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Personally I only wound up in this thread because I was looking for the Harry Potter discussion thread and came across this one. Rich brought up a good point. I'm sure a lot of people's experiences are based on their own personality traits. Personally, I'm of the Omega Man variety. :) But...

Thanks for the info Vickie! I have a feeling the city theaters are better. I lived in NYC for a couple years, and I don't remember having too many bad moviegoing experiences in Manhattan. My thinking on disciplining audience members is more like Ricardo, in that these days you never know...

Vickie, Out of curiosity, what theaters (or what area) do you generally frequent, and what days? (Geez just realized how stalker-ish that sounds!). Seriously, just curious to know if that has any bearing on your overwhelmingly positive experiences. I'd say my experiences in the 'burbs...

Another reason against going to the theater that I just remembered. Those stupid, annoying "spots" that they have on the prints now to fight piracy. I believe it's called "Cap code", or as Roger Ebert put it, "Crap Code". This is more the studios' fault I guess. But either way it pisses me...

I assumed Todd meant he just got the title cards for the movies for free, not the movies themselves.

Malcolm, Thanks for showing me the chairs I will eventually buy!

Hey Dennis, I was at the Ziegfeld in 1997 for all 3 Star Wars SE midnight showings-that was an excellent time indeed. I loved that the seats were assigned too although I still waited in line with everyone else along 6th Ave. Those viewings are what opened my eyes to widescreen and OAR since...

These days, I think it's very possible more directors are creating films with the HT crowd in mind as much as the theater crowd.

My girlfriend and I have made Monday and Tuesday evenings our movie nights. The AMC 30 in our area is a nice theater, but unfortunately the area is populated with spoiled teenagers galore. Luckily weeknights aren't too bad. The theater generally doesn't have technical issues, but the showing of...