Collateral disappointment!
A few days back me and a few of my friends went to see the movie 'Collateral' at the Star Cineplex in Bashundhara shopping mall. But all our excitement was dampened as soon as the movie started. The sound system was not working properly, the quality of the print was really bad and above all the authority present refused to acknowledge that there was a problem. They just kept saying that everything is fine. The biggest thrill in watching a blockbuster movie in multiplexes is the surround sound system, but while watching 'Collateral' we could not even hear the dialogues clearly as the volume was so low, only the front speakers were on and the rest of the speakers were all mute. After watching the flick for a while and groaning in our seats for having paid Tk 200 each for a premium seat, I could not take it any more and went outside to tell the staff present there to do something about the sound, and their reply was most astonishing. They said the volume is very low while the actors speak and it becomes very loud during the action sequences!
Just last month we saw two English films (Alexander, Oceans 12) in Calcutta at the most renowned 'Inox' multiplex theatre, and I don't even want to begin comparing the standard between the two multiplexes. Just because the 'Cineplex' have no competition in the market does not mean they can feed anything they want to the public and get away with it. We were so excited and proud to have our very first multiplex theatre in the country but all our hopes were dashed with disappointments. My request to the 'Star Cineplex' authority would be to please maintain the standard of the print, sound quality.
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