Where do you sit in the theater?
 

I was curious about that since I always aim for the dead center but don't get people who prefer the first row. Isn't this bad for your neck to stare up while watching?

I always aim for the total center myself, but for some reason, EVERY girl I've ever gone to the cinema with has always wanted to sit in the very back.

Sometimes, since most cinemas here have regular seating for the first few rows, then stadium seating for the rest, I try to hit the first stadium-seating row. That usually positions me so that the screen almost totally fills my vision, but I don't have to be uncomfortable.

I enjoy the very back myself, but my girl prefers the middle/lower section..so we end up trying to get the middle seats most of the time.

I hate sitting in the front seats..kills my back from leaning down in the seat so I can actually see the screen.

In the very back, top row, in the exact center. I can't stand the though of having people behind me or around me, so I sit in the top row of the stadium seats, because fewer people sit there. The view is much better from the top, too. I can see the entire screen without having to look up.

I only go to the theatre for action movies because they're the only kind that benefit from the huge screen and state-of-the-art sound. Dead centre is the best place, sound-wise, so I try to sit there. If you have to turn your head to follow a conversation, you're too bloody close. :P

Ayos: Perhaps the ladies wanted to make out without everyone in the theatre gawking? ;)

I prefer the center of the very back row... But I'll settle for dead center of the seats as well. I hate sitting in the front, especially on long movies, cause my neck gets really sore.

If I'm feeling antisocial, I'll sit on one of the 'outside' rows, cause they're only two or three seats wide, and I usually only go with a friend or two anyway. That, and sitting beside the aisle is good, cause I hate having to walk past everyone during a movie to go to the washroom.

Typically somewhere near the middle. I usually get to the theaters early enough to get the seats I want. I've never experienced sitting in the front since I don't like being too close to the screen. It also seems uncomfortable sitting that close as well.

I try to sit as close to dead centre as I can. I tend to get the best experience out of the film then, angle and sound. I really don't understand people who willingly sit right at the front, I couldn't do that my neck would start to ache after 20 minutes or so, and I don't think it would be too good for my eyes either sitting that close.

Ideally I try to sit around the middle of the theater since I think it's a better atmosphere than the very back. As long as there's a bit of an incline to the seating I've never had a problem with seeing over peoples' heads, and I tend to go 2-3 weeks after a movie's release anyway.

Sitting in the front row is never a pleasant experience. I went to the movies with a (very short) friend to see Bruce Almighty and Matrix Reloaded, and my neck was killing me after both.

If it's possible to get the seat I want without picking a fight I go for the dead center. You know, that spot in the theater where the viewing angle is just right and the sound is evenly panned on all sides. But if that can't be done I'll settle anywhere as long as I'm not stuck in the first 4 rows.

This is where I ALWAYS sit except when I happen to go on opening night of a huge opening like Harry Potter and I didn't feel like camping out for 12 hours to get in. I always make it a point to go to the movies on days when I know people are at work and kids are in school so as to avoid the bulk of the crowds. More often than not, I'm usually one of 2 or 3 people in the theater and I'm usually there early enough so as to pick a seat in the dead center.

The seats in the theater I go to are on large steps, so it is impossible to get your view blocked. I like to sit close to the back where it is high-up so I don't have to look up at the screen, and then get in the middle.

Dead center if I'm there to actually watch the movie.

If not, the back (obviously).

It depends which theater I go to.

There are two theaters in my area, a crappy one close to me, but still reliable, and a far away one that actually has baseball stadium seating.

In the crappy one, I usually aim dead center, but if someone's already occupying it, I tend to aim for the side seats near a speaker so I could hear every explosion in my action movie accordingly.

In the nice one, I always aim for one of the upper rows towards the center. It gives me a better vantage point to watch the movie.

In the center, no matter how close or far I am from the screen.

I prefer to be the last row in the back, because at least in the theaters here, the back row has the most leg room. Also, nobody behind you to be annoying.

I prefer to be at one side, either at the back or the middle. It's a little idiosyncrasy of mine; I have to be by a wall and if possible with my back up against it, even if it's not a scary movie. It's lucky for me that people always pick the middle of the row or I couldn't sit still in the theatre.

I always aim for the center, and about 10 rows back. That's ultimate for me. I hate sitting at the front because then you have to look up, and your neck is busted for the rest of the day. If the theater is a smaller one, sitting in the total back can be nice too.

I don't care if I'm in the middle, end or whatever of the row, but I always sit as close to the back as humanly possible. It's the easiest on my neck, and it's the best view...and also you don't have stupid pre pubescent kids giggling and putting their stinky feet up on your seats and stuff...

I sit in the back, in one of the sides or something.
You don't get people kicking you in the back of your seat.
No one tries to use you as a footrest.
You can lob hard candies at people who insist on acting like a fucktard ( Cellphone Girl, "SO AT THE END THEY ALL DIE" Guy, Makeout Boy and Makeout Girl, HAHAHADIDYOUSEETHAT LAUGHING MAN, Bitchy Person ).
In case a fiar starts I'm close enough to the exit.
Closer to the restrooms and snack thing.
You get to see the enti~ire picture.


Signed. I usually get there, like, twenty minutes to an hour early though. That way I get to buy what I need and watch the trailers.

At the back, dead centre. Its my favorite spot, mostly because I feel you get the best experience from that spot.

Back of the back, at an aisle seat. I'm antisocial.

You want to sit dead center, because theater sound is calibrated to hit the reference of 105dB in that spot.

I middle row when possible, and am happy anywhere within the last 2/3rds of the cinema :p

Although, ideally, I guess 3-4 rows from the back, and dead centre ;)

Center seats on the middle rows. I think that's where most of the people I go to the movies with want to sit too. I went to this theater in Virginia once that had reverse theater seating. Yes, that's exactly how it sounds. The genius of southern states!

What. Unless something has changed, I'm pretty sure the reference is 88db. Perhaps I am thinking of a different standard.

Unless 105db is the peak volume, and not the average. I suppose that is OK for limited exposure.