IT
HAD BEEN a long time.
Yes,
I think it is almost a decade since I last brought my wife to a movie
house.
What
was that film we last watched?
Oh,
Alexander the Great.
Yeah.
I
remembered it starred Collin Farrell as Prince Alexander of Macedonia.
I
remembered too that we watched it at the Elizabeth Mall.
By
God, that was in 2003!
How
come watching movies become so rare for me now?
Well,
economics play a role.
As
of late, it is uneconomical for me to spend money for old-fashioned conventional
entertainment like cinema houses offer.
I
simply lost my zest to watch films on the big screen as my budget is stretched
to the limit running a household.
Also,
film piracy has to do with that.
You
could watch your favorite stars on dirt-cheap DVDs in the comforts of your home
instead of commuting yourself to the malls where the modern cinemas are.
It’s
much cheaper to buy pirated films than lining yourself for a seat inside a
movie house.
And
you could watch the DVD films over and over and over…
Without
cuts.
No
sweat.
Besides
that, in this age of WIFIs, you could download moving pictures or watch it on
your palms or on your laps.
But
last night (August 23, 2012), I finally got to seat myself inside the cinema.
With my wife, of course.
The
flick is Bourne Legacy.
Good
movie.
Compliments
of our sponsor although I get to shell out one peso.
How
come I pay just a peso when it is expensive to watch a movie?
It’s
complicated.
Ask
me why?
It
is a movie pass good for one person that is validated which elicited from me a
peso.
I
am given a ticket for that which I press into an optical reader and the
turnstile opened up for my wife.
The
other is an e-Card.
I
just place it inside a slot, it bounces back to my hand and the turnstile
opened up for me.
Ingenious.
That’s
how they run things in SM City Cebu.
I
really miss the big screens and the “sensurround” sound system.
Last
night was a nostalgic night for me.
There
were fewer than twenty people watching inside.
Good
for me.
Bad
for business.
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