My local cinema with small screens has two rows of reclining seats at the front, so I always try to grab one of those as close to the centre as possible. If the only seats are too far to the edge though I’ll sacrifice the comfort to be further back but more central.
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As a kid and most of the way through my 20s, I pretty much always wanted to be in the back row of a stadium seating theater (although the long, sloped plane theaters 🤮 I definitely didn't sit at the back because you were a mile away from the screen).
But over the last few years I've reevaluated my "always in the back" stance, and found that I, like OP, am happiest when the screen completely fills my view. Both of our theaters have leather recliners. At one of our premium/large format screens, I'll sit in about the 4th row of 30 because the recline is so substantial that I can sit so close without craning my neck to see the screen. In any of the other standard screens at that theater, I'll sit in the front half for sure.
We've also got a theater with two IMAX screens - one of them is so enormous and the seats are so vertically stacked that I've been pushing further and further back in the theater, almost to the back row. Because the screen is almost 80 feet tall, it positions you basically in the center of the screen and the recline in the chairs is very limited, so sitting too close means you are craning your neck.
I want to add - I think a LOT about this topic, and I'm pretty sure my wife couldn't care less. But if I'm spending almost $30/pp to see a movie in the massive IMAX theater, I want to make sure it's the best possible experience for both of us.
We've also got a theater with two IMAX screens
Which theater is that? I've been looking for one but there isn't one near my location, apparently there are only 30 of them? EDIT: Clarification, only 30 in the entire world that project 70mm. I was looking for one to watch Oppenheimer in.
There are only 30 theaters that project 70mm IMAX film. There's plenty of others that do digital IMAX.
Unfortunately, both of my IMAX screens are digital projection - I did look into it and saw that I had a 70mm IMAX screen around 4 hours away, but never could make it work with my work schedule. But my premium format IMAX screen was incredible all the same, no regrets!
Farthest back row, dead center. The screen still feels huge, I don't have to move my neck, and most importantly I have no one behind me.
Middle on one of the edges. Best distance to screen but also easy to get up for the bathroom.
I like to choose seats where theres nobody near me...usually try to go super late and if it is packed the front corners right by the screen...
I invented a superhero called Molten Man who jizzes molten rock from his molten cock. I live in perpetual fear of Molten Man hiding above and/or behind me and getting hit by that spicy butter. Top, center, farthest back, in plain view of all exits.
You sit in the absolute middle (middle of the middle row) of course. Why would you sit anywhere else?
Wherever there's an empty row.
We like to sit on the end of the middle row so my wife doesn't have to sit next to anyone else (her preference), and we can easily get up if needed without bothering anyone else. That said, it's why we prefer cinemas with fewer seating so our viewing angle isn't bad; unlike large theaters where end seats are too far to the side. Thankfully the IMAX in our city has the last 2 rows shorter than the rest, so seating at the end puts you close to the center; so we don't need to sit at the very side of a huge theater.
My agoraphobia says "not between people". So first or last seat in a row. Distance to the screen is irrelevant.
Middle back third
Far away where I don't have to pay to have my experience ruined by screaming teenagers
Anything on the left next to the aisle.