Where in the cinema do you sit? Are you particular?

I'm incredibly particular when I'm going to see a movie in the cinema. Before Gravity started last night, I changed seats twice and a third time once the curtains opened and I got to see the screen. For my viewing pleasure, I like to ensure I'm sat in the middle seat(s) of the middle row in the screen. This is especially important for 3D movies, as at that point the screen remains at your peripheral and you can engage with the movie more. It is also important for me to sit between speakers, to get the best sound quality. This is usually why I turn up to movies early, just to ensure I get the seating I want.

Is anyone else like me or am I alone?

wazky

On the seat mostly.

Kylo Ren

Upper middle. Just in front of those people who pay the extra couple of euro for the 'special' back row seats. Seat ****.

salacious crumb

I tend to sit in the middle of any row that has no people in it when I arrive, and then look as menacing as possible so nobody sits beside me :pac:

MonstaMash

Don't go to the cinema anymore, waste of money for me...15 minutes into the movie & I'm snoring I'm so comfortable.

Wacker The Attacker

with my womans arse on my knob

The_Mask

Has to be as far up the back as possible...you see more of the screen, no creaky neck and if you live in Dublin you have less chance of being targeted with popcorn or lo and behold the dreaded half full cup of minerals. Seen a traveller pull a knife on a bloke who objected to being hit with a cup of minerals in Vue, Liffey Valley! The bloke sat back down and the travellers left immediately. Surreal to say the least.

kiffer

Middle middle if I can.
I have friends who like to sit on the very edge, it's maddening.
Once or twice in the last few years I've gone to cinemas with assigned seating and I've asked the friend that booked the tickets "did you get good seats?"
"Yeah! Near the back in the corner!"
Now if I was a teenager on a date that might be great but when going to a film with a group of mates and on of their 10 year old brother why on earth would it be good to be in the back corner?

BraziliaNZ

on the edge usually and as far away as possible from people as i'm usually drinking cans, lewl

Jaxxy

Exactly the same as you, OP. Middle seats of the middle row for acceptable viewing enjoyment. I will only move if someone exceptionally tall sits in front of me and obscures my view with their massive noodle.

jester77

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm incredibly particular when I'm going to see a movie in the cinema. Before Gravity started last night, I changed seats twice and a third time once the curtains opened and I got to see the screen. For my viewing pleasure, I like to ensure I'm sat in the middle seat(s) of the middle row in the screen. This is especially important for 3D movies, as at that point the screen remains at your peripheral and you can engage with the movie more. It is also important for me to sit between speakers, to get the best sound quality. This is usually why I turn up to movies early, just to ensure I get the seating I want.

Is anyone else like me or am I alone?

Why not just pre-book your seat? I always select and book my seats in advance, and just chill at the bar in the cinema before the movie starts.

I usually sit centerish, the rest doesn't matter. My cinema is nice and spacious, first row is well back from the screen, rows are well seperated and they provide you with foot stools so that you can recline and stretch out your feet.

PirateShampoo

Usually on the Isle seat. I can't keep my legs bent for long lengths of time.

Savoir.Faire

If I'm there with a lady who I'd like to get to know better then I prefer to sit right at the back, preferably near a wall. Allows for slightly steamier romantic endeavors than are possible if sitting in the front rows under the gaze of other patrons in the rows further back.

jester77

jester77 wrote: »

Why not just pre-book your seat? I always select and book my seats in advance, and just chill at the bar in the cinema before the movie starts.

I usually sit centerish, the rest doesn't matter. My cinema is nice and spacious, first row is well back from the screen, rows are well seperated and they provide you with foot stools so that you can recline and stretch out your feet.

I've found it rare that movie theatres use assigned seating. Sure for premium seats and IMAX they would, but mostly it would be general seating, so pre-booking isn't a luxury I can use.

Tugboats

I'm a back row tugger

Wossack

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

with my womans arse on my knob

could you not stretch to buying a seat for her too?

Muise...

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

If I'm there with a lady who I'd like to get to know better then I prefer to sit right at the back, preferably near a wall. Allows for slightly steamier romantic endeavors than are possible if sitting in the front rows under the gaze of other patrons in the rows further back.

do people still do that? I thought once you were grown up and had your own place there'd be no need to waste a film on courting.

Wacker The Attacker

Wossack wrote: »

could you not stretch to buying a seat for her too?

She wouldnt want my arse on her knob

looking_around

Always back row. (It's ever so slightly quieter there).
And then middle of the back row, for good view.

old hippy

Middle, aisle seats and don't mind paying extra for the leg and arm space.

krudler

Middle usually, I hate when people sit right in front of you in an empty cinema though

SEPT 23 1989

Once i can put my feet up on the seat in front of me and there is room for a bag of cans i will sit anywhere

Ruu

I like to bring in my own chair, can be as pain sometimes but I park it where I want.

Prefer toward the back
Aisle or middle i don't mind

Dravokivich

Usually try for the centre of as well myself. Although when in with a mate of mine, we sit up by the front.

Gamayun

I'm a rangy gentleman (6'4") so generally try to get the front row of the tiered seats, the one with the bar running along the front, as central as possible. If it's a smaller theatre without this then midway up the tier and central.

Ihatecuddles

Can't sit at the aisle, I scream when someone walks past and look like a twat.

Back row, in the middle is perfect.

carolinespring

jester77 wrote: »

Why not just pre-book your seat? I always select and book my seats in advance, and just chill at the bar in the cinema before the movie starts.

I usually sit centerish, the rest doesn't matter. My cinema is nice and spacious, first row is well back from the screen, rows are well seperated and they provide you with foot stools so that you can recline and stretch out your feet.

What cinema do you go to?

Hello_MrFox

Near the front, it gives the best view i think.

Driveby Dogboy

bigron2109

The Very back row, there the steps are, so i have more leg room.

jester77

Deleted User wrote: »

I've found it rare that movie theatres use assigned seating. Sure for premium seats and IMAX they would, but mostly it would be general seating, so pre-booking isn't a luxury I can use.

Assigned seating is the norm here, though it was fairly standard. Must end up like a Ryanair situation where everyone bursts in once the cinema is cleaned from the last screening?

carolinespring wrote: »

What cinema do you go to?

This would be the one I go to most often, except for when film festivals are on.

Skid X

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm incredibly particular when I'm going to see a movie in the cinema. Before Gravity started last night, I changed seats twice and a third time once the curtains opened and I got to see the screen. For my viewing pleasure, I like to ensure I'm sat in the middle seat(s) of the middle row in the screen.

Why didn't you just sit in the middle middle seat first?

I'm not bothered where I sit, unless there are people talking or making noise within earshot.

JohnMearsheimer

I usually try to get an aisle seat. Handy if that large Coke you drank wants to reappear and you have to dart to the toilet. There's nothing worse if you're stuck right in the middle of a row and you have to squeeze past loads of people in the dark

petes

Beside whoever is sitting on their own and if it's during the day and you are the only one there I'll make sure and sit beside you.

That's not weird, right?

Savoir.Faire

Muise... wrote: »

do people still do that? I thought once you were grown up and had your own place there'd be no need to waste a film on courting.

Getting hot and heavy with a lady in the back of a cinema is something that remains extremely pleasurable, no matter how many homes you own. Can't beat getting 'jiggy with it' as the Electric Ireland ad finishes and the movie starts.

Muise...

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

Getting hot and heavy with a lady in the back of a cinema is something that remains extremely pleasurable, no matter how many homes you own. Can't beat getting 'jiggy with it' as the Electric Ireland ad finishes and the movie starts.

yeah, I heard the choc-ice girl sells kisses at the intermission of the matinée down at the Retro-Savoy.

ScumLord

I got a projector for at home so I don't have to mingle with the plebs at the cinema. It also means I can do jumping jacks without annoying the people around me/under me.

crockholm

Down near the front suits me just fine

wretcheddomain

Right in the middle so I can stand up and fart at the person behind me.

stoneill

jester77 wrote: »

I usually sit centerish, the rest doesn't matter. My cinema is nice and spacious, first row is well back from the screen, rows are well seperated and they provide you with foot stools so that you can recline and stretch out your feet.

Well Lah-de-Dah!

Ghost Buster

As close to dead centre as possible. usually mid way down on the outside seat of the left hand block.

Maximus Alexander

Near the back, but not at the back. As close to the center of the row as possible. It's your only man.

The Diabolical Monocle

I haven't been to a cinema since well before the days of shrek 1.

Probably to do with them charging you 100 euro to sit through an hour of ads, and charging the price of a banquet for some popcorn.

Also good films are rare among all the flumph.

And the public are there so gobshytes are guaranteed.


(if I was there I'd try for very front row...they still have rows right??)

pharmaton

wherever the people I'm with are sitting which is usually middle row somewhere to left of the screen, probably less out of choice and because we're late and that's all the seating that's left to take from. I just realised I've never been to the cinema on my own.

Richard Hillman

Close enough to the front as I get distracted by other people. I sit on the opposite side of the entrance how I will be less likely to be seated near anybody.

Agricola

Usually as central as possible and a bit nearer to the back than the front.
The new steep design in most cinemas is a god send, it takes a giant with an afro to ruin your viewing these days.

YouTookMyName

Back row in the middle right under the projector. Grand.

2Mad2BeMad

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

If I'm there with a lady who I'd like to get to know better then I prefer to sit right at the back, preferably near a wall. Allows for slightly steamier romantic endeavors than are possible if sitting in the front rows under the gaze of other patrons in the rows further back.

With your type of Shakespear english I'd say you get all the girls:pac:

LordSutch

Nine/Ten seats back from the front row, and in the centre if possible (for the optimum Stereo effect).

Kev_2012

I never choose where to sit. I always just let whoever I go with pick. I don't think I've ever been to the cinema where the other person gave less of a fuck about where to sit than I did.