Monday, November 17, 2008

The Agony Of Cinema Patrons


Like any one else on weekends, patronizing the cinema seems to be a favorite leisure activity. However, on occasion such as upcoming animated or blockbuster movies, we fear of experiencing the abundance from our younger target market, a.k.a - kids/babies. Apart from the cinema's Dolby Surround, which evidently we know we're paying to experience, kids.... running around, babies crying, kids talking and/or all of the above, we get those as freebies.

Maybe its not common sense to know that and infant does not understand what the freaking movie is about, its just like carrying a sack of beans into the cinema, well at least the sack of beans doesn't really cry or make any other noise. Cinema staff has failed to check on identification, clearly some movies of a certain rating is unsuitable for kids, and yes, we still see them around. In some countries, a 'Crying Room' is included into each theater for parents to shove their kids in. Its about time we should implement it, or maybe divide the cinema into kids and adults sections. Kids section to be sound proofed - obviously.

Besides brainless parents with their living noise maker, citizens from China, another annoying factor. Chatting away in the middle of a freaking movie, its not hard to spot them with their ching-chong accent. Whispering is fair enough, but literally chatting and asking each other questions on what the dialogue is about, that's way too much. The fact that they're ignoring the 'Chinese subtitles' and other patrons, basically making themselves feel like home, they just doesn't seems to care. P.R.Cs, they all belong in the 'Crying Room' together with an interpreter to assist them with the movie dialogues. Ultimately, we contribute our money to watch at the silver screen, not the circus, but why are we watching the movie, together with the circus? This sucks~!

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