comment #1

LarryGopnik says ...

Honestly, nothing beats the two Times Square theaters (Regal E-Walk 42nd Street and AMC Empire 25) for excruciating moviegoing experiences -- when you're paying for a normal showtime, I mean. Press/promo screenings are usually more bearable crowdwise.

The presentation at both theaters is fine, but the audiences are awful. At the Regal, people are constantly shouting at the screen, and at the AMC, I've never seen a movie (whether "The Proposition" or "The Hangover") where SOMEONE who was drunk or homeless didn't wander in halfway through, fall asleep, talk and/or have their cell phone repeatedly go off.

comment #2

Mgmax, le Corbeau says ...

Well, I'll take Chicago. For many years I was convinced the ONLY first-rate theater in the city was the main auditorium at McClurg Court; thankfully most of the truly wretched theaters (e.g. the tiny shoebox Water Tower theaters) closed over time, but even their replacements (eg, 600 N. Michigan) were mediocre-- 600, like Webster Place, is wider than it's long, meaning there are only about 20 good seats and if you get one, you better not want to go to the bathroom. Webster is also a notorious spot for underpowered illumination, though forced to see Where the Wild Things Are there recently, I noticed the problem is half fixed-- now only one side of the screen is too dark. Still, apart from the art houses (love you Music Box), if you want a first-rate theatrical experience, you are well advised to leave the city entirely and go to the burbs; the Regal theaters up north and the Muvico one out at Rosemont put pretty much everything in the city to shame.

comment #3

LarryGopnik says ...

Also, 84th street AMC is pretty rundown -- during a showing of "The Boondock Saints II," someone lit up a cigarette and threw a bottle at the screen, before they were escorted out.

And if you hate old jews talking non-stop during a film with either repeated "what did he say?"s or "this is terrible"s, the Lincoln Plaza on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd is a must to avoid (NOT the Lincoln Square theater on 68th Street, which is great).

comment #4

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502046184 says ...

Maybe so - but Lincoln Plaza is also the only theater I've ever been to that sells bagels and lox at the concession stand.

And that's gotta be worth something.

comment #5

Joe Tate says ...

The AMC River East in Chicago is top notch and always worth it for the city views for a walk after-wards. Perfect/

comment #6

mutinyco says ...

Actually, in the late-90s/early-00s, Union Square was my preferred theater. Used to be high quality and picked up a lot of traffic from NYU, keeping movies like O Brother and Punch Drunk Love and Fight Club playing longer than elsewhere. But it went downhill after Regal took over.

I pretty much hate Lincoln Square though. I worked there a dozen years ago. The seating is terrible -- no stadium setups, so you're always looking up at the screen. Also, the Loews theater sucks 6-legged phosphorescent horse dick. The scope screen curves everything and throws it out of whack. You have to sit perfectly in the middle. The bottom section is too low, the balcony is too high.

Every movie should play the Ziegfeld. The good ones, anyway.

comment #7

crazynine says ...

Washington, D.C. area:

Phoenix Union Station: Hands down the worst in every possible way.

AMC Hoffman Center (was great when it first opened, has now declined and is overrun with gangs).

AMC Shirlington: Northern VA's pretentious "art house" theater is lousy and old, and filled with pocket-cake snobs who won't shut up during movies (or get up and walk in front of people if they don't like what is playing... *ahem*).

Regal Ballston: Not awful, but in the years I've gone there, I doubt a single manager has ever understood what I was saying when I told them about the picture being out of frame or the sound and lighting being off. It's *constantly* that way, in nearly every theater.

As for the best-- the AFI Silver is obviously superior to anything in the DC area. Alas, my favorite theater-- our last single-screen theater, the AMC Uptown-- has declined in quality markedly in recent years. They used to deliver a perfect presentation, but I've noticed more and more sound problems, and even lighting trouble.

P.S. Chicago-- you haven't experienced "Lord of the Flies" until you've enjoyed a late-night showing at the AMC Ford City over on the South Side.

comment #8

joncro says ...

In London, I just can't go to the Screen on the Green because the seats are just too small. Legroom is appalling!

Shame because it is near me and plays good films too.........

comment #9

maxfm says ...

I remember being in NYC years ago and catching THE INSIDER at the Regal Union Square and being horrified at the awful condition of the theatre, the print and the presentation of the film overall. That was...what 1999, 2000?

Was also less than impressed with the Angelika. It seemed (seems) odd that so many exclusives ended (end) up at these dumps. There are theatres here in Arkansas with state of the art picture and sound that put those two to shame.

However, even though it's tiny, I fell in love the the IFC Center during a trip last year. And, to me, the Ziegfeld is a movie lover's dream.

comment #10

maxfm says ...

And yeah, the Union Square was owned by United Artists back then, not Regal. My bad.

comment #11

Sonic Boom says ...

I'm going to see Sherlock tonight at the RUSS. I live right off the L in Brooklyn so it's the easiest multiplex to get to. That said, I'm considering making the Kips Bay 15 my main place. I've been there a few times and it's always fairly empty.

The RUSS is bad but my vote for the worst is the Empire 25. I've had far worse experiences with the crowds there; I don't think I've been there since the spring. The Regal across the street isn't much better but I've only been there twice.

I, like most, love the Lincoln Square 13. It's a beautiful place and the crowds are respectful.

I haven't been to the Lincoln Plaza in two years. Anything that's playing there, I can see at the Sunshine or Angelika.

comment #12

Breedlove says ...

Movie theaters in NYC SUCK as has been stated many times. I like the Sunshine, the Lincoln Square, obviously the Ziegfeld, the Paris.

I don't go to Kips Bay or the one on 3rd and 11th too often but those might be decent. Not sure.

34th St. seems nice but I've been there once, for BENJAMIN BUTTON, and it was way underlit.

Been meaning to go hit the Beekman over on the east side since it reopened.

Everything else blows. There are some that are just mind-blowingly, incredibly awful, like clockwork. Those would include the dump on 19th and Broadway and the one on 2nd ave and like 12th or whatever it is. And of course the Angelika sucks. I kinda like going to BAM for whatever reason.

comment #13

michael says ...

Jeff-
I don't know if this applies to theaters in the North or out West where there are Unions for Projectionists, but down South, here in North Carolina, Regal is known to be the worst theaters for both sound and picture. There have been many times when people have complained about a scratched print on opening weekend showings. The reason for this down here is that at Regal theaters here, they don't have full time projectionists. Think about that for a minute. The Managers do the threading and then they are started with an automated system. This OF COURSE leads to trouble with picture and sound, because they are threading too fast and then just leaving it to start with a timer, not being there to check and make sure there are no issues with sound, focus or a brain wrap on the platter before you get into the second trailer of the trailer pack. Here in Charlotte, the only theater chain that has full time, dedicated projectionist is AMC. We always check focus, watch the screen for a full minute to make sure there are no issues and then, after all the films of a given time start are running, we actually go down and into each theater to make sure everything is good. All films are locked and moved with gloves on and each projector is blown out at the end of each show and the gate is cleaned before each thread. Making sure the picture is crystal clear and the sound either loud enough and not too loud is the job of the projectionist. The only time i'll go to a regal theater is if it's a digital film, like Avatar in digital imax 3D, because if they build the film on site, it will be scratched.

comment #14

Eloi Manning says ...

As was pointed out in the other thread, it's a bit rich for Wells to be complaining about the behaviour of the other patrons when he himself acknowledged that his shuffling about and fidgeting caused the couple next door some annoyance. Just because you admit you're doing it doesn't make it any better. In fact, if you dislike it so much, why then would you inflict it on other people? People who, remember, probably don't get to go to any free screenings ever, so their moviegoing might be an occasional treat to be enjoyed.

Anyway, the Union Square one really isn't that bad. It's being renovated anyway. It's just a sub-standard NYC theater, but it has a decent selection of films usually. A lot of limited releases get there first. At least it has stadium seating, too, which the Lincoln Square 13 doesn't.

The Times Square pair are also largely okay. I've been to loads of shows at both of them and only had a couple of poor experiences; once during Public Enemies when the sound was all muffled and shit, and once during Where The Wild Things Are when kids were running around and fidgeting. Although that's largely the fault of the film itself being so boring.

comment #15

whereisthysting says ...

Ugh - that post is pure hogwash. I live in the E. Village and the Regal Union Square is fine - maybe not as tip-top as it was when it opened but one of the better theaters in the area - better than the Loews on 3rd Ave which actually HAS come down from what it used to be when Loews REALLY ran it - better than the City Cinemas on 2nd ave with its ridiculously configured main theater and better than Angelica with ALL of its ridiculously configured theaters.

The theaters in the Sunshine with stadium seating are nice, but the ones without it are only so-so.

I have been going to Manhattan theaters for a long time and very, VERY rarely do I have problems with rowdy fellow-audience members. The most annoying habit that has popped up in recent years are cell phone screens - but other than that unlike audiences in most of the country which are dominated by kids and teenagers, the majority of Manhattan theater-goers are adults who behave themselves.

The balcony in theater #4 in the Regal Union square is probably my favorite places to see a movie in the East Village (avoid the 1st row though)

The best theater (at least that I regularly attend) to see rowdy audience members are afternoon screenings at the Museum of Modern Art - with occasional profanity-laden shouting matches between cranky old folks who I presume are regulars with long-standing grudges. One also sometimes seems displays of bizarre behavior there I would rather not go into.

comment #16

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

For multiplexes, the worst in LA used to be ones in the Beverly Center simply because they were so small (are they still in business? I lost track after Redford backed out of the Sundance idea). I've only seen smaller theaters in London where they had converted some older theaters into multiple screens and made the balcony into screening room about the size of large screen TV (although for small films like MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE it's almost fitting).

For the bigger screens, The Bruin in Westwood is still the worst there is. There is almost no incline to the floor, so patrons 2 rows ahead of you can block your view. However, as long as they sell tickets for The Village across the street (which most people don't realize) I hope it stays open. Just as long as I don't actually have to ever see something in it ever again.

comment #17

Chris B. says ...

In Seattle there are a number of really great places to see a movie, topping the list is the single-screen Cinerama on 4th Ave. downtown. The AMC Pacific Place is also decent. A few of the 11 theaters are stadium style and the rest are old-fashioned. The other downtown multiplex, the Regal Meridien 16 is more of a dump. No stadium seating and there's a weird dip in the floor at about the midway mark so you can be sitting lower than the person in front of you if you pick the wrong row. Somehow the rowdy people also seem to end up at more movies here than 1 block over at Pac Place. My wife and I saw the Departed a few years ago and the girl next to us propped her bare feet on the seatback right in front of my wife for most of the movie. Gross.

comment #18

George Prager says ...

AMC Loews Harvard Square. The sound from my old 8Track stereo was better.

comment #19

btwnproductions says ...

Always go "off peak" to the movies. You usually have a better experience, or a quieter one anyway.

(I've never had a terrible experience at the RUSS but I know people who've had. It was a decent place back in the late 90s. The Court Street in Brooklyn is pretty bad--except when less crowded--but none near me is exemplary. BAM has poor sightlines, the Pavilion needs to be cleaned more diligently, and Cobble Hill has shoebox seating.)

comment #20

Eloi Manning says ...

Yeah, the $6 pre-12am shows on weekends at AMC theaters are great. Usually full of people who genuinely want to see the film, and are quiet and respectful. Plus it's half price. Of course the exception is with kids films, where it's a big crowd of mothers and children. But that's okay; it's the target audience.

comment #21

sabbott1990 says ...

The absolute worst movie going experiance of my life was at the AMC on 42nd St. The employees were slow and rude, the screen was tiny and some fat old slop feel asleep and snored the entire time.

Probably most annoying was when I went to see A Clockwork Orange at the IFC. When I went inside at 11:50 for a 12:00 show I was told by the employee that they weren't seating yet and that I had to wait in line outside. So there I was, "first" in the outside line with about ten people standing behind me. When they finally let us inside and up to this tiny little theater with this tiny little screen there were already all these people in it. The theater was already 90% full before they "started seating"

Anywho I'm still a big fan of the Ziegfeld and wish every movie could play there.

comment #22

Terry McCarty says ...

Deathtongue_Groupie wrote:
For multiplexes, the worst in LA used to be ones in the Beverly Center simply because they were so small (are they still in business? I lost track after Redford backed out of the Sundance idea).

The Beverly Center theaters are still in business--now as an apparent independent.

Haven't been there since a few years ago when they showed a film about poetry slams--can't remember the title--with a diverse cast including C. Thomas Howell, Fred Williamson and Fred Willard.

comment #23

Luke Y. Thompson says ...

Yeah, the Beverly Center's a dumping ground, and everyone knows it. The Fairfax, meanwhile, has holes in the ceiling that let the rain in, which is one reason Laemmle abandoned it.

And I have to say that the upper level screens (2-5) at the Chinese 6-plex are pretty bad, too. Average-size screens, steep inclines that offer little legroom, and if you need to use the restroom, you have to run downstairs, past the ticket-taker, and then show your ticket to him/her AGAIN to gain re-admittance. And tix are like $13.

comment #24

zyg says ...

regal meridian 16 downtown seattle is the worst venue that i know of (in seattle). dark matinee projections (i walked out on one but didn't bother to try for money back as i figured it would be a waste of breath).

seating is unfinished in some way -- can't remember, it's been years since i stepped foot in the place. chairs are hard, plasticy, too upright with no back and forth swivel. cup holders are way too big -- most normal-sized drinks simply fall over (yes, i mean they fall over in the cup holder).

crowds are more, um, coarse? yeah, i'll go with coarse.

seating is not stadium. in fact, there is no slant to the floor whatsoever. none. flat floor. if the person in front of you is taller than you, you can't see.

comment #25

Geoff says ...

I've noticed that theaters equipped with digital projectors are more likely to have a good presentation. Film takes a skilled projectionist and the crappy theater chains don't hire them, but newly installed digital projectors are much more reliable.

I saw AVATAR in Real3D at a theater I normally dislike and the projection and sound was surprisingly good.

comment #26

zyg says ...

re: regal meridian 16 downtown seattle. the floor. plain concrete. i'm pretty sure. i seem to remember something about them being behind schedule when building theater -- so, perhaps they just didn't have time to finish the floor.

the place is not inspiring.

comment #27

erniesouchak says ...

Unfortunately, a Regal theater is the only movie theater within a 45-mile radius of where my parents live in N.J. They recently saw "Invictus" there, and about an hour into the show, the picture went out for a full 5 minutes. Customers were told a project bulb had blown, but when the picture resumed, no attempt was made to backtrack & show viewers what they had missed. Nor was any offer made for compensation afterward. After my dad went to the manager & complained, he got 2 passes for future visits. And they can't WAIT to go back....

comment #28

Daniel Tayag says ...

I live in Chicago and I'd say that the Muvico theatres in Rosemont are a godsend. The projection there is perfect (4K digital!), the sound is incredible, and it's only $7.50 for matinee and $10 for non-matinee. The seats are also pretty awesome as they're wide and the armrests lift up and the legroom is enormous.

comment #29

Alboone says ...

Couldn't agree more. The seating especially. The worst was when I went to see Grindhouse and by chance I saw a withering jumbo mutant sized rat scurry near my heel to chomp up a kernel of popcorn. Never again.

comment #30

Gabe@ThePlaylist says ...

To really love movies, you have to endure some shitty presentations. The fringe-y indie movies usually end up in either the Quad or Cinema Village in NYC, which are both college theater quality. Cinema Village itself has no room for seats, shitty lighting, really poor sound and beat-up prints on loan from other places, and the Quad feels like you're watching a movie from inside a cardboard box. I'll trade that atmosphere for Regal Union Square anytime, but then again, the previous theaters show better movies and have less fairweather moviegoers.

As for multiplexes, the best/worst theater for me is probably 34th Street AMC. The arena is nice, but that theater attracts the most talkers. I've adjusted, because I've grown more forgiving about that sort of thing (if you are kind and quiet, they can enhance the experience, though this is not often), but also because that theater is truly the best for theater-hopping - you could spend the entire day there and no one would know. And after your second or third free movie of the day, why complain about the dude on his cell phone during Halloween 2? Still, you'd think there was a sign saying, "Talkers Welcomed Here" when you entered the place, and I imagine at some point I will have a problem with these people.

42nd Street genuinely has the laziest employees - they never fix any problems or complaints you have, and the security and attitudes are very lax. Also, a (flexible) rule - ONLY see comedies at 42nd Street, because those audiences think EVERY movie is the funniest they've ever seen.

Cheers to the Landmark for offering multiple free popcorn topping options when other theaters will charge you for one of three or four options. Best seating, great selection, and always clean, love that place. Bonus points for being walking distance from the Angelika - that can make for one fucking awesome movie watching day.

Note to the naive: some of your best NYC moviegoing experiences will probably be in shitty circumstances- broken down retrospective locations, off-the-grid summer screenings, movies no one has ever heard of. Seeing some stuff like that will always be better than watching tripe like "Nine" at Lincoln Center.

comment #31

LarryGopnik says ...

As if to prove Gabe's point, I JUST got home from seeing "Avatar" (in 2-D, no less) at the AMC 34th, and people just would not... shut... the fuck... up. Also, people kept wandering in every few minutes, up until the last half hour of the movie, and trying to find seats (my guess is people whose movies let out and were trying to theater hop). Ugh, fucking awful.

comment #32

Gordon27 says ...

I notice you cut part of my quote; were you worried about libelling them by accusing them of being infested with rats and bugs?

comment #33

mpneeb says ...

I'll take the dumps of Seattle over the Regal Horton Plaza 14 in San Diego.
Lousy projection and lousy prices (even worse since they took away the 4-hour validation).
It used to be kind of nice when UA ran it but now...
Funny how so many theaters mentioned belong to the Regal chain (and yes, that WAS a dig at cheapskate billionaire nut-job Phil Anschutz).

comment #34

poseidon72 says ...

Beside the Sunshine and the Chelsea on 23rd does anyone know any other NYC theaters that show older movies from the 70's 80's and 90's. The Sunshine just showed Back to the Future and will show Carpenter's The Thing and Jurassic Park later this month.

comment #35

wwlkd says ...

Here in Nashville the Regal Green Hills is a mixed blessing. It is the only theater that will get smaller films or foreign films, but you can pretty much count on them f-ing up the movie in some way. It was the only place to see Hurt Locker, but the picture vibrated for the final 30 minutes. I've seen movies there where the volume was jacked ridiculously high, and one time the house lights stayed on for 10 minutes into the movie until someone finally stepped out to ask them to correct it.

comment #36

Gordon27 says ...

"does anyone know any other NYC theaters that show older movies from the 70's 80's and 90's."

poseidon - if you don't mind small screens, Film Forum has all number of classic films (though they do go back all the way, many times they'll do '70's, anyway, if not '80's and '90's). And if you don't mind a really, really tiny screen, there's also Cinema Classics.

comment #37

The Winchester says ...

"Customers were told a project bulb had blown, but when the picture resumed, no attempt was made to backtrack & show viewers what they had missed."

95% of theaters run on a platter system that spools the movie in one continuous feed. (Cigarette burns are merely ornamental in these cases). It winds the film on another platter for the next showing. It's extremely difficult to just "rewind and show them what they missed", especially if it's been over five minutes.

But the fact that they didn't refund any money, or offer passes is just bad management. I've worked for almost all of the chains, and while AMC is the most frustrating, Regal is the worst run that just doesn't give a shit at all.

comment #38

Gordon27 says ...

Regal was the first to drop "free refills" on drinks (every other theater will give you a free refill on a large but, of course, if you drink a large soda, you ought not to drink another one that quickly), and is always the first to raise their prices that extra quarter or fifty cents. They buy straws that are too long even for the large soda, and look absurd in the small, but also have extra-wide mouths to encourage quicker consumption. They never clean the theaters, at all, as far as I can tell. There are stains on the screens at UA14 that have been there since I was in college.

Most of the complaints in this thread seem to be about audience members, and they're true, but the audience sucks at UA14 too; it's just that I don't blame the theater for that.

I think the 32nd/2nd theater is the best chain theater in the city (unless the Landmark Sunshine counts).

comment #39

EDouglasCS says ...

This must have changed in recent years because this used to be my theater of choice back in the day and I've seen a couple premieres here that weren't bad... but the last couple times I've been there, it wasn't great... not so much problems with projection but just a general "We no longer give a shit" attitude.

comment #40

Gordon27 says ...

You know the other thing they do that really, really pisses me off? They host preview screenings there, and they make people wait in line outside for them. I've only seen one theater do anything like this, once, and it was for the opening day of 'Twilight 2' when they had so many different lines of little girls that they had to send some of the lines outside. But US14, that's how they *plan* to do it. Sure, it's not all that bad in the summer (unless it's raining), but arriving two hours before a screening and waiting outside in January WHEN THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM INSIDE THE THEATER?! Terrible. They really don't give a shit about anything at all.

comment #41

Rob says ...

George Prager, I see your AMC Harvard Sq. and raise you an AMC Chestnut Hill. No one who works there is older than 15.

Recently endured Amelia there in a shoebox where the sound kept cutting out to mono.

comment #42

some_guy says ...

Just about all of your bad experiences are do to theatrical stinginess. When dealing with mom & pop shops, what can you do? it's the chains that could & should but don't or won't do better.

Those kids you buy your tickets & popcorn from get treated & paid like crap. There isn't much reason for them to care, and if you have a good experience, thank them & not the theatre. Please don't hold the "suggestive sells" against them; they get secret-shopped on that shit.

Union projectionists are barely used except for a few regions where the unions have stayed strong; in many cases they're just around for print buildup, which is actually fairly easy if you know what you're doing. As stated above, it will be either the manager or some poor kid from elsewhere in the building running back & forward from elsewhere to thread, even on Friday or Saturday nights.

Digital cinema is a wet dream for exhibitors, as they believe it will eventually lead to total automation of the projection booth. (Digital print buildup requires more time & attention than you'd think; don't be surprised to see people start screwing that up.) AMC/Regal/Clearview et. al. have been totally fine with shitty projection for years; it convinces the astute moviegoer that that obsolete FILM is somehow the problem, as opposed to the owners being too cheap to staff their projection booths with trained employees, or to maintain their projectors & sound equipment.

Sorry about the off-topic rant. From the one or two moviegoing experiences I've had in NYC, how do the homeless & such get into theatres to sleep in them? Do they pick up dropped passes outside? Sneak in somehow?

comment #43

EdHavens says ...

I love the Beverly Center Cinemas... but then, I'm the manager of the complex, so I am naturally biased.

I'm pretty damn proud that, during my watch the last three months, we've repaired all the projectors and platters and sound amps, and we have started to add digital projection. And, most importantly, most of our regular customers are very appreciative of the work we've put in to the place. Yeah, it's still got a long way to go to be great, but my theatre has a lot of life left in her.

comment #44

Gordon27 says ...

Hey, I don't know that theater (I'm a New York dog), but I get the feeling that, if more managers felt the way you do ("my theatre"... that's great), this thread would be a lot more barren.

comment #45

LexG says ...

EdHavens...

That's pretty cool, man. I haven't made it down to the Beverly Center much in the last couple years, but the place is a classic. It gets bagged on a LOT as theaters go, so thought maybe it would be nice to hear your work and your theater is appreciated. It's one of the last stops for a lot of good movies before they hit DVD, and just in general I'll always have some nostalgia for the place, small rooms or no.

By the time I moved to LA, Beverly Center was already starting to move off the radar of "cool" venues for limited release movies, but I've still seen a lot of good, great or indifferent movies there over the years, from Bound to The Funeral to HiLo Country on up through that Schrader Exorcist prequel. None of that may have been anywhere near your reign, but I always have a certain nostalgia for any theater, always wish all of them the best and HATE to see places getting marginalized or going out of business.

A sincere thanks for your efforts and work.

comment #46

TM says ...

Having hung up my reviewer shingle to relocate from NYC to the Boston area, this thread is one of the reasons I now wait for DVD or On Demand or Netflix streaming.

BTW, George Prager, the Harvard Square was recently closed for renovations for a couple of weeks before Avatar opened there. Haven't checked it out yet so I don't know if it's any better or not. Somehow I doubt it is. And the Regal Fenway also has lousy projection and a staff that doesn't really seem to care.

comment #47

Floyd Thursby says ...

Have never had a bad experience at Regal Union Square. The presentation of The Insider I saw there was perfect. Never had a bad experience at AMC Lincoln Square either, but the 34th Street AMC is a disgrace. Have been twice but will never go again because of the rowdy crowds, which seem to include the homeless drifting over from Penn Station.

Ziegfeld and Paris are tops, but Paris could use bigger restrooms. Best restrooms at IFC.

Box-office twits at Walter Reade are rudest in Manhattan.

comment #48

Bob Violence says ...

84th street AMC is pretty rundown -- during a showing of "The Boondock Saints II," someone lit up a cigarette and threw a bottle at the screen

This is the correct response

comment #49

Rob says ...

@TM...

I walked out of The Blind Side at the Regal Fenway after 2 minutes when it was readily apparent that the tops of the characters' heads were being cut off by the fucked-up framing. And frankly, I'm sick of trying to explain projection problems to the kid behind the candy counter.

Multiplex-goers in Boston have it hard. Both the Fenway and the AMC Boston Common are uneven. Arthouse fans can be content with the fact that the Coolidge, Kendall, Brattle, MFA, West Newton, and Harvard Film Archive are staffed by intelligent people who care about film, even if the condition of the theaters themselves varies. I haven't been to the newly re-opened Stuart Street Playhouse yet.

There's also nothing more fun than enjoying a good comedy (e.g., The Hangover, The Happening) from the balcony of the Somerville Theater with a pint of Harpoon.

comment #50

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

"84th street AMC is pretty rundown -- during a showing of "The Boondock Saints II," someone lit up a cigarette and threw a bottle at the screen"

Obviously DeeZee's NYC cousin, and apparently not as big a fan of BS2 as his L.A. counterpart...

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