[John Casler]

Ummm, that's why they invented 'depends',  for those who cannot hold it in, or chose not to visit the facilities before the main feature rolls. 

Since this topic has been brought up, I suggest the following:

1) Take a supplement called Saw palmetto extract daily

2) Reduce fluid intake an hour before you go to the movie

3) Get your seats and hit the Men's Room just before the movie.

Then you should easily get through a 2-3 hour movie.   

[SteveFord]

Going to the bathroom during a long, dull movie isn't necessarily a bad thing as then you can also kill some time by going outside to smoke.
Anybody ever seen Dream Girls or Rent, for instance? 

[ss397]

I have a better in home sound than the commercial theaters I normally attend. They may edge me out a bit in dynamics and ability to present a non fatiguing reference level sound. I may have a look at room treatments and higher efficiency speakers to address the issue. I do prefer the local theater that uses JBL speakers to the one that uses Klipsch by a wide margin. I do not know how much of that margin can be attributed to the speakers however. The room and other sound reinforcement equipment have an effect also.

[BrianAbington]

Last Christmas we were given gift cards for our local small town theater.
We went to see the girl with the dragon tattoo.
All but one theater in the building has been upgraded.
We got the crappy still analog theater.
All voices sounded like they were talking into a coffee can, trent reznors sound track sounded like the squeal a train makes when stopping from high speeds, all effects and surrounds sounded like they were broadcast over AM signal.

I complained about how inexcusably bad the sound was and the managers excuse was that it's the analog theater. I told him theaters were analog for decades and sounded way better than that does.

I told him even their digital theater sounds horrible and left.

[*Scotty*]

I have been to one state of the art theater in Brookfield Wi.. The Marcus Majestic multiplex was renovated and all of the theaters in it got an upgrade and they put in 2 auditoriums with curved screens that are 3 stories tall and 72ft. wide, this is a 2.4:1 aspect ratio screen. The sound is also excellent. The tiered home theater style seating with cup holders is nice as well.

I used to sit in the seats that are in the foreground at the bottom of the photo. The photo has a distorted perspective. The screen is quite a bit wider than the center seating area.

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A return to the past with the retro look facade and marque.
Then we moved to the DC area and I have had withdrawal pains every since. Even the IMAX experience isn't the same because the films were not shot with IMAX cameras.
Oh well, at least I know what good is.
Scotty