Movies in Kuantan

Miscellaneous Reviews

GCS Movie Theater East Coast Mall:

PROS:

Inexpensive place to watch first-run movies. Assigned seats is good to allow entering at last minute. 

CONS:

Seats are not very strong – can break.  CJ, one of the American in Kuantan (AIK) had a mishap when he sat in his seat and ended up on the floor.

Asian movie etiquette not what it is in the US. A trade off between irresponsible people and low cost films.

Movies:

We reviewed many movies during our October stay in Kuantan including: 

• Deepwater Horizon - Three Thumbs Up - well executed movie. Our favorite one that we saw in October.  Sometimes a little too close for comfort for us since we do work around plants that have chemicals that can go BOOM.
• Inferno - Two Thumbs Down, One Thumbs Up - EC thought that it was good, the other two AIKs not so much.
• The Girl on the Train - Two Thumbs Up - One of the AIKs didn't make it to this one. EC read the book and wanted to see the movie. Warning: Quite a bit of foul language in this one, especially compared to the book.
• The Accountant - Three Thumbs Up - Probably our favorite one out of the bunch. Quite a bit violent though. SOLOMON GRUNDY!
• Jack Reacher - Never Go Back - No real thumbs up or down on this one. OK action movie, noting out of the ordinary, exactly what you would expect from a Tom Cruise action movie.  They do a lot of running in it.
• Doctor Strange: Good Marvel movie with a lot of action. Good acting. Fun seeing a movie which does not get released in the USA for another week!

Here is the Ericnization for the movies:

Deepwater Horizon is fiction and the other four movies are based on true stories... Not!

Caution:

Malaysians have poor movie theater ethics. They talk on their phone and to each other during the movie, and also like to check their phones – very irritating.  We actually had to turn around and get someone sitting behind us to hush.  Expected a teenager, turns out to be an older person (50+) on the phone having a full-voice conversation in the middle movie!