The best seat in the movie theater is the middle of the front row, amirite?

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by Anonymous 2 days ago

Middle of the middle row clears

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Counterpoint: i dont want a neck ache from having to constantly turn my head from one end of the screen to the other.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

You've made a decent argument but I have to disagree. The best seats for me are middle rows and towards the middle of those rows. Anywhere towards the wall is the worst seat in the cinema as you're right next to the speakers and so you may find the sound more unbearable and the screen is distorted. When I saw ‘Elvis' in a cinema with recliners on the front row, it was not pleasant. I had my head to the ceiling to try and watch the action and as it was a Baz Luhrmann movie, the action was so fast that it was hard to keep up with sat like that.

by Exciting_Ear_445 2 days ago

Yeah the only times I've ever sat in or close to the front row is when the show is so popular every other seat is filled. At that point if it's between craning my neck up for the whole show or not being able to watch it at that time that's the only time I'd choose the front seats.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Someone couldn't pay me to watch a movie even for any seat that's in the front HALF, no less the first row!

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Or if I was with a disabled friend who only had the option of the front row for accessible seats.

by Exciting_Ear_445 2 days ago

I agree that I don't like the back row, but def not the front front row Being that close it's too hard to see what's going on Being in like the first row of the middle section is much better because you are still close but not toooo close and no neck pain My dad used to always say "the screen should fill your vision" Sitting in the back row, might as well just watch on a tv at home on the couch cuz the size ratio relative to where u are sitting is the same

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I sit towards the back always. It's more comfortable for me.

by Marcosjohnson 2 days ago

Y I K E S

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Bros got a rubber neck

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I've got a notepad file on my phone for my local multiplex which contains my favourite seat in each of its 10 screens. Yes, I'm that person :)

by Anonymous 2 days ago

This may depend on the size of the screen you are watching on. Front row IMAX sounds terrible. You may be fully immersed but you can't see the entire screen at once

by Daviscorine 2 days ago

Yeah, if you are a horse with 300° field of vision

by arlie19 2 days ago

I would go to the movies multiple times a week when I was a kid and I would always sit front row center. I lived on a military base and the movie theater was free. But when I moved back to the states and went to the movies less frequently I always ended up sitting middle or back row. It wasn't until recently when I had to sit front row because that was the only seat available that I remembered how good front row center is. It feels way more immersive

by Worried_Proposal 2 days ago

Wrong. The best seats are the ones that don't have people sitting on either side of you

by Additional_Bread 2 days ago

In a theatre with regular seats I like the front row of the upper section because of the rail to put your feet on The theater I go to now has recliner seats and honestly every seat I've been in has been great

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Well this is unpopular. Here only the fancy cinema has recliners. They are most definitely not standard

by Baumbachphyllis 2 days ago

Do you have poor vision or something? Ideal would be central to the theater. Don't have to look up or down, left or right, just straight forward.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

3rd row back, right in the middle is perfection. Not too close and not too far away.

by Both_Chemist 2 days ago

Unpopular, and an actual opinion. Full marks. We are sitting separately at the theater, though.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Honestly front seat isn't too bad for me after a few tries, but it is obviously far from my first choice

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Kid has been blessed with a spine that doesn't hurt

by Anonymous 2 days ago

The view can be distorted and the sound mix isn't ideal that close to the front, it's pretty objectively bad lol

by fbruen 2 days ago

Depending on the size of the theater and if the seats are recliners, I like the 2nd through 4th row. The first row of seats down a set of steps toward the screen in most theaters, rather than any rows up steps. Immersive. Less distractions.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Finally a good unpopular opinion

by kshlerinhalie 2 days ago

I had to watch True lies in the front row because they were the only tickets left. It was very jarring, never again

by Zestyclose-Lie 2 days ago

For short people this is a non issue, but for people like myself, it very much is

by Elishahahn 2 days ago

I'm not sure what size screens you are looking at, but when I went to see Guardian's of the Galaxy, the cinema was so full they only had the front row left. I nearly got whiplash trying to see what was happening on either side of the screen.

by gagehilll 2 days ago

Before recliners, middle middle. Now, a few rows forward of middle. As you said, the back is terrible with recliners, I have to essentiall look down my torso to see the screen.

by Anonymous 2 days ago