{"id":483,"date":"2011-06-25T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T21:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/25\/premium-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides\/"},"modified":"2011-06-25T06:10:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T21:10:13","slug":"premium-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/25\/premium-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides\/","title":{"rendered":"Premium Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"floatleft\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/5868768684\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5271\/5868768684_918589dbe7_m.jpg\" alt=\"Eggs Yummadict\"\/><br \/>\nEggs Yummadict.  From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.37steakhouse.com\/\">37 Steakhouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/5868209555\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3281\/5868209555_62b2516da0_m.jpg\" alt=\"Lunch Steak\"\/><br \/>\nLunch Steak<\/a><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/5868769454\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3251\/5868769454_95925d158e_m.jpg\" alt=\"Premium Seats\"\/><br \/>\nPremium Seats<\/a><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/5868210197\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3118\/5868210197_af45369559_m.jpg\" alt=\"It says Premium\"\/><br \/>\nIt says Premium<\/a><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fugutabetai\/5868767882\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5231\/5868767882_b84a94722a_m.jpg\" alt=\"Hung out with these guys\"\/><br \/>\nHung out with these guys too<\/a><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nLast weekend R. and I went to see <a href=\"http:\/\/disney.go.com\/pirates\/\">Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stanger Tides<\/a>.  This is an unusual occurrence because since I moved to Japan and got married, I generally see only about four movies a year.  So going to see a real movie in a real movie theater is a pretty big deal for us.  I&#8217;m not really sure why that is, but it probably comes down to two things:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nMovie tickets cost a lot here in Japan\n<\/li>\n<li>\nR. and I usually don&#8217;t have the same days off, so we don&#8217;t have a lot of time together<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pirates looked like it would be fun, so I checked out the times, and we could make it last Sunday.  We headed down to the Roppongi hills in time for Brunch, and stopped off at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.37steakhouse.com\/\">37 Steakhouse<\/a>.  They had an excellent Eggs Benedict.  I hadn&#8217;t had a real American style brunch in a long time, and I really enjoyed it.  We are going to have to do this more often.  R. enjoyed a nice lunch steak, but I think I was the winner with the eggs and delicious bacon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe also stopped by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roppongi.mini.jp\/dealer\/roppongi\/index.html\">Roppongi Mini Cooper dealership<\/a> and checked out the new Crossover model.  It is much bigger than the Mini Cooper we have now.  But I don&#8217;t really think we need a car in Tokyo, and certainly not a new one.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe were a bit early to our show, but that was ok because we had Premium Seats.  I&#8217;ve never had Premium Seats before.  I wasn&#8217;t even sure what that entailed actually.  It turns out that means that the chairs in the theater are a bit better.  They have a really nice reclining function, and a small table for drinks and stuff.  There is also a special bar and each ticket entitles you to one drink.  A beer or wine or juice or something.  So we sat down and had nice drinks and conversation in a little bar while waiting for the movie to start.  The theater itself was pretty nice, and the seats were great.  The place was also packed.  You also could take a little blanket if you were cold.  The theater was a bit on the hot side for me, but R. took two blankets, and most of the women there were taking a blanket also.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHow was the movie itself?  Pretty good!  Not great, but a really fun adventure with Johnny Depp doing a great job being funny as Jack Sparrow.  I think the movie was a bit weak on some of the motivation points (I am not sure why the love interest did a lot of what she did) and there were many points of contrivance to make things work for Jack and\/or the plot.  But who cares?  It was a fun romp.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso, as a bonus, the day before I hung out with Eric, R., Ami, and her boyfriend.  We had a great Chinese dinner.  Actually, I need to try to make it out to Ami&#8217;s family&#8217;s restaurant more often.  I&#8217;ll put it on the list of things to do.  Like finish writing blog entries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHey, mark one off the list!\n<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eggs Yummadict. From 37 Steakhouse Lunch Steak Premium Seats It says Premium Hung out with these guys too Last weekend R. and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stanger Tides. 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