that’s right folks, Twilight: Breaking Dawn.

It was quite by chance that we stumbled across a cinema on Saturday night in Dubrovnik that was showing the film, released just a few days earlier. Monique begged Daniel, and being the good husband that he is, decided that he would graciously accompany her to see the film. For the equivalent of AUD$4.5, it was hard to say no.

We took our seats and soon realized that if somebody was to graph the ages of everyone in the cinema, we would be statistically significant outliers. It was us and every 13-year-old from the west coast of Croatia.

And boy were they excited.

When the film started it was like being at the opening bounce of the AFL Grand Final. An almighty, high-pitched scream of excitement filled the cinema, and was then followed by loud, pre-pubescent chatter, giggling and discussion for the next two hours. Being an English film with Croatian subtitles, it seemed that the locals were quite content to read along, and were not too concerned with the two aging Australians who had no idea what going on.

This was indeed a truly cultural experience. Forget about the opera in Salzburg, a cinema full of screaming 13 year olds in Dubrovnik is as good as it gets. 


Oh, and as for the video, turn your speakers up and repeat for two hours.