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Gee, rufnek..sorry that the Wizard of Oz was spoiled by your horrible seat and the nasty positions that you were forced to sit/lie down in which gave you a headache afterwards. Nowadays, they've eliminated the "rumble" seats from theatres, for a reason, I guess. There are advantages and disadvantages to the movie theatres that exist today, but I know that I can still enjoy going to the movies over sitting and always watching them at home, which is why I don't have a DVD player. Btw, West Side Story is going to be on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) Channel, on TV, on Sunday, July 20th. I plan on watching it, since it's my alltime favorite film, so, whether WSS comes to a repertory movie house on the great big, wide movie theatre screen with the lights down low and lots of other people to watch it along with one, or on TV, I watch it.
Long ago in my teens when I was the indoor ticket-taker/usher/janitor at a one-screen theater that small towns had back then, I used to watch theater-goers as they went up the entry aisle to the back wall of the screening room at which point they had to turn either right or left to go to their seats. I observed at that time that most people turn to the right. Because most people are right-handed. That's especially true if they have to open a door to enter the theater. Turn right and your right hand is already reaching for the door handle. Turn left and you have to extend your right hand so that opening the door is more awkward.
Therefore, there are usually fewer people on the left side of the theater which provides a better choice of seats. Because theaters are so small now, I like seats at the end of the aisle so I can stretch out my legs. Back before the multi-screen theaters, the the floor of the screening room sloped downward from the back to the front. Little kids generally sat down front away from their parents and tended to talk and throw popcorn boxes. Teens sat in the middle, and adults sat toward the back. Today it's all changed around--you usually enter the screening room of a multi-plex down near the front and have to climb stairs to get further from the screen. Now the older you are and the more your knees ache, the closer you sit to the front. If I can get a seat on that cross-walk row where there are no seats immediately in front of you so you don't have to crawl over people to reach your seat or have them crawl over you, then I'm a happy viewer.
Truth to tell, though, my very favorite movie "seat" ever was 50 years ago in the backseat of my old Ford on the last row of a drive-in where no one was likely to walk up unexpectedly on you and your girlfriend. Now my favorite movie seat is a lounger in the living room or the bed in the bedroom where you can stretch out, pause the film if you have to go to the kitchen or toilet, and doze off if the movie doesn't hold your intrest.
Most uncomfortable movie "seat" I ever experienced was the first time I saw The Wizard of Oz at a kiddie matinee. The theater manager way over-sold tickets to that showing, so that it was litterally standing room only when I got into the small-town theater. So they put me, my little brother, and at least 50 other kids upon the small stage at the foot of the screen that theaters used to have. We were so close that we practically had to lay on our backs to see the screen at all, and even then you see the whole screen at once. Had to view the movie a section at a time--look over here to see Dorothy, look over there to see who she was talking to. The loud sound just rumbled out of the speakers, and between that and the eye-strain, I had the damnest headache afterward. Never have cared too much about Oz since then.
Therefore, there are usually fewer people on the left side of the theater which provides a better choice of seats. Because theaters are so small now, I like seats at the end of the aisle so I can stretch out my legs. Back before the multi-screen theaters, the the floor of the screening room sloped downward from the back to the front. Little kids generally sat down front away from their parents and tended to talk and throw popcorn boxes. Teens sat in the middle, and adults sat toward the back. Today it's all changed around--you usually enter the screening room of a multi-plex down near the front and have to climb stairs to get further from the screen. Now the older you are and the more your knees ache, the closer you sit to the front. If I can get a seat on that cross-walk row where there are no seats immediately in front of you so you don't have to crawl over people to reach your seat or have them crawl over you, then I'm a happy viewer.
Truth to tell, though, my very favorite movie "seat" ever was 50 years ago in the backseat of my old Ford on the last row of a drive-in where no one was likely to walk up unexpectedly on you and your girlfriend. Now my favorite movie seat is a lounger in the living room or the bed in the bedroom where you can stretch out, pause the film if you have to go to the kitchen or toilet, and doze off if the movie doesn't hold your intrest.
Most uncomfortable movie "seat" I ever experienced was the first time I saw The Wizard of Oz at a kiddie matinee. The theater manager way over-sold tickets to that showing, so that it was litterally standing room only when I got into the small-town theater. So they put me, my little brother, and at least 50 other kids upon the small stage at the foot of the screen that theaters used to have. We were so close that we practically had to lay on our backs to see the screen at all, and even then you see the whole screen at once. Had to view the movie a section at a time--look over here to see Dorothy, look over there to see who she was talking to. The loud sound just rumbled out of the speakers, and between that and the eye-strain, I had the damnest headache afterward. Never have cared too much about Oz since then.
The movie will be over by the time you find your seat!!
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It also depends on if I'm late buying the ticket (which means back raised section/balcony in the middle of other people on every side (ick). If I get the ticket early enough typically very close to the front, center section, left aisle seats (for quick exits!)
