Well first of all it is ridiculous that they are using movie theater ropes as a blockage - exactly! This is not security, it is guidance. I am an overweight, out of shape 49 year old guy. Two months ago I was ducking under ropes like this at the airport in Hong Kong - just to save walking an extra 30 feet. They were not security ropes - they were to guide people into lines for check in. The line was not full. For security, they use walls and barricades and turnstiles and little guys in green uniforms with MP5’s.