Malaysians will have to pay more to watch Hollywood films in future?

by mikesong007 on Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:03 am

below is the news i read from nst:

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians will have to pay more to watch Hollywood films in the cinemas if a proposal by the Malaysian Film Producers Association is accepted by the government.

The association wants the ticket price for Hollywood movies to be hiked to protect local feature films.

Its president, Ahmad Puad Onah, said the higher ticket prices was among proposals the association would submit to the National Film Development Corporation soon.

"Our members agree that only by hiking the admission price of Hollywood movies will Malaysians go to watch local movies."

He said although the local film industry had been on an upward trend over the past two years, the current economic uncertainties had stunted growth.

"All six local films released during the school holidays have under-performed.

"One of the reasons cited for the poor performance is that they had to compete against Hollywood blockbusters."
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continue: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2435809/Article/index_html

any idea from U??

by rionix88 on Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:04 am

owh.. aiman x kesah.. janji diorg bahagia..
sy tgk muvi free jek.. x maen la bayau2 ni..

by asuramaru on Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:49 am

rionix88 wrote:owh.. aiman x kesah.. janji diorg bahagia..
sy tgk muvi free jek.. x maen la bayau2 ni..

aha.....
sama la kita ye.....
aku wayang pun tak penah masuk pun lagi....

by calebdanvers on Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:52 pm

TO HELL WITH THAT!!! this is all bullshit!!! typical malaysian mentality. whenever they feel they R losing, they'd have to resort to some ridiculous protectionism ideology. what!? now they feel scared that they'd hav to set up a buffer zone to help the ailing and boring local film industry cuz they can never up their game? if they aint got it, FORGET IT!!! NO FUCKING WAY i wud pay more to watch hollywood movies

juz to support the lackluster local film industry. not in their lives i will support them if they dun CHANGE the way the steer our local film industry. proton vehicles best explain Y why we shud never hav had such preposterous crap in the first place.

by Admin on Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:43 pm

market skrg cuma filem asing je yg mendapat sambutan baik (baik pn bukan baik sangat ttp kawasan bandar je), jika harga tiket naik sampai rm20, nie mmg berita baik utk tauke2 cetak rompak laa.

by rowanlim on Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:30 am

That's ludicrous. The government should instead give more financial aid to the film industry, encourage film education in Malaysia, provide attractive incentives for foreign investors to support the film industry, I don't know what else the government can do, but this idea is just silly.

by calebdanvers on Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:42 am

^yeah. i totally agree. malaysian films R juz not up to par. even indonesian, thai and filipino films R better than ours. even their drama series R a huge sell-off with malaysian TV viewers. ask my mom or any malaysian housewives

if U dun believe me. and now what? they wanna shut them all out as well? protectionism doesnt promote healthy competition, instead it keeps us from progressing and bettering ourselves cuz theres no competition at all.

by rowanlim on Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:21 pm

^Yeah protectionism...What a word. It's not healthy, now some Malaysian films & actors have done well, we just need to push MORE to do the same. Protectionism isn't gonna work

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