Beanieplex in TGV 1 Utama

Both of us have never tried watching movies in Beanieplex before and would like to give it a try. This is how we started our exploration with Beanie.

We searched for the TGV 1 Utama showtime to check what movies are available on Friday. There were only two, i.e. Interstellar and John Wick . Obviously, the first thing we did was to find their rating on Google and we chose Interstellar due to its 9.2/10 rating in IMDb and considering its length of movie of 2 hours and 49 minutes for us to enjoy our first movie sitting/laying at bean bags. How cool!

We then thought of buying the movie ticket online so that we get to book a nice seat. It should cost RM 46 per twin seat (so it should be RM23 per person). You can choose your seats online too and there is RM 1 booking fee. The Beanieplex can fit up to 20 twin seats as you may see in the photo below.

However, we ended up buying ticket at the TGV 1 Utama counter itself since we arrived earlier. Here was something surprising us happened. While we paid our movie tickets using American Express (AMEX) credit card at the counter, they gave us 2 regular popcorn set for FREE. Upon checking, it is because AMEX promotion from Maybank. Basically if you spend more than RM 20 at TGV using AMEX credit card from Maybank, you will get a free regular popcorn set (with drinks) for free. We had spent RM46 on TGV so we have got 2 regular sets! Note that this promotion is valid until 31 December 2014.

We chose a seat on the most right side and it is perfectly fine. The beanie seat are wide enough for 2 people to settle comfortably. The seats are designed to ensure privacy, so we won't see what others are doing from our seats (and vice versa!). Both of us sank into the beanie and took our most comfortable posture. You might want to adjust the beanie first (even them out) before you settle in so that it could captures your postures. Then, lay back, eat popcorn and enjoy the movie.

One side thing to note, if you are watching Interstellar, don't drink too much water to avoid multiple toilet trips.

The following show some photos for you to know how is the condition in the Beanieplex.

[Tip 1] It's OK to go with friends instead of couples. We saw many too.

[Tip 2] You can't have more than 2 people buying only 1 twin seat although the bean bag seat is more than enough to fit 4 people. This is because they will only issue 2 movie tickets per twin seat.

[Tip 3] Beanieplex is available at

1. TGV 1 Utama (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) 
2. TGV Sunway Pyramid (Petaling Jaya, Selangor) 
3. TGV AEON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre (Klang, Selangor)
4. TGV Setiawalk Mall (Puchong, Selangor)
5. TGV AEON Tebrau City Shopping Centre (Johor Bahru, Johor)
6. TGV 1st Avenue (Georgetown, Penang)