Trip Back to Cinema

It has been more than 4 years since my last movie in a cineplex and tonight, after our tea meetup at around 9pm, instead going for usual beer or bones rejuvenation, Chuan Yew treated Heroes and myself to watch "I am A Legend @ Will Smith" at 10.45pm.

Yeap, I have just arrived home some 15 minutes ago..the movie is great (especially on the part of workout by Will Smith)but the feeling going back to yesteryear's passing of time activity is greater...a fabulous reexperience as nowsaday, with DVD/VCD, I would just watch movie at home.

Going for movie at Cinema is a great relaxation for me especially during 90ies...when I was in U, almost every weekend, I will watch at least a movie...the price is only RM6.00 for having it in Cineplex and if in conventional cinema, it would only cost RM3.00 (the Sun Cinema in Kajang). Sometime, we take bus to KL just to watch on bigger screen. Of course at that time, no VCD (only VCR) and I think VCD only became popular in 1995 onwards and then in 2000...DVDs. I like to watch the Sat night show at 10.45pm as normally it is the first screening of new movie (also because, the timing is more suitable...after squash for 2 hours (4pm-6pm), dinner at 7.30pm, window shopping and will normally arrive home around 1.30a.m after late night supper)

Back in school time, I recalled the sweet memories going for movie at cinema with the 3A8 gang. The ticket price was RM2.00 then. I remembered the infamous cinemas in Sibu;

1. The Kings

2. Palace

3. Cathay

4. Rex

5. King Hua

6. Lido (burnt down...still recalled watching Ti Lung, Chen Kuan Thai or Lo Lei the kungfu movie in the 80ies)

7. Zenith

There was one event back in Form Five, we were watching "Fight Back to School by Stephen Chow", there was a commotion behind us...between an Ahmu and a Taiko...as the Taiko had been shaking his leg over the chair sat by the Ahmu...at the end, AhMu wasasked to leave before fighting occurs...well, that incident costed our concentration for about 5 minutes but I remembered till today.

I have not brought my kids to watch any movie as yet but hopefully soon just like my parents who used to bring us to watch Liew Wen Chen, Ah B, Chi Han, Chin Sian Ling, Ling Fong Chiau etc...Taiwan actors..I remembered as my parents only bought 2 tickets, my brothers and sister would normally sit on the stairs of the cinema (what a sweet memories).

Hope it will be soon...before the school start in January 2008. Cheers !