I watched Mungaru Male before all the hype got washed away by our raging monsoon rains in Bangalore. The cinematography in the movie is simply breathtaking. The shots of Jog falls from directly above the plunging fall is stunning. I felt scared when the heroine bends down near the edge of the cliff from where the falls start and the camera pans and cranes down to show the beautiful falls in all its glory from the top!
However this post is not about the movie but about the hall.
After arriving at the theater we waited around for the movie hall to open its door and devour us. In the meanwhile we debated quite a bit whether just a drink would suffice or we needed to buy something to eat as well. All of us were hungry and the prices expensive at the theater food counter. These days we have stopped buying anything at the swank multiplexes because it feels such a shame to pay Rs.40 for a small load of popcorn or Rs.20 for a small glass of coke. We finally decided to share drinks and popcorn and went up to buy it. While we were standing waiting for the guy to serve us, we saw a friendly little neighbourhood insect running happily in between all the goodies on the counter. We were aghast and informed the guy manning the counter. And all he did was give us a shy smile and simply whacked the insect to oblivion. But the incident left its mark on me and I may never buy food at any theater again. Ok thats too much. Let me rephrase it. I might not buy any unpacked food at a theater again. Movie halls should take a cleanliness check. They dont want to entertain us with food poisoning do they?
Just so all Bangaloreans know - this was at PVR Cinemas and it was a cockroach.
8 comments:
This sounds exactly like our theaters. You can easily spend over $2 (~Rs. 80) for a single glass of coke here. I'm not sure if it's a majority, but they make much of their profits from these concession proceeds. But with the rise of cinema-quality home theater technologies such as DVD and more recently Blu-Ray, and also with the spread of video piracy, I think they'll be forced to re-evaluate these practices to make the theater experience more alluring.
Welcome to my blog Josh. 2$ for a glass of coke! Sacrilege! I would never pay it. Would probably even make popcorn at home and smuggle it in :)
Nimage adakke movie-ne ishta aaglilveno?
Somehow, I like those old-theatres more than multiplexes.
Harish : I do like the convenience of multiplexes. It also offers opportunities for multiple releases around the same time without the distributors having to worry about too much competition. What I dont like is the pricing. And in most of the multiplexes value for money is missing. Atleast in Bangalore - Innovative is full of rats, PVR seats are uncomfortable and Inox is always so full that I have never been able to watch a movie there!
But Mungaru Male I did not find above average :p
Inox chennaagide.
As far as pricing is concerned, maybe a 'pricing engine' might help.
KeTTa joke maaDide naanu. Irli.
Mungaaru MaLe is way above average.
Yes songs and cinematography are way way above average but the not the movie on the whole :)
I havent understood why a few letters are capitalised when u write kannada in english. Pls explain madi.
I hope that the Food/ Health inspectors get to read this blog and take action against such unclean Theaters.
Swati.
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