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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I absolutely hate prebought, theatre assigned seats, I hate buying them, and I hate sitting in them - all those little groups while there are long rows of empty seats. It is human nature to want to sit where you are most comfortable, away of busy teens with their phones, or whole families with children. They are happier and I am happier. It is annoying enough that I have only gone to one movie the whole year. Who needs it? I don't. Yesterday evening, my daughter bought seats for Little Women. Our entire row was entirely sold out, while there were several rows right below us sitting empty. Management of seating doesn't make the consumer happy, only the management. So I am fine with movie theatres going out of business.[/quote]

You do realize if you purchase your tickets in advance, online, you can select your seats? So you can pick the empty row you desire. Win![/quote]

The point is that there are always rows of empty seats.  Don’t be difficult and go off on a tangent. [/quote]

DP. How does the presence of rows of empty seats harm your own, personal movie-watching experience? Asking seriously as I don't see how it affects things at all unless you just don't want anyone sitting next to you but expect an empty seat on each side to buffer you or your group wherever you sit. Or you prefer that moviegoers be spread all around the theater for some reason. Once the lights are down and everyone is looking up at the screen, why does it matter if there are people clustered in one row or area, unless someone close by is using a phone or talking? If that goes on, you say something. I suspect that those who are so upset by empty rows are actually leery of asserting themselves politely to tell phone users or talkers to stop. Oh, and once the film starts--you can move to those empty rows, you know.

Interestingly I went to a movie in another state recently and [b]their "turn off your phones" ad before the movie very clearly said that anyone who was using a phone during the show would be ejected from the theater with no refund. Their own word, "ejected." My friend said the theater is known for being serious about that policy and patrons love it. [/b]Wish they'd all do that. 
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Alamo Drafthouse?[/quote]

Yes. First time I'd been to one.[/quote]

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