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Originally Posted by Lex M
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.
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That's the key then. Even in the nicest theatres here, the front row is right up on the screen. We just got this new multiplex that promised "luxury" auditoriums and, of course, the aisles are thinner and the front row is like 10 feet from the fucking screen! But, hey, the seats recline.
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Originally Posted by Lex M
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.
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Again, I think you just have better theatres that don't hate their audiences.
Back to your point about the social aspect of cinema: For me, cinema has never been a social thing. I see 99.9% of all films alone by choice. I like showing people films in my home theatre, but that’s just because I have total control.
I don’t want the theatres to shut down, but more and more I’m warming to the idea of day-and-date DVD.