News| No longer a must-have? Why some Singapore malls are swapping cinemas for gyms and tuition centres

[lampano]

seriously u all find a movie tick at $15 VERY EX?

the biggest problem is no good movies nowadays.
all netflix quality/budget only.

 

[tatsit]

Tuition is really toxic, it should be the one thing to be banned.

 

[Lchlch]

It is too expensive to go cinema to watch a movie.

 

[Lchlch]

I won't mind trying a 5D cinema movie.

 

[Warocks]

seriously u all find a movie tick at $15 VERY EX?

the biggest problem is no good movies nowadays.
all netflix quality/budget only.

correct

 

[lampano]

correct

then i see many taking out 6-7dollars for starbucks, bbt, and rubbish buys like labubu is not consider ex
sinkies funny man.

2hrs to chill in aircon, great movie, cut out from mobile, can makeout...whats there not to like?

 

[kawarides]

Ex is one main factor.... the other is..... the movies are getting super boring..... same old Dwayne muscle man movies...... similar story plots...... too much CGI......

Some HK movies are nice but never seen them here. Some are gory and violence

 

[swenson]

Cinema experience is definitely different from even home cinema (unless is very extensive and customized)
then again, many movies do not require the cinematic experience etc unless they are action packed.

Only choice is to wait for Netflix, Max, Prime or Disney release, because I no longer condone piracy

 

[IAmChiobu12M]

Cinemas used to be one of the people's favourite hangout places...

Until mall operators starts increasing rental that caused cinema operators to hike up movie ticket prices...

And why rent hiked? Because of inflated electricity, utilities prices? Because of inflated licensing prices? Because of greedy landlords?

Reallly orbigoot...

I actually still enjoy going cinema watch shows lol. Is a form of relaxation and mental break for me for at least the 2h to focus on a movie than anything else.

 

[swenson]

then i see many taking out 6-7dollars for starbucks, bbt, and rubbish buys like labubu is not consider ex
sinkies funny man.

You have a valid point here. A movie ticket cost probably 2-3 drinks, which is definitely affordable to those having such drinks regularly

 

[David Lai]

last step into one about 7 years ago…

 

[enimen]

Nowadays younger gen has the attention span of a hamster. It's all due to short form videos.

They will claim a 2 hr video is damn boring.

 

[EJB]

Movie tickets are too exp, and the shows very fast, goes onto streaming platforms,

Snow White and the 7 magical creatures already made it to D+.

Brave New World already on D+ a few weeks ago.

 

[Unic0rn]

Cinema is a yesterday thing liao. Good to have gym inside mall, can see yoga pants zhezhe do shopping.
Tuition centre most sian one. Only those low ses malls u will find many tuition centres.

why you all like to see yoga pants at mall? my spouse prefers yoga shorts

 

[daveteo88]

go jb watch

Go in come out must line up at custom for 6 hours. Also the time travelling on bus is maybe 2 hours to and fro.

 

[Travis_Touchdown]

all go jb for cinemas riaoz rahz...

 

[uselessbum]

Rather than spefically cinemas, my opinion is that it is emblematic/a symptom of the state of hollywood as a whole. Cinemas and hollywood is a true symbiotic relationship. They cannot live without one another. At the same time, it also means that their fortunes are tied with one another. Cinemas get a cut of the ticket sales.

At the moment, hollywood is suffering from poor quality movies with ever ballooning budgets. Whether it is due to dei being the root cause, it is clear that not as many people like watching their movies as before. That's not to say that they no longer have hits, but their success rate is very low, only every once in a while they get something good like deadpool vs wolverine.

As such, if few want to watch those movies, then few will go to cinemas as well. It's not just sg, but all over the world including the US itself.

Of course, streaming like netflix is a main factor as well but ultimately hollywood itself is very weak at the moment.

 

[shikoo]

Movie tix too ex………

Tuition fees even more expensive lol, $500 per mth=can watch movie at least 20 times

 

[psyger-zero]

Gdp above all else! Huat to the moon! 66% approves this!

 

[psyger-zero]

The only thing must have is massage palors…

Isn't that very shady? U not scared get pwned again?