Okay. I'm really pissed off right now so whatever I write will probably make lesser sense and with sound a little more immature. Here goes.
So basically, I'm sure most of you guys have heard of the movie The Conjuring right? Well basically, it's a horror movie and it's NC16, meaning that you have to be at least sixteen to be allowed to watch the movie, in the Cinemas at least. I'm not sure about other countries but in Singapore, it is NC16.
Vlad, Ana and I went to Cathay Cineleisure Orchard to check out the movie. We were able to buy the tickets just fine. The counter guy asked "It's an NC16 movie, you know. You need to be at least sixteen." and we nodded. It wasn't a problem to us since as far as we knew, we were over 16.
The real problem began when we wanted to enter the studio. Vlad and I forgot to bring proof that shows we're over 16. We need passports since we don't have an IC card. At first we thought it'd be okay for just Ana to show her proof since there were many people ahead of us that entered without the person even asking for any proof (I saw their tickets. They were watching the same movie). We thought we should be quite safe or we could at least persuade the girl who tear tickets to let us in. But that didn't happen. The person asked for our IDs. Ana showed hers whereas Vlad and I had nothing to show. We tried to talk the person into letting us enter. We asked her to suggest a way that would show that we really were sixteen without having to show any identification. Nothing worked. Nothing. We weren't allowed to enter. Ana decided that she didn't want to watch if we're not going. We were really pissed.
What angered me the most at that time was the fact that there were a lot of people under sixteen who were able to get into the theatre and watch the movie without being inquired or anything. That many were able to slip into the movie underage whereas we, who are of age, weren't allowed to. I'm not saying that they should just allow us to enter without identifications and all. What I want is that they check every single person's ID. I want to see people under 16 to be brought down to where they deserve to be. Unfair. Just unfair.
Another thing is that the lady outside the theatre who tear tickets said that we could always change the ticket into another movie to prevent loss of $11. The tickets were non-refundable. So we went down to the ticket counter guy and asked for a movie change. Nope. Apparently the ticket-tearing lady was wrong about the you-can-change-movie part. There was nothing we could do to the ticket we bought. We lost $11 each just like that. I thought of selling it but no one was interested. $33, gone. Just like that. We were pissed as shit [ironic].
I hope all the people who were able to enter the theatre underage, in Singapore, live a horrible life.
-L
