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Originally Posted by piratehunter
I do want a good seat. I want the sound to be even and the viewing to be at a proper angle. Sitting to the far side or up front, more often than not, kills the experience of the first viewing for me.
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I guess it depends on the theater, but in many of the big houses in LA, even the front rows are back enough that you're not craning side to side the whole time. I kind of like the whole frame to fill my vision, which is why I'm always confounded by Ebert's "twice as far back as the screen is wide" rule, which would seemingly you put you in the back row, if not out in the lobby.
Sitting on the sides has never killed the experience for me. I rather prefer it, assuming it's not at a distorted angle or otherwise unacceptable. In traditional auditoriums where there's a large mid section flanked by two small side sections, I never get why people would rather sit in the crowded middle than practically by themselves off to the side.