For some people, but I like to sit in the exact center of the theatre. I even get annoyed at first if the seats split the center and there is not one which is exactly in the center, although I get over that when the movie starts. But a whole seat’s difference does remove me from the movie somewhat.
A person sitting in their own seat, minding their own business does not equal “stubborn.”
Well, we can’t take your word for it, Dio, because, by definition, any position you take is stubborn.
Just to clarify–even though I like having a buffer seat between me and other people, I am fine with moving my stuff (which usually amounts to the various wrapping/box/napkins, etc. from whatever junk food I’m eating) from an empty seat if someone wants to sit there. Particularly since I know a lot of people like the row I like, I wouldn’t be at all cranky about that. The only thing I don’t like to do is physically move me over, since I specifically get there to pick out the center seat in the row.
If the movie is about to start, then why should they need to sit together? They shouldn’t be talking to each other anyway.
Of course, I may not be up on current movie etiquette. I have a 92 inch projection screen and Netflix at home, so the only time I went to a theater in the last 6 years was for Avatar and someone gave me the tickets as a gift.
I wonder if the disconnect we’re having here is from two different personality types; the first one expects other people to think about what they’re asking, and not ask for too much, and the second one asks for everything they want, and puts the onus on other people to tell them “no.” I think the OP is from the first group, and the large group of latecomers is in the second group.
ETA: Checks for **JoelUpchurch’s ** location. 
Nobody asked the OP for anything.
Even less reason for the OP to move then.
Still, I have seen this phenomenon of large groups coming in late and then expecting everybody to shove over for them. I’ve even seen them try to get ushers to make people move.
Leave the Dio-baiting in The BBQ Pit where it belongs.
Nope, that would be my objection.
My Wife and I do the same as the OP. Get the same seats too, from the description. But we make sure we arrive early enough to do it. Got a large group that want’s to sit together? Guess what… you need to get to the theater early enough to find seats to do it. It’s not that hard to figure out.
2 warnings, 21 posts apart. Who knew this was such a hot topic?
There were plenty of empty seats; it’s not like they had to hunt down a place to sit. And it take only a few moments for a person’s eyes to adjust in the dark. So they could have stood at the side of the aisle, waited a bit until they could see, and then taken any of the freely available seats in any other row.
Or, they could have, you know, arrived on time (or, the horror, early!) so as not to be stumbling around in the dark. But of course that’s just too much to ask. People who show up late should be rewarded with the prime seats, right?
First world problems. The smaller the problem, the larger the fight.
That said, if there were plenty of seats, hell no I wouldn’t move. I probably would be kind of dickish even if asked; I’d look around, check that there were in fact empty seats, and say “Meh, you got room.”
And of course if it’s a packed theater, I’d do what I could to accommodate. At that point my personal desire is less important than not dicking anyone out of a seat.
Wow, the SDMB Offenderati are out in full force.
OP, you did fine.