# Preferred movie theatre seats

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 16, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383 "2002-05-16T14:07:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383/21 "2002-05-16T23:40:09Z")

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As far away from the screen as possible, left side of the theater, as close to the isle seat as I can manage. I somehow convinced myself that sitting in the back of a sloping theater lets me see even if a tall inconsiderate person sits in front of me (why is it that even if the theater is 3/4th empty, there’s a tall person just itching to sit in front of a short person?) and it’s a hard habit to break.

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**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383/22 "2002-05-16T23:43:24Z")

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I also like sitting about halfway up, aisle seat, either right or left. What I love about the AMC Eisenhower theater that I frequent, is that you can raise the arm that separates the seats. Having a big butt that’s been squeezed into small seats, this feature is a godsend.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383/23 "2002-05-16T23:53:35Z")

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Sounds like an IMHO thread.

As for me, anywhere in the middle is okay, but the theatres’ dropping comfort and legroom standards are becoming a nuisance in cramped multiplex theatres. In some case, I’ll deliberately choose an aisle seat just to stretch my legs.

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**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383/24 "2002-05-17T02:21:24Z")

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Usually on the side somewhere, but NO ONE behind me. I hate that. Especially when they’re talking or eating popcorn, I hate that. There’s a whole big theatre, why sit right behind someone?

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383/25 "2002-05-17T05:14:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by jjtm \*  
> \*\*  
> Nothing like seeing a twenty-foot lightsaber up close. \*\*

That’s what SHE said!!!

Ba-da-BING!

Thank you! Thank you! I’ll be here all week!

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**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-movie-theatre-seats/109383/26 "2002-05-17T05:21:17Z")

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Wow, I guess this thread explains why I never have to fight anybody for the back row…nobody else wants it!

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