Cinema and Seeing Spots

Like plenty of things in Ballarat, my local cinema has been around for a few seasons. It’s been around for so many seasons it used to be an old theatre, and lives on now in its new life as a movie theatre. Most people talk about IMAX or VMAX. We talk about Cinema 1. The main cinema is huge and it usually hosts opening nights of the best films, concerts and special screenings.

When I was a kid the cinema lights still flashed in an alternating sequence. It’s probably only in the last 3 years that the cinema has got a new digital times board (previously it was a light box with clear plastic letters). The most recent change has been digital screens instead of lightbox-posters out the front (as well as queue rope, to help people line up). It’s not the only cinema we have had, but it’s the only one currently operating. I have seen all the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter films here. I was also tormented by Milo and Otis here as a child. My mother had to remove my screaming self from the cinema. For the record, I still find that film terrifying.