Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Golden Village VivoCity – A Grand Sprawling Giant of a Cineplex
A hotel chef whips up your dinner and you get service at the press of a button. Arthouse movies play all year round in your own love seat. Excuse me, did you just get bumped up to first class on a plane? No, you’ve just gone to the local movie house.No wonder Kenneth Tan, Managing Director of Golden Village Multiplex is congratulating Singapore on getting the world’s best cinemasHe said as much of GV’s newly launched Cineplex in VivoCity, in a recent press release, “We […] revolutionized the cinema-going in Singapore 14 years ago, and now, with GV VivoCity, we’ve raised the bar yet again. We truly believe these are the best cinemas in the entire world.”For the movie-goer like you and I, this translates to armrests on seats that can now be raised so “every seat is a love seat” and new raised stadium seating in theatres with extra leg room, making sure that “every seat is a good seat”, Tan added.GV has also addressed a common complaint. The first-row seats in GV VivoCity are about 11 metres from the screen in the only GVmax theatre, almost twice as far as those in other theatres. Viewers in the front rows will no longer suffer a crick in the neck or have to deal with distorted visuals due to the inappropriate viewing angle.
GV VivoCity features 4 different cinema types – 1 GVmax, 3 Gold Class, 1 Cinema Europa, and 10 Stadium Cinemas. GVmax offers an amazing widescreen experience. With its widescreen the size of 2 buses placed side by side (22.4 metres), and its jaw-dropping 602 seating capacity, the GVmax is awe-inspiring. When entering the theatre, one will be floored by the sight of the sheer size of the cinema and seats spread out in every direction. Seeking first-class treatment? for $28 on weekdays and $30 on weekends, GV Gold Class Cinemas are peerless in their extravagant service. Step into the luxurious lounge before the movie and you can order from a 5-star Italian menu prepared by chefs from Oriental Hotel. In the theatre, plush and comfortable recliner seats await you. The angle at which the seats recline can be easily adjusted – giving the comfort of home a luxe edge. Each seat is equipped with a call button offering service at the mere touch of a button. You can even specify the time in which you would wish your food to be served!
If you are a fan of film festivals, then the newly-introduced Cinema Europa means you won’t have to wait for the few times in the year when they come by. Cinema Europa is “a film festival all year round” screening art-house movies, Asian films, local productions, award winners, classics and other film fare. Offering business-class seating, you can catch a movie in this theatre for just $15. Students can get in at a reasonable $8.