The Grand Cinema

This is the first Cinema I’ve been to in HK so, based on a newbie’s perspective:
Located in the Elements Mall, on the ice skating rink side.
Seats are comfy and wide.
Popcorn is «OK». No nachos. Sad…
Movies here cost on average about $ 130 HKD.

Haven’t been to cinema in one year since I’m studying in new York. since last summer .
the sound stereo sounds are great and seating are grear compare to Whampoa cinema … great for writing about sounds for a film class
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it is the farthest cinema from the public transportation area

The Grand Cinema is located in the Elements shopping mall. It has in total 12 houses. Buying tickets is very easy. There are around 4 counters for current /​advance bookings and there’s always enough staff especially on busy days. The usual online booking pick up stations are next to them. The convenience counters are a little hidden. They offer the usual goodies.
Seats in the cinemas are big and comfortable, leg room is nice. The sound system works perfectly, even the seats vibrate.
Overall a very good choice if you’re in that area.

A LUXURIOUS cinema.
Seats are really comfortable and speakers are excellent with extraordinary sound effect.

The Grand Cinema, when it first opened, was probably one of the nicest cinemas around at the time you really felt impressed with the whole set up– the outside areas were clean, a good tuck shop and the seats were pretty comfortable– everything that you would want from a cinema. the only pet hate I have had for this place is the fact that you have a toilet downstairs which was an annoying thing especially if your screening time is now– always meant that I have to run up and down the stairs. Even the batman and joker figures didn’t help. I was still relatively happy with the place in general.
However it seems as if things have been allowed to slide as time went by– hasn’t even been all that long as it is. I was there recently and several things seem to have hit me: its dirty — I was quite sure that the guy before me had popcorn because I had popcorn all over my seat, the carpet must have been left like this for a while because I had nits biting me the whole (short) way through. The big one though– the film froze three times through the film, like the fake VCDs we had back in the 90s. In this day and age of digital photography I find this hard to believe; the first time it happened no one batted an eyelid. The second time it happened it paused for a while and everyone looked at each other. The third time, there was uproar.
I’m not a picky person. But if I paid to go to the cinema I expect to watch a film that played smoothly– not too much to ask I guess? They ended up asking us to keep the tickets and we could come watch another film for free. I commend them for doing this but still, that’s poor showing from somewhere so new. I would still recommend it for the fact that its convenient and in all it is still a good place to go– but it would not top my favourite spots for sure.

Elements is confusing as hell. I always get lost here. But then I see THE GRAND CINEMA on a sign and start getting giddy for movie-​time despite the frustration felt navigating around this maze of a mall.
Hong Kong’s had the 4D cinema at the airport and the IMAX, but The Grand, run partially by Shaw Group, is the first multiplex cinema using a state of the art INFRASONIC sound system (ooh ahh…)
The Manhattan Galaxy in the Grand has DOLBY ATMOS which is basically just sound encircling you, with speakers above your head.
What this means for the layman like myself, is that the Grand has a sound system so awesome, your plush seats literally shake. I think it’s great, but I can imagine a few movie-​goers might feel a little deterred by the loudness. I mean, let’s just say I’d be impressed if I caught anyone napping in The Grand while a movie was going. But then again, maybe not — those seats are pretty damn comfy?
One problem, potentially massive, is that there are no cup holders in The Grand cinema seats. Where does one put their cup of cola when they’re watching a 2 hour movie, you ask? I’ve no idea. You hold that cup in your hand till you get frostbite, feel numb, and not notice it slipping from your fingers into a puddle on your pants.
Otherwise, I love this cinema.

I am movie fanatic and when it comes to movies, I want to have the best experience of all and for those who are just like me, I present to you The Grand Cinema.
The Grand Cinema is a cinema complex in the Elements Mall at Kowloon. Though the shopping mall itself had received some complaints when it first opened in 2007 because of the confusing direction and complex construction, I only see that as the advantage of this place as it is nothing like the other shopping malls in Hong Kong. As for this cinema, it is also one of the best.
I am not really a tech guy so I am not sure what kind of sound system they use but it is certainly the best I have ever experienced. You can definitely feel the vibration just because of the sound system. There was one movie a year ago talking about a female astronaut who got stranded in the outer space, which was really one of the most memorable cinema going experience for me and I simply cannot describe how that felt.
Apart from that, The Grand Cinema has also become a venue for independent films. So if you are not looking for those hollywood blockbusters, try looking those independent movies here and they might just surprise you.