Talk:List of cinemas in Thailand

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[edit] The idea behind this page

I started this page after seeing similar pages, List of cinemas in Malaysia and List of cinemas in Singapore. The intent is to make this page the central location for a listing of movie theaters in Thailand. Additionally, there are articles on the main theater chains, Major Cineplex/EGV and SF Cinema, which are notable enough as businesses to warrant their own articles. Those articles have prominently placed wikilinks that refer people to this page, should the readers desire to find out more about specific branches. This is similar how its handled with the Malaysia/Singapore pages and the related movie chains. If each theater-chain page had a listing of its branches, then the information would be duplicated on Wikipedia and would be harder to update and maintain. That's the idea of making this the one list. It's also fairer to the smaller theater chains that aren't likely to have their own main article. Everything is listed here in one space, rather than breaking things up or needlessly duplicating them. It presents the full picture of the movie-theater business in Thailand without favoritism to the specific chains. Wisekwai 21:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Why do you feel the detail about the ownership of the Apex cinema group is more important to readers than this information? Regarding verifiability, I have visited each of the three theatres in person at least three times a month for the last five years, the Lido sometimes three times a week, and this information has never been wrong.

Their ticket prices are well below others in central Bangkok, but the greatest advantage is that you can usually arrive just before showtime and still get good seats, even on weekends. --

Thanks. I appreciate your contributions. I feel it's important to include the name of the owner. This, to me, is encyclopedic. Being a family-owned theater is part of what sets the Apex Group apart from the cookie-cutter mall joints run by Major/EGV and SF Cinema. It's good information to have, and it shouldn't be deleted outright. I'll work a bit more to include the information you want to see. However, the idea of being able to show up at the last minute and get a good seat isn't particularly unique to the Apex cinemas. I go to movies just about every week in Bangkok, and I've found that's the case at all the theaters. It's a pretty saturated market, so there are lots of seats and many screens. In fact, on some weekends, when the Lido's got an exclusive show opening (this past year's screenings of City of God comes to mind), it can be hard to find a "good" seat. - Wisekwai 22:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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You are luckier than me then - almost every time I try this at another venue I end up having to sit too close or off-center. This has been especially true at MBK or Emporium on a weekend, where a recent-release film will be 80% full over an hour before showtime. Of course I might just be pickier about my seating location than most? Another plus for Siam is that it's the only place that doesn't keep the air-conditioning at an (IMO) uncomfortably too-cold level. Good mention of the Little Big BTW, maybe should point to the "big big" festivals' sites and mention approximately when they run each year? I always find out about them too late to get decent seats. . .

PS I haven't made it up to House yet - have you? Is it a "real" cinema (full-size screen) or like the chopped down multi-plex screens that have taken over the States?

Heh. I should make mention that it's a good idea to bring a sweater. It seems the Apex cinemas also save a bit of money by not keep the air-cons on full blast. I can see your point about MBK or The Emporium filling up, especially on Weekends, and will try to work it in. I can put the film fests in the See also section. The next one coming up is the World Film Festival, in October. The Bangkok Int'l Fest is held in January or February. Little Big is coming up soon, too, maybe in August; need to double check on that. House is like a mini-multiplex screening room. There's about 100 seats in each theater. The screens are not that big, but the selection of films it shows makes it unique. They tend to have even more esoteric selections than Lido. The best thing they've done so far is a career-spanning retrospective of Takeshi Kitano that ran over the course of a couple of months. It's nice; a good place to hang out for an afternoon or evening, get a light meal, do some reading and then hit the movie, not necessarily in that order. - Wisekwai 16:20, 24 July 2006 (UTC)