The cinema is a great and popular escape from the heat and frenzy of Singapore. They're inexpensive and clean, the films are current, and the audience is lively, lending to a nice group feeling that you don’t get in places like Japan. Coming from Tokyo where the films are released up to a year after being released in the rest of the world, the audience is dead to the most intense stimuli, and one ticket costs as much as dinner for two, we always enjoy going to the movies while we’re there. But the last time we went, things were a little weird. We really weren’t interested in any of the current faire, but we were keen on several of the staler ones that were in their final weeks. Shouldn't be to hard to get tickets to a two-month-old Mr. Popper's Penguins or Kung Fu Panda (what with Green Lantern and Transformers 3 all over place). To our surprise, even those dusty old shows were sold out (except for the seats under the screen). We were first in line and still couldn’t get seats in many places. What the heck???
Turns out that all the cinemas have put their sales online and everyone buys theirs that way, well in advance. If you have any access to the internet, buy your tickets this way. Do NOT queue up, it’s a waste of time. Get an internet café, anything! One of the main reasons to visit Singapore is the great shopping there. Their malls are awesome, and a movie or two can easily turn a morning of malling into a whole day of it.
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