Past = Standalone, hot, warm, only fan

Plus, only a few halls, usually less than 5





Present = Usually located in malls, air-conditioned

Nowadays, there are so many creature comforts in cinema, there are standard halls, higher priced exclusive halls with larger seats etc.



This post has been edited by Kampung2005: Aug 8 2014, 12:09 AM

Inside the old cinema also got air cond ma

If you talk about nowadays standalone ones like Odeon, Coliseum etc, of course

inside old cinema can

nowadays kenot

I also remember that in the past, cotton candy also available in cinemas.

Nowadays, no more.

i remember in the cinemas, when i was small, early 80s, got advertisement of softcore prawn.

During the early days of GSC, their seats used to stink of B.O

i remember watching many movies at GSC MV n dreaded resting my head on the headrest. every time i fear doing it. coz during one particular saturday afternoon after a movie, i started smelling strong B.O n unwashed hair smell around me. it cant be me coz i always take a bath n wash my hair b4 going out. plus i use styling product on my hair so so early in d day it wont stink.

i got home n smelled my clothes...walau damm stink.

d next time i went to GSC MV i out my nose closer to the seat. true enuf d B.O n unwashed smell came fr d seats n got stuck on my clothes n hair. after that many yrs i no go GSC MV. went to GSC 1U instead as the place was new n no stink.

I remember this cinema that has 2 floors in the same theater

i remember d ciggie smoke smell n d kuaci shells on d carpet/floor.

1st movie i watched in a cinema was Indiana Jones n The Last Crusade over at PJ state. my memory still quite vivid. i remember buying the popcorn, drinks n kuaci. lining up n den looking for seats

I remember the Cathay Cinema in Lutong, Miri in the early 90's has air-cond too.

That seat must be the same seat that make Ammoshaf a legend here

This post has been edited by thelastprime: Aug 8 2014, 12:25 AM

Yup...

However, the ones in the past photos were 60's etc.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day, my first ever movie watched in a cinema. I watched here. Epic yo.

Do the bangla workers clean the head rest now or just vacuum the floor only???

The earliest Cineplex is probably Dalit Cinema inside Komtar Shopping Complex.

It was around since the 80s.

Now no more of course.

Not sure if there are any old cinema format in shopping complexes at other places.

cinema ... too cold for me. sometimes I couldn't even focus what I watch because I was freezing there.

Many older cinemas were closed in 1990s...

My dad watch movie at this cinema



It was teared down not long after I was born.

Lol okay even my parents were still little kids by then.

But old cinema has the kind of feel that cineplex don't have.
I remember sitting in a car where father drove us to cinema, you can see the Cathay building from afar and we can literally see that we are heading towards the cinema. Then father parked the car across the road, and we crossed the road towards a cinema which was again literally the building itself too.

In late 90's, all that feel is gone.

+1

i think now got removable/disposable covering on the headrest. bangla will change after each screening. probably d seats also use newer anti odour materials d.

back in d day it was just regular canvas type material that absorbs sweat n odour.

Back then pipu said some seats were not occupied for a specific reason

The toilets in those old cinemas are always scary.

Some more as you walk in the corridor leading to the toilet, you have to push away those big heavy curtains.

now that you mentioned it, i think old toilets design in any building looks scary, including some houses. i don't know why. now the designs look more 'cheerful' especially in the shopping malls.

Michael Keaton as Batman. d first one, Batman (1989) was d 1st midnight movie i watched. my dad brought me n a fren to the theatre in PJ New Town to watch. I still remember d bell tower scene LOL

old cinema can eat kuaci and smoke

I think I watched Wong Fei Hung there. The one Wong Fei Hung went to Murica LEL

those memories were nice but the actual experience watching a movie in those cinemas were pretty horrible.

BO = bowel output or body odour??

Barely remember haha. I was too young.

body odour

ah...those were the days where giant movie posters were hand painted

last time always watched at sg.wang (red curtain) and president (green curtain)

view from my window, after the cinema/church closed down (very old pic using nokia)

used to live opposite the PJ state / new town cinema (20 years+), it became church, etc and now lotus

my brother and i as a kid walked over to watch jurassic park 1

This post has been edited by sui: Aug 8 2014, 12:59 AM

I bet the older generation must've hnngggh-ed alot in cinema

Last time movie poster were hand painted.

i still remember got kelas 1 and kelas 2, kelas 1 is upstairs. never been to kelas 2 though.

Standalone cinemas has air con since long long time already, like more than 40 years.

GSC Bangsar Shopping Center

odeon - front of pertama complex
colesium - Jalan TAR
Federal - near Chow Kit
Rex - Petaling Street

got one near Bukit Bintang, can't remember the name, watched pretty woman there..

ayam oldfag..

This post has been edited by axymax: Aug 8 2014, 07:59 AM

Yup... that true.. gula gula kapas.. yummy

you also forgot....last time there is variety of food like sunflower seed, fishball with sauce and even chinese hotdog also also can bring in... now limited to pop corn and twisties...

I still remember those stand alone building cinema.....got ground floor & upper floor 1.Usually upper floor ticket price a bit higher.


I used to go PJ state & PJ sentosa section 17 cinema....those were the days where I watch slyvester stallone's RAMBO 1-3

I agree on the MV GSC smells of BO badly on their chair. That's why I stop going there. Besides there are paradigm, tropicana city mall or 1u which provide more comfortable seatings also.

Paling hate ppl put their feet in between the chair.

do u guys know that those days....where there is TICKET HARAM available?


I bet those who born during 90s and after dun understand what is TICKET HARAM

and after 12am have special show too

Rex kl. RM5.++ for 1st class seat

Do you need a fit warm man to wrap his arms around you while watching movie?

Didn't old cinema have toilet within the hall itself?

The past cinema that caters to smokers is the best.

not a chance, boy. na-ah.

Lets see whats the difference?

Building - Stand alone compared to multiplex in malls. Stand alone building has few side exit doors. Toilets was usually at the side of the main screen covered by curtains.

Tickets - Comes in classes of seats. Tickets also different color. Paper is like tissue and will bleed color if got wet. Attendant use pens or puncher or stamp to mark the tickets.

Seats - The really old ones had wooden seats. During the movie you could hear squeaks and creaks. When the movie is over, the whole cinema will be ringing sounds of booming chairs folding down. Much like some continuous items falling down from stairs.

Food - Traditional. You could buy kuih even. Kuaci is very common. So is hanging packets of drinks on the arm rest or the corner of the seat itself.

Environment - The sound are usually loud. The more nearer u seat the more louder it is. Unlike today where the place is designed to spread sound evenly. Smoking was allowed. Some cinema have fans in them. Some have air conds. Some a combo of both.

Ticket price? That time I remember RM1.50 per entry. Kids was like 70 cents or or something. Baby comes in free. Some cinema only shows certain type of movies.

dulu dulu tgk movie kat REX petaling street

now GSC d-box ...fuuu

laast time got kuaci, sekarang takda

how about a future cinema?

I heard smoking was allowed in the early days

i remember the old and big hall......that time the movie is sooo low HD , running on old filming... yet the screen quite big too...

if u guys know where is subang ss15 asia cafe, it was a big cinema before

Also got break or intermission for hisdustani movie ... too long

Its not heard. It is allowed. Can drink beer and stuff also. But then they make half section smoking and the other half not. Then later ban altogether.

all d talk about theatres made me recall an incident at GSC MV back 2000

Me n a fren from tuition class went to MV one Saturday. We ponteng our special SPM tuition class. after wandering around for hours we decided to watch a movie. it was Titan AE.

Back then I was always paranoid that my parents will catch me smoking. half way thru d movie we decided to go get a smoke in d toilet. we headed right to the end of d toilet n lighted up. tiba2 a bun of adults n kids walked in. i din look at them at 1st but i noticed this kid staring at me. i looked at him properly n oh shit its my cousin.

I looked at the group properly n it was my uncle n a few cousins LOL OMG wat r d chances of that happening. i told my fren to stand in front of me to block their view. it worked as my uncle didn't see my face. but my cousin did.

during d next family gathering i was so sked i will kena kantoi. but nope i din kena. many years later i asked my cousin (who edi a teenager) whether he saw me or not....he said he did LOL but din tell anyone.

Last time the posters were made by very talented artists. Now everything print.

You'd rather spend money to be cold in a cinema and not know what's happening in the movie, than to enjoy the entire experience with some human warmth?

Federal & Capitol - Chow Kit
Cathay & Pavillion - BB

Madras in Chinatown got ghost wan. Caught fire few times.

saya nampak permainan anda

apa permainan? It's an honest suggestion ma. You can go with your bf or any random guy whom you don't mind having yourself wrapped in his arms.

i remember last time i watch cinema in the 80s as a kid. they show cinema in those shoplot 2 tingkat. pakai projector. those were the days...

old time cinema..can piap piap inside...hahaha lucky no handphone/camera during that time..

Rex cinema always the win, the biggest.............

Salute still can remember all these! The only thing was the ticket price near the end was much more expensive liao. I think even RM5.00 per entry also got.


This post has been edited by tabletman: Aug 8 2014, 07:02 PM

No handphone yes. Camera sure got lah. Why do you think all those crappy pirated VHS movie with people shadow walking around came from?