platinum anyone?

place : Cineleisure, Mutiara Damanara
Date : 14 June 2008
Time : 8.30 pm

The Friday before...

my students (both shen deng and benz tey) were telling about about gold class at gsc and platinum at golden screen cinema and cineleisure. now, benz's mom would purposely take the children then and promptly fall asleep. you pay RM 40 to watch a movie?!?! if you think carefully, who would want to spend RM 40 to SLEEP? too extravagant i thought. he and i never had that kind of money to waste. bonuses were used to pay off debts or car insurance and road tax. so, having almost none to little money to spare, we had always tried to catch shows on Wednesdays where movies per ticket only cost RM6! other days it was 8 (now it is between RM10 - RM14).

so, when the idea was planted in my head, i was curious to know what the hype was all about. so what about big chairs that reclines? i thought. anyway, he and i wanted to watch 'the incredible hulk' and after trying to book the movie on the Internet, i gave up. we rarely get to book movies as they offer very few seats and mostly are snapped up within hours. anyway, when i suggested we experience a more expensive movie experience, i could see his excitement. we both tried the Internet again, but to no avail.

anyway, the next day, he had come home and passed me the tickets. i was shocked. he had managed to get platinum tickets for hulk that night. we had to rush a little and decided to have a quick bite, opting for dinner or rather late supper. anyway, we shared a burger and drink from McDonald's and went up to the suites. large screen, plush carpets, beautifully framed pictures of celebrities like Elvis and Audrey Hepburn filled the walls. magazines and even computers with Internet access were provided. there were massage chairs available too but only three and they were taken. we went in after 10 minutes of admiring the outside before entering the cinema area and ordering snacks. hey if you want to experience it, experience the best you can, right? we ordered a plate that had a combination of various finger foods and juices.


three words - OH MY GOD!!!
talk about comfort. we enjoyed the chairs more than the movie itself. we actually behaved like jakuns as we didn't know how to operate the chairs. luckily, our inexperience showed and kind, helpful ushers cum waiters showed us how to adjust the chair to suit our comfort. my only concern after getting the chair to a comfortable position was staying awake...

we ate, we drank and we held hands while watching a green monster on screen.

verdict :
worth watching a three hour movie or good movies.

a good experience and i truly enjoyed pampering myself.

* we went to watch a three hour movie ( a Tamil one - desavatharam) sat at the couple seat. when i complained that i wasn't comfortable, he looked at me and we both had the same thought - platinum. haha...definitely going again...just not so soon.

next time, will take some pictures... :D