In a seat.

Seats are overrated. Aisles are the new black :)

An end seat, because if I don't, I'll invariably have to take a piss.

Yes, reference means a 105dB peak for all main channels. When you add the LFE, all channels combine to create a 120dB peak. And 85dB is where the dialogue tends to fall on a properly calibrated system.

I like to sit about ~10 seats back from dead center. It seems thats where a lot of other people want to sit too. To me, It sounds the best, and I don't have to strain to see the screen.

Normally though I go with friends and they get in the theater first. (I stop to talk to my friend who works there, or get soda, etc) They pretty much sit wherever, and I sit near them.

Got it. I really wish I could find the white paper I once read on all of the different theater and home audio volume standards. It went over all of this stuff in great detail. Not only peak and average volumes, but standards concerning things like how much compression can be applied, and where, etc.

I try to sit in the middle. Unfortunately, that seems to be the place most people want to sit.

The first row is for desperate people or people with incredibly bad eyes. Why anyone wants to sit there is beyond me.

But if I'm on a date I may sit in the back. ^.^

Generally my friends try to get the back row center. It's a pretty awesome seat and guarunteed if you get there early.

However, I've always liked sitting in the front row. Possibly because when I was little my uncle told me there were snakes up there that ate you when you sat up there and possibly because I like being so much closer. *shrugs*

Anywhere except the very sides is acceptable, I think.

I am usually in the center when I go to the movies. But for the past few films that I have been to I have been surrounded by noisy people. The worst was a lady eating popcorn loud right next to me and then when I thought it was over she pulls out some hard candy and I started banging my head on the seat.

I sit based on two requirements.

1) It has to be as far back as possible. The further back the more in line my eye level is to the screen. Not right at the back though cause that usually is too high making me look down on the screen slightly. Also you'll have less people behind you making noise.

2) It has to be in the center. That way I can just lean my head back without having to turn it to the left or right. You'll be surprised how awkward it can be to have your neck turned in one direction for 2 hours + lol.

Front row only in desperation. Very rare as they're only a few movies that I would go to that kind of length.

I get there really early and pour my soda over the seats in front of me to ensure no one sits there and I have an unobscured view of the screen.

I always aim for the middle to back half of the theatre. Centred seating. I also don't get those people who love to sit in the front row! I was forced to sit in the second row once due to lack of seating, and ended up with a sore neck and major headache at the end!

Eugh, I had to do that with Star Wars Episode I when I went to see it a long time ago. Theatre was packed even though the movie'd been out for a couple of weeks...
Forgot to add this in my last post, but when my friend Omar and I come to the theater I find we sit to the side in the middle a lot.

Seconded. I don't even know why they make seats that close to the screen, but I guess some people enjoy sitting that close.

Dead center, and hopefully in a spot where I have more leg room.

Center, mid-back for me.

I'm doing this from now on.

Nominating that for post of the year, LeHah

I go a few weeks after the premiere so it's a little calmer and I managed to get the seats in center, this has the best view and sound. Once I had to sit on the right side of the cinema and that fucking blows.

I usually try to grab the seat at the very back, in the middle. The last time I went to the movies I was stuck in the third row from the front, slightly to the right of the centre. It was pretty terrible, but not as bad as I was expecting.

I think I'll try to grab a seat in the middle of the theatre on my next outing so that I can enjoy the best audio experience.

Backmost row, directly in the middle.

Logic being it's the highest set of seats, you don't have to crane your neck upwards, people have not put their feet up and have no chance of putting their feet up near your head, no one will bother you with standing up and crossing, and the view is perfectly centered.

I can't quite understand the reasoning for most other seats unless people really want to get out of the theatre fast, or can't see well somehow.

Dead center myself, but if I'm late I'll take what I can. Just nothing in the first few rows.

Toward the back of the theatre, as centered as I can..with special preference for a spot with an empty seat in front of my so I can be free to put my feet up without feeling like an asshole.

I usually try to stick to the 4th or 5th row in the second seating section from the front. Not too close, not too far. I sit in the dead center if I can.

Yeah that's where I sit sometimes if there are no seats free or at least not where I want to sit, but it isn't exactly comfortable.

I sit close to the middle, usually more towards the back rows. Failing that, whatever seats are available. Thankfully, there have been very few instances where I've been forced into the front row, oh gawd neck pain, blurred image and slight dizziness.