Went to the Cathay Cineplex to watch Poseidon and took some photos of the place with my Sony Ericsson W550i. I am definitely not happy with the way they have turned this once historical part of Singapore into just another shopping mall. If this is actually preservation, I must say it’s been a real pathetic attempt at rejuvenation. Incidentally, they are also rebuilding Newton Circus Hawker Centre and I shudder to think of what it will turn out to be.
A lot of shops are yet opened when we walked around, but the cineplex is definitely a lot better than Eng Wah’s at SunTec. The seats were spacious and well laid out.
Enjoy the photos. If they are blur or badly taken, the fault is mine solely and not that of the equipment.
 Front |
 Lift Lobby |
 Box Office 5F |
 Da Vinci Code Display on 5F |
 View from 6F |
 View from 6F |
 Picture House History display |
 5F looking down |
Da Vinci Code? What Da Vinci Code? His name is Leonardo and this is what someone think of it
I try to watch them on a weekday now or when I am watching at GV, I’ll use my HSBC Credit Card to purchase tickets online. (HSBC gives a $1 ‘subsidy’ for every ticket you purchase using their credit card, you know?)
But you have a point there, home theatre systems or DVD players plugged into a good amp and TV gives pretty good audio and video output these days and so getting a DVD would be a better idea.
In fact, if you get people to share, the cost of 1 DVD would be even lower.
I can’t believe how much cinema tickets have risen over the years. It’s more attractive to purchase DVDs nowadays. For a DVD, My father, sisters and I can watch it. That’s four persons. 4 x 9.50 = S$38.00.
My mother doesn’t watch movies. Heh. So, DVDs it is..
The seats at _THE_ Cathay are quite good. I believe everything’s digital too. I think it’s a big cineplex.. probably can fit 26 x 20 people into one cinema.
Prices is standard Cathay and I think they are the only ones which aren’t fugging everyone up by raising prices together annually.
How are the seats in the new cinema?
And the screens?
Aircon?
How much were the tickets?