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Originally Posted by Lex M
Rest assured, despite my casual response, I'm indeed a NERVOUS WRECK every time I enter a movie theater. Being such a frequent moviegoer, I always fear the worst going in, and scan the theater for telltale signs of potential troublemakers.
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Its sort of funny what you guys are discussing, because going into a theater I do fear the worst, but for a different reason. I am more concerned that I get what I consider
my seats. In the AMC I frequent that would be the middle seats of about the middles row. In those theaters, about halfway up there is a wider walkway for people to cross. My seats are the row below that walkway. I get annoyed when I walk into a theater and someone is already in them and I get a little jolt of excitement when I see that they are free and rush to get them.
Now, I dont go to as many opening days as I used to, graduating from college and moving a little farther away from my chosen theater has made it more difficult, but for the summer releases I will be there for Harry Potter, Transformers, Pirates, Spiderman, etc etc. I do usually try to get to the theater at least an hour before show time and wait in line. Usually this will place me as the second or third group back depending on the movie, which are not bad odds to ensure
my seats. I am a little concerned with Spiderman requiring a little more time but in my college days it was not unusual to be there a couple hours before show time in the summer.
Now for what you guys seem to get worried about, I don't really worry as much. I tend to not be shy about sharing my opinion about loud annoying nuisances in the theater. However, I do get a little annoyed when I am in my seats for an 11:30pm showing of something and see some mom come in with her 2 kids (ages 5 and 8) and she sits down in the row right in front or behind. What are these people doing?
As this weekend goes, I have tickets for 12:15am showing of Spiderman 3 for Friday night, Saturday morning really. I will probably be getting to the theater around 11 and hope for the best. One of the biggest problems with late shows is when a movie sells out and so people who getting get in often go for the later one...and then the later one, so forth an so on.