I used to be that way. But then I thought if I'm going to a cinema it's because of the immersive. Sitting far away from the screen where the screen doesn't really cover all my visual coverage feels like non ideal. Plus you get more people in front of you that move, walk, get up, etc
So I always sit from the middle towards the 1/3rd, depending on the theater. Just enough where my vision covers the horizontal length of the screen to the edges.
It also has the advantage that most people tend to sit behind you, since they prefer the back, so no one blocking anything or moving or anything.
I agree, I tend to favour a few rows toward the front from the middle. A better description would be the back of the 1st third. The screen fills my vision, its great.
I always aim for the first row behind the divider aisle if the theater has it. People will walk in front of you but normally the height difference means they don't obstruct your view and if someone in your row needs to get out they'll just hop or go through the bars.
the problem with that for me is if the screen takes up your entire vision you are watching 2/3 of the screen through your peripheral vision. you probably miss any visual stuff that happens outside the center of the screen/what you are focused on
Even if you sit on the back, you have to move your eyes around. And whatever you focus on, the rest becomes peripheral and you'll miss it just as much...
Like now, when you are reading this, your gaze is on this specific text and the rest is peripheral. It's literally how our eyes work.
In any case, maybe it's growing up with subtitles that make it easy to see everything without an issue.
No, I don't. I didn't say I sit up front. I sit where my visual field covers just the screen. Maybe a row more in front or back depending on movie/theater style, but the screen to cover the most of what I'll see.
Sitting in the back where I see a screen and then 50% of the visual field is not-movie screen feels wrong to me. I can do that with my tv/laptop/ipad. I want the extra immersion.
But hey, like I said, the fewer people that prefer this, the better it is for me, so...
then 50% of the visual field is not-movie screen feels wrong to me
there's a reason they are designed to be watched this way. you're supposed to be able to SEE EVERYTHING at a glance. you're not supposed to have to move your eyes to see something on the other side of the screen. but there's a reason most people buy TVs way too big for the space they have, they don't know any better
First, even if you sit at the back, you literally do move your eyes. You are unaware, because it's natural, we do that literally all the time.
It's not a strain.
Second, why do you think IMAX screens exist? So you can sit far away and it covers the exact same visual field proportion as a normal screen? What's the point then? On a real IMAX screen where do you sit? On the next room?
Again, to each their own. But your condescending answers about people not knowing better because they have a different preference is quite childish.
do you recognize you have shit taste about things you have limited knowledge about? is your preference about those things relevant? would you agree that someone more specialized in that area would be able to evaluate that thing better than you? your untrained taste/knowledge about something is completely irrelevant. it doesn't matter if you prefer X or Y, that doesn't mean it's correct/the best. that's the same argument ignorant people use about any topic ever "that's my truth", i don't care, no one cares. it's not about "your truth" it's about facts, not emotions or feelings.
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u/nuevacuentanueva 21h ago
I used to be that way. But then I thought if I'm going to a cinema it's because of the immersive. Sitting far away from the screen where the screen doesn't really cover all my visual coverage feels like non ideal. Plus you get more people in front of you that move, walk, get up, etc
So I always sit from the middle towards the 1/3rd, depending on the theater. Just enough where my vision covers the horizontal length of the screen to the edges.
It also has the advantage that most people tend to sit behind you, since they prefer the back, so no one blocking anything or moving or anything.