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Jeez, where do you go to the movies
The movie theaters that I go to usually have armed cops who will shoot you if you start .
Jeez, where do you go to the movies
The ghetto Cinemark one in McKinney and the fancier stadium seating Cinemark in Allen.
Saw The Dark Knight Rises again when I was visiting family in St. Louis last week and one of the commercials before the movie was for exactly that. There are select theaters in the area (and I'm assuming elsewhere) with a VIP section.
Downside to that was that it had food/beverage service. I understand the appeal of having a waitress during a movie, but it still interferes with the pure movie going experience.
Ultimately, my wishes for movie theaters involve better audiences, so it's unlikely to happen.
Get rid of Goobers...nobody wants them.
Bring back the drive in theatre...sort of.
You dont sit in your car....its like an area with chairs and tables and BBQ grills....and maybe even a grassy area. Wi-fi.
Outdoors but smaller than a typical drive in. Almost like an outdoor-plex.
You could have a retractable roof in case of bad weather. A big screen and theatre quality sound.
There would also be the option to rent out movie showings as private parties.
Think of it as a small outdoor concert except its a movie. I'm thinking any one movie showing could include about 100 people.
Smoking,grilling,lounging and watching a movie.
Maybe headphone jacks at each seat as an option so you can adjust the sound and drown out others.
A couple ideas.
Massage seats. tail waitresses. And little monitors above the urinals and in front of the toilets that allow me to watch the movie i am watching in the theatre. I take long pisses, which are especially long after having a large icey coke. I have pissed for up to three minutes and I break two minutes regularly.
Also if someone kicks your seat repeatedly after you have asked them to quit, you should be allowed to press a button that launches them out of the threatre.
anything the alamo drafthouse does.
the 5 dollar shakes are worth going.
actually, if they had a separate room that you can smoke out before sitting down for the movie, that would make it for me.
I get the sentiment of being annoyed but wtf?
Why don't you just bust out your stun gun and go all warrior on the annoyances?
tbh they will never get rid of ads, they would be more likely to charge you a $5 ad free experience on top of the already bloated ticket price.
God damn I'm bored:
Quality audiences. Appeal to customers that want to be a part of a quality audience (no restless babies/kids, seat kickers, cell phone checkers, etc). Bring back ushers. Hire former bouncers for extra intimidation.
Outdoors theater with drive-in and outdoors festival seating. Offer stuff that's rare or non-existent in the area for movie theaters like hookahs and a place to meet other hip movie going peoples
Video Game tournaments. Don't know if even digital projectors can make this feasible, but playing NBA2k on the silver screen sounds like it would be fun
Theme Nights. Works for Rocky Horror. The guys from Mystery Science Theater 3k host live riffings that are shown in select theaters. Live music shows and even sports also fall under here.
Apparel. Stuff like the refillable Bill Miller's cup so you don't feel like you're being gouged if you're a regular customer. Offer personalized 3D Goggles for those who don't want to use public ones or prefer their own and an automatic discount for 3D movies
http://www.thetheatres.com/
This theater in New Orleans has a few of the things that I've read that you guys want:
-You buy an assigned seat, and a waiter will show you to your seat.
-You will be waited on at your seat, with a full food, snack and alcoholic beverage menu
-The seats are large, leather, and comfortable, and they have a button to push if you need something, and a waiter will come take your order.
-You must be 18 to attend this theater, so if you want to get away from all of the loud kids and tweens, you get a better audience here
drawbacks of this theater:
- small screens, no IMAX
- limited movie selection
So - you don't like the food/bev service. Would you like a theater that offers a screening of, let's say the top 2 movies out, of non-full service runs? So the main rooms get the waiters, full menu, but there are two theaters where it's concessions only?
I would like to see straight people given parts in acting, producing, scriptwriting, advertizing, distribution, editing and everything else.
Huge reclining chairs two at a time, food service, and buy your prearranged seat.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblog...-to-san-diego/
There's already a few theaters in Dallas where you can reserve a seat in the theater.
Also, I'm out on any kind of food service. I've been to Studio Movie Grill a handful of times and don't really like the waiters walking around getting in your way. Also, places that allow alcohol like The Magnolia are annoying. I already hate hearing people crunch on popcorn or slurp on sodas, so it irritates me even more to hear clinking beer bottles all movie long. Then again I'm one of those movie Nazi's who wants total silence from the crowd (except for cheering/clapping/laughing at appropriate times).
^^ Thats Cinepolis Luxury Movie Theaters in San Diego (and prolly elsewhere).
In LA at one mall there is a grocery store with the movie theater adjacent.
You can bring into the theater whatever food and drink you buy at the store.
Ya - many of these things exist already, but it's more about improving on what's out there (any way to improve the reserve seating system) or new cool ideas.
Most of the theaters I know of that do reservations only have a select number of seats available for reserve (outside of IMAX which is all reserve).
How big is atmosphere to yall? So when you come up seeing a grand theater (not just talking about clean) and how important is that to you?
Honestly I like most movie theaters, I just wish there were improvements to my Movie Nazi tendencies. tbh I'd love to have more ushers in the theater during the entire movie, simply scanning the audience for assholes on their cell phones. The tough talk messages before the movie aren't intimidating anyone. I want mother ers scanning the audience ready to kick people out without mercy. If some asshole wants to text while sitting in their seat, not even trying to leave the theater to do it, you're out. Anybody's phone goes off because they're an asshole who didn't silence it beforehand, you're out. No refunds, no warnings, you're out and that's it.
Atmosphere is huge imho. A movie is far more enjoyable when you see it with a great audience. Even movies can seem great with a solid audence. I remember seeing a midnight screening of Attack Of The Clones in NYC. The atmosphere was incredible and I left the theater thinking it was one of my favorite movies ever. I saw it again a week later, the audience wasn't nearly as into it, and I realized that movie is complete dog .
Depends on the location. If its in a tourist area like Palladium then I can see it helping a lot. If it's something lame like the Fiesta 16 sign then pass
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