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

jester77 · 08-11-2013 03:31PM

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 · 08-11-2013 03:34PM

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 · 08-11-2013 04:02PM

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 · 08-11-2013 04:05PM

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 · 08-11-2013 04:05PM

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... · 08-11-2013 04:55PM

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 · 08-11-2013 05:16PM

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 · 08-11-2013 05:20PM

Down near the front suits me just fine

wretcheddomain · 08-11-2013 05:55PM

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

stoneill · 08-11-2013 05:56PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:00PM

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

Maximus Alexander · 08-11-2013 06:10PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:21PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:24PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:24PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:36PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:39PM

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

2Mad2BeMad · 08-11-2013 06:43PM

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 · 08-11-2013 06:43PM

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

Kev_2012 · 08-11-2013 07:28PM

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.

Greenmachine · 08-11-2013 11:13PM

Middle of a row. Just don't ask me to move once I have picked my seats. Pet peeve is people arriving late. Even worse arriving late and expecting to sit together for a popular screening. Was watching a flick only last weekend and it must have been 25-30mins into the movie when 5 people ambled in and proceed to push their way through a row of grab a few free seats the row in front of me. There was plenty of seat free on the edges and like I 25 minutes into the movie. Grrr.

old hippy · 14-11-2013 06:16PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

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??)

To avoid the general public who like to chat and munch and text throughout the films, may I suggest you avoid the big commercial fare and check out the latest indie/foreign releases? Not only will your mind be fortified but you'll be able to enjoy for the pure cinematic vibe and everyone else there will be enjoying it too.

poundapunnet · 14-11-2013 06:21PM

Prefer to base it on who's sitting around me than where the seat is, nowhere near teenagers or any biggish groups. The more empty space I have around me the better

theblaqueguy · 14-11-2013 06:45PM

I prefer to sit in the middle rows or towards the back I need a central seat to make an optimal recording of the movie preferably with no one sitting around me so I can record the movie in peace

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

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