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

[Dinoboyboy]

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

What do you mean again my bro…

 

[messidona]

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

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

No good movies and paying $15 to watch jack neo crap is stupid

 

[messidona]

Last time marina square got cinema and bowling alley. Now become some private uni and tuition centre

 

[tomsss]

convert those cinema theatres to video watching booths lor. singles, couples and groups of up to 8-10pax.

then netflix come up new commerical charging system for this kind of setup, per show or movie

 

[klim668]

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

Shorts or pants both also can, as long as it's yoga.

 

[BlackWing1977]

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...

At present not many good movies are launching.. and most of them can be found on Streaming services later anyway.. what is the point even.... and many people nowadays have large screen TV at home also...

 

[Calis_Yoda]

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......

Agree! Really not as interesting, exciting and engaging as the old era films, such as:
An Affair to Remember
The 12 Angry Men
Helen of Troy
Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
The 300 Spartans
Lawrence of Arabia
The Magnificent Seven
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
The Guns of Navarone
The Battle of Midway
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Godfather trilogy
Indiana Jones movies, casting Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones and Sean Connery as his father
The Last Samurai
Star Wars trilogy (episodes IV, V & VI)
Batman movies, casting Michael Keaton

 

[BlackWing1977]

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.

Gaming industry now is a bigger industry than movie and music combined... that is why you see all those DEI creeping into gaming which now is totally back firing.. as it ends studio adopting the entire DEI ideology.

 

[RuneArmour]

The only thing must have is massage palors…

The only place where creeps like moi can fulfil moi fantasy legally being judged and charged

 

[buttbERry]

Many watching shows at home

 

[Dinoboyboy]

Gym is "a place to make friends"

people ghost cinema to ocb, they ghost gym to orh something else so same same

Fully agree bro, i made more friends in gym than anywhere else…everytime i want to date the women there they friendzoned me…

 

[paperplane1943]

most likely Netflix and other subscriptions killed cinema

netflix, so many shows, cant finish watching and new shows kept coming. no time for cinema riao

 

[reiser]

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

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

Movie tickets cost $15 now? Wow, that’s expensive! I keep thinking it’s $7.

 

[Dinoboyboy]

The only place where creeps like moi can fulfil moi fantasy legally being judged and charged

Your fantasy is to be a pizza and be kneaded expertly like a dough from an amdk Italian shifu bro? For me massage is good for peepur who cant last for more than 5 mins…

 

[klim668]

Agree! Really not as interesting, exciting and engaging as the old era films, such as:
The 12 Angry Men
Helen of Troy
Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
The 300 Spartans
Lawrence of Arabia
The Magnifcent Seven
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
The Guns of Navarone
The Battle of Midway
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Godfather trilogy
Indiana Jones movies, casting Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones and Sean Connery as his father
The Last Samurai
Star Wars trilogy (episodes IV, V & VI)
Batman movies, casting Michael Keaton

U watched these movies at cinema?

 

[Macrossvin]

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

ya HK movies also getting boring..... undercover and undercover..... like the cover can like never ending under........ also new generation actors and actress..... fake acting and no a looker........

 

[shodan99]

Tuition centre brings in the footfall as parents will need a place to chill/eat. Hence will have all the cafes and restaurants. In turn, bring in revenue

 

[Unic0rn]

Shorts or pants both also can, as long as it's yoga.

what is the difference yoga or normal shorts? why need to wear pants in this warm weather?

example of short, not long pants

 

[TehOPengSiuDai]

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.

I wouldn’t even step into a mall with many tuition or enrichment centres. Dunno why the mall thinks all these can increase footfall? Probably the only people who will go into these malls will be the kids and their parents.

 

[dambio]

Wonder when the next gym collapse will happen. I remember last time alot of malls had California fitness before it collapse

Plus gyms ain't cheap either. Even for those in neighbourhood shopping centre.