Best Seat on the House

Why sitting at the back of the theatre is the ‘worst” seat in the house

Friday night ticket counter at East Gate

Cashier chewing gum. 

“Where would you like to sit?”

Danny K look-a -like with gold chain and popped collar.

 “Howzit! At the back please. It’s the best place to sit. Shweet Bru”

WRONG!

Why do you believe this?  Another piece of misinformation probably passed down from your grandmother ‘cause she was too frail to walk down the stairs of the theatre after her hip-replacement. 

The idea stuck and now you only get 50% of your movie going experience.

Think about it.  Not only are you at the furthest place possible from the screen, but the genius of 7,1 Dolby digital surround-sound will be removed from your silver screen encounter.

The idea of the big screen is that you get lost in the picture.  You are not here to view game from a distance.   Move forward to a place where the whole screen is in your peripheral vision.  Then make sure you have a level eye-line to the screen.  There is nothing worse than leaving the cinema with a crookneck from looking upwards for 2 hours.

Most importantly look at where the speakers are positioned.  You want to be smack-bang in the middle.  That where the sound technician has pointed them and that’s where you should sit.  Not to mention the Oscar wining sound design that creates the feeling you are being surrounded by dinosaurs or swimming with the dolphins.

How the Friday night ticket counter conversation should read is like this.

Cashier still chewing gum. 

“Where would you like to sit?”

Danny K look-a -like with gold chain and popped collar.

 “Howzit! Middle row, middle seat. Shweet Bru”

There is however one exception to this middle-middle rule.  3D glasses have brought an added dilemma to the equation.

Chances are you will be seated in a cinema with a centre-isle.  If you watch a 3D film seated at the isle you will have the reflection of the stairway rope lighting in your glasses.   Always ask to be seated two seats in from the isle to prevent this reflective irritation.

The revised Friday night ticket counter conversation for 3D films goes like this.

Cashier playing with chewing gum. 

“Where would you like to sit?”

Danny K look-a -like with gold chain and popped collar.

 “Howzit! Middle row, middle seat, 2 rows in from the isle. Shweet Bru”

Repeat after me. The best seat in the house is not at the back.