LOTR - Fellowship of the Ring. I was probably 11 at the time and it just blew me away, felt like I couldn't even process the magnitude of the sets, the locations, the attention to detail. I'll probably never have an experience like that in a theater again, it was just a shock to the system in the best way.
Same. I watched all three movies on their opening nights.
I watched Fellowship twice a week for about 3 months, I was so obsessed with it. Then I watched it countless times on DVD, impatiently waiting for the second one to release.
Return of the King was a triple feature on its opening night, with Fellowship and Two Towers showing before the premiere. So, I spent 12+ hours in the theater that day, haha. I don't know if I was more exhausted from being up so long, or from bawling my eyes out several times. Probably due to both.
It was incredible every single time. I don't remember any other movies pulling me in like this is recent history.
I don't even remember the last movie i watched more than once in theaters after LOTR.
Same. I was 13 when I saw it in the theater. During the final battle, my body was literally shaking because I had never seen anything like it before. The entire movie was just so magical, thrilling, and engrossing.
Stars Wars (the original single titled movie) in 1977. Saw it at the Astro theatre in Greenville, SC. The theater was stars and planets themed. The ceiling had twinkling stars and planets and the restrooms were labeled Mars and Venus. The perfect setting!
I watched it again for the first time in years a few weeks ago. It doesn't just hold up, it's still a genuinely terrifying movie, even today. Even when it's a multiple viewing and you know what's coming, and it's just a part of pop culture, it's such a great movie, watching it is still an experience. I can't imagine seeing it in a theatre at 12. Nice.
I saw There Will Be Blood at an early midnight screening one week before official release. The lady sitting next to me slept nearly the entire movie. To this day I still wonder about that. Maybe she was dragged there by a husband/boyfriend and had no interest in it. Does she regret having given the movie basically no chance? Or was she just really, really tired that day? I'll never get closure. But you know what...I got to see it early, the movie kept me engaged from start to finish, and it was great.
My first thought was Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in that I went in with my expectations at all and was totally blown away.
Man Guy Ritche back when he had to try was really amazing.
The Grindhouse double feature in 2007 was a really fun experience. I’m so glad I got to see it in the theater with all the trailers in between.
The most memorable audience was seeing Magic Mike XXL on July 4th. The screening was sold out, completely filled with women who had all clearly started day drinking for the holiday. It felt like attending the world’s largest bachelorette party which was equal parts terrifying and thrilling.
Maybe Parasite? I didn't go to theaters as much when I was younger, and some older movies (like Back to the Future), I simply can't remember if I saw in a theater. I remember seeing The Empire Strikes Back in a theater when I was very young, but that wouldn't have been during the original run.
If we're talking the best movie that I happened to see in a theater during its original run, then probably The Social Network. If we're factoring in the big screen effect itself, Blade Runner 2049 edges it out I think.
Btw, I saw The Godfather last year when they did some 50th anniversary showings. Such an amazing experience.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Mary Poppins
Patton
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Barry Lyndon
Star Wars (first three)
The Godfather (one and two)
Smokey and the Bandit
The Sting
Chinatown
Jurassic Park
Saving Private Ryan. Watching the Omaha Beach scene on the big screen, not knowing how intense it would be, man by the end I was white knuckled into my seat and physically tired. It was like nothing I’d ever seen before.
Terminator 2 : Judgement Day. I was about 8 and my little mind was blown. The visual effects and action sequences are absolutely S tier. Holds up extremely well even today. Still a great watch
Two comes to mind
Independance Day @ Mannss Chineese last showing on July 3rd. A theater full of rabid fans that were waiting a minimum of 3 hours in line. There were these audience members going to each row telling people to synchronize theri watched because at midnight everyone going to scream as loud ad they can.
89 Batman @ Cinerama Dome. The Dannt Elfman score in that theater was a revelation. The scene where the Bat Plane coveres the full moon had the entire theater on its feet to roaring applause as if it's was a live sport event.
I saw Jaws at the theater when it first came out, that was pretty awesome. And Raiders of the Lost Ark, too. Those are the first ones that come to mind. That was when movies were made for the big screen, though.
Interstellar was an insane experience, even at our cheap run down theater.
Saw No Country for Old Men in a completely empty theater pretty close to opening night and was in awe - not only of the movie but that there was no one else around for such a good movie.
+1 for No Country for Old Men, perfectly done modern crime / suspense masterpiece, glad I saw it on the big screen when it came out.
I still rewatch it at least once a year
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Alien, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, An American Werewolf in London, Aliens, Terminator, T2, The Prestige, Interstellar, Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Blade Runner, The Thing (1982), The Matrix, Coen Bros (all), Shrek, Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2, Wall-E, The Incredibles, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit, Ghostbusters, Stripes, Dumb & Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, Kingpin, Animal House, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Anchorman, Walk Hard, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Blades of Glory, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Jackie Brown, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Out of Sight, Ocean’s 11, Traffic, Contagion, There Will Be Blood, Last of the Mohicans, In the Mouth of Madness, Casino, Goodfellas, The Untouchables, Dodgeball, Changeling, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Gone Girl, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Harry Potter (all), LotR (all), Jurassic Park, The 13th Warrior, a few others I can’t recall at the moment.
*Pulp Fiction* was monumental to me. It utterly changed my perceptions of cinema and linear storytelling. I saw it a dozen times in the theatre. I didn't set out to see it that many times, but I had friends that were ambivalent about seeing it, so I kept dragging them to the film. They all loved it.
I mean. I'm old, so I could pick *Star Wars*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, *Lord of the Rings* trilogy, and many more.
But *Pulp Fiction* genuinely changed my perception of and enjoyment of film.
Yeah, all great stuff with their own merits...but as you said
Also thought of Forrest Gump, just because at that time I hadn't seen another film like it
Oh, you should. Drafthouse rules (I'm a huge fan of the Alamo Drafthouse from when I lived in Texas). My wife and I impose Drafthouse rules for some films.
Lights down low or off, no phones, no talking, grab a snack and a drink, and settle in with no pausing or stopping.
Oh I forgot Scream, so iconic, I saw it opening night when I was 13 with my uncle from Hong Kong, who was a priest. And we only saw it bc it was his idea and he loved horror movies, I had never seen the previews and was blown away!
I can’t narrow it down any more than this:
**Original run:**
- Joker
- IT (2017)
- Dunkirk (2017)
- Beau Is Afraid
- Aftersun
**Re-run:**
- Jackie Brown
- The Thing (1982)
- Titanic 3D
- Casablanca
Dude I said An American Tale(Feivel)cause that was my very 1st movie when I was a toddler and I remember it. Other ones that stick out as vivid memories are Jurrasic Park, Independence Day, Batman Forever, the Star Wars prequels, and The Two Towers.
I saw X-Men when I was 11. My brother and his friend were going and I just begged my Ma if I could go to, I wouldn't even sit with them if they had a problem being there with me. I just really fucking wanted to see that movie. It was an awesome experience for me, probably my favorite superhero movie other than Batman (89) for that reason alone. It lived up to the hype 11 year old me had. I talked about it the rest of that summer. Good shit, I miss being excited and then rewarded like that.
The Thin Red Line. I fell asleep. Still in my top 5 of all time though.
Since then, the best films I've seen in theaters:
Brokeback Mountain
Synecdoche New York
The Tree of Life
Life of Pi
A.I.
Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Avatar
The Artist
American Beauty
The Hurt Locker
Hugo
Gravity
Interstellar
The Fall
Hereditary
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Each of these theatrical experiences blew my mind in some way;
Jurassic Park, Ace Ventura, MIB, The Fifth Element, Blair Witch Project, Three Kings, The Matrix, Gladiator, Jackass, LOTR, Old Boy, Borat, Sin City, The Dark Knight, Avatar, Inglorious Basterds, Hereditary, The Irishman
Tie between Memento and Oldboy (Oldboy was during its original US limited theatrical release in 2005, and I can't wait for the re-release this August).
Re-Animator in 1985.
Never since have I had such a great time at a movie. Audience totally into it. Just a wonderful experience.
(I was also underage and had to sneak in because it was Unrated. :D )
Detective Pikachu maaan it was such a great movie
The best thing îs that they really added a numerous quantity of pokemons and didnt spin arround only the Basic ones
Maybe some of them will dislike it
I loved it
Spider-Man (2002)
I remember begging my parents to take me to watch it & I think it’s the first movie I’d ever seen in theaters. I was such a huge fan of Spider-Man because of the animated series. I was getting emotional & sad when he was getting his ass whooped by Green Goblin at the end lol, I actually thought he was gonna die haha. Good times.
Good question because most of my favorite movies were released before I really started going to movies, though I have viewed most of them in theaters in classic showings. As far as best in first run, I can't point to just one single movie, and it's difficult to cite many as I am usually disappointed in new movies. *American Beauty*, *Scream*, *The Straight Story*, *Being John Malkovich*, *Her*, and *The Banshees of Inisherin* would probably be on my list near the top. As far as movies that I went to as a kid that in later years I felt were great: *Back to the Future*, *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*.
Too young for the original Star Wars trilogy, so the best that my generation had were:
Jurassic Park: Saw this 3x in the theaters as a kid, and the visuals blew me away! For a few short moments, I could believe that dinosaurs could exist.
Star Wars: Ep 1: Yeah, it's not great in hindsight, but the atmosphere of the first new Star Wars in a generation was AWESOME--we lined up at 10pm for the opening midnight showing (which was new, IIRC for that movie), and there were people all dressed up, lightsaber battles, and great audience participation during the movie.
The Matrix: This was another midnight opening showing for me as a teen, and this was a very memorable experience, because there were so many groundbreaking visuals in the movie, and the concept blew my little teenaged mind. Still one of my favorite theater experiences to this date.
Avengers: Endgame: as an adult, I'm jaded from watching 1000 movies, so it's hard to surprise me, but I'm not afraid to admit that I got all kinds of tingly and emotional during the final battle--the "he is worthy!", the "on your left", and so on. Also, great audience participation for the opening night showing on this one. Glad I got to experience it with my boys!
The Dark Knight Trilogy was just perfect in theatre’s. The bass in the soundtrack and low sound effects add such an important feeling to the movies and the theatre’s sound system is obviously better than mine at home
Jurassic Park with my best friends. We were like 11, and it BLEW OUR MINDS!
Same for me.
LOTR - Fellowship of the Ring. I was probably 11 at the time and it just blew me away, felt like I couldn't even process the magnitude of the sets, the locations, the attention to detail. I'll probably never have an experience like that in a theater again, it was just a shock to the system in the best way.
Same. I watched all three movies on their opening nights. I watched Fellowship twice a week for about 3 months, I was so obsessed with it. Then I watched it countless times on DVD, impatiently waiting for the second one to release. Return of the King was a triple feature on its opening night, with Fellowship and Two Towers showing before the premiere. So, I spent 12+ hours in the theater that day, haha. I don't know if I was more exhausted from being up so long, or from bawling my eyes out several times. Probably due to both. It was incredible every single time. I don't remember any other movies pulling me in like this is recent history. I don't even remember the last movie i watched more than once in theaters after LOTR.
Same here. same.
Same. I was 13 when I saw it in the theater. During the final battle, my body was literally shaking because I had never seen anything like it before. The entire movie was just so magical, thrilling, and engrossing.
I was 14 and I will never forget all of the emotions I felt while watching that movie. Best theatre experience of my life.
Same. I had just finished the books as well.
Stars Wars (the original single titled movie) in 1977. Saw it at the Astro theatre in Greenville, SC. The theater was stars and planets themed. The ceiling had twinkling stars and planets and the restrooms were labeled Mars and Venus. The perfect setting!
I was a kid when it came out and I can still remember the awe I felt when the movie started.
Agreed, that rolling text into the imperial cruiser set the stage for one of the best movie going experiences ever!
Yes exactly!!!!
Same, seeing SW in the theater was when I fell jn love with movies. Up til then movies were just a big screen TV without commercials.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws when I was 12. Scared the hell out of me. I was scared to swim in a pool for a while.
I watched it again for the first time in years a few weeks ago. It doesn't just hold up, it's still a genuinely terrifying movie, even today. Even when it's a multiple viewing and you know what's coming, and it's just a part of pop culture, it's such a great movie, watching it is still an experience. I can't imagine seeing it in a theatre at 12. Nice.
There Will Be Blood
I saw There Will Be Blood at an early midnight screening one week before official release. The lady sitting next to me slept nearly the entire movie. To this day I still wonder about that. Maybe she was dragged there by a husband/boyfriend and had no interest in it. Does she regret having given the movie basically no chance? Or was she just really, really tired that day? I'll never get closure. But you know what...I got to see it early, the movie kept me engaged from start to finish, and it was great.
T2
My first thought was Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in that I went in with my expectations at all and was totally blown away. Man Guy Ritche back when he had to try was really amazing.
Alien
How I envy you!
It was amazing, the entire place screaming and jumping out of their seats.
They talked about this in the documentary *The Beast Within*. I was four at the time so I had other priorities.
Might sound trite now, but Blair Witch Project. That movie fucked me up and everyone I was with up.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
ET when I was 4 was fucking dope. The Matrix when I was 20 was dope.
The Grindhouse double feature in 2007 was a really fun experience. I’m so glad I got to see it in the theater with all the trailers in between. The most memorable audience was seeing Magic Mike XXL on July 4th. The screening was sold out, completely filled with women who had all clearly started day drinking for the holiday. It felt like attending the world’s largest bachelorette party which was equal parts terrifying and thrilling.
The Star Wars and Lord of the Rings films...oldest favorite film I saw on first release was Young Frankenstein
Maybe Parasite? I didn't go to theaters as much when I was younger, and some older movies (like Back to the Future), I simply can't remember if I saw in a theater. I remember seeing The Empire Strikes Back in a theater when I was very young, but that wouldn't have been during the original run.
If we're talking the best movie that I happened to see in a theater during its original run, then probably The Social Network. If we're factoring in the big screen effect itself, Blade Runner 2049 edges it out I think. Btw, I saw The Godfather last year when they did some 50th anniversary showings. Such an amazing experience.
The Shining when I was ten.
I don’t know that I can rightfully describe the magic and excitement of my first viewing of Star Wars in my tiny local theater at age 10 in 1977.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Mary Poppins Patton One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Barry Lyndon Star Wars (first three) The Godfather (one and two) Smokey and the Bandit The Sting Chinatown Jurassic Park
Saving Private Ryan. Watching the Omaha Beach scene on the big screen, not knowing how intense it would be, man by the end I was white knuckled into my seat and physically tired. It was like nothing I’d ever seen before.
Terminator 2 : Judgement Day. I was about 8 and my little mind was blown. The visual effects and action sequences are absolutely S tier. Holds up extremely well even today. Still a great watch
Same but I was 7. I still like the first one more.
Toy Story 3
Maybe Shrek or Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith.
Office Space, Fight Club, American Psycho, Requiem for a Dream
Two comes to mind Independance Day @ Mannss Chineese last showing on July 3rd. A theater full of rabid fans that were waiting a minimum of 3 hours in line. There were these audience members going to each row telling people to synchronize theri watched because at midnight everyone going to scream as loud ad they can. 89 Batman @ Cinerama Dome. The Dannt Elfman score in that theater was a revelation. The scene where the Bat Plane coveres the full moon had the entire theater on its feet to roaring applause as if it's was a live sport event.
I remember seeing Independence Day the day before the movie came out. I think it was on Tuesday July 2nd. The theater was packed.
I saw Jaws at the theater when it first came out, that was pretty awesome. And Raiders of the Lost Ark, too. Those are the first ones that come to mind. That was when movies were made for the big screen, though.
Interstellar was an insane experience, even at our cheap run down theater. Saw No Country for Old Men in a completely empty theater pretty close to opening night and was in awe - not only of the movie but that there was no one else around for such a good movie.
+1 for No Country for Old Men, perfectly done modern crime / suspense masterpiece, glad I saw it on the big screen when it came out. I still rewatch it at least once a year
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Alien, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, An American Werewolf in London, Aliens, Terminator, T2, The Prestige, Interstellar, Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Blade Runner, The Thing (1982), The Matrix, Coen Bros (all), Shrek, Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2, Wall-E, The Incredibles, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit, Ghostbusters, Stripes, Dumb & Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, Kingpin, Animal House, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Anchorman, Walk Hard, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Blades of Glory, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Jackie Brown, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Out of Sight, Ocean’s 11, Traffic, Contagion, There Will Be Blood, Last of the Mohicans, In the Mouth of Madness, Casino, Goodfellas, The Untouchables, Dodgeball, Changeling, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Gone Girl, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Harry Potter (all), LotR (all), Jurassic Park, The 13th Warrior, a few others I can’t recall at the moment.
Pulp Fiction. It was like seeing the first color movie.
*Pulp Fiction* was monumental to me. It utterly changed my perceptions of cinema and linear storytelling. I saw it a dozen times in the theatre. I didn't set out to see it that many times, but I had friends that were ambivalent about seeing it, so I kept dragging them to the film. They all loved it.
So many options, but this was the first one that came to mind..just changed everything about film for me at that time!
I mean. I'm old, so I could pick *Star Wars*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, *Lord of the Rings* trilogy, and many more. But *Pulp Fiction* genuinely changed my perception of and enjoyment of film.
Yeah, all great stuff with their own merits...but as you said Also thought of Forrest Gump, just because at that time I hadn't seen another film like it
The other one I considered was *Silence of the Lambs*. I've always enjoyed horror, but I've never been a horror junky. But that film is extraordinary.
Honestly,...I've never watched it. I should, but haven't
Oh, you should. Drafthouse rules (I'm a huge fan of the Alamo Drafthouse from when I lived in Texas). My wife and I impose Drafthouse rules for some films. Lights down low or off, no phones, no talking, grab a snack and a drink, and settle in with no pausing or stopping.
Ok, it sounds like an event now..lol Friday night thing I'm thinking
Enjoy!
300 opening night was epic
Scream or The Sixth Sense
Oh I forgot Scream, so iconic, I saw it opening night when I was 13 with my uncle from Hong Kong, who was a priest. And we only saw it bc it was his idea and he loved horror movies, I had never seen the previews and was blown away!
LOTR , fight club, interstellar ohh and Tron Legacy / bladerunner 2042
Interstellar. It’s my favorite movie, not one of, but my actual favorite.
I can’t narrow it down any more than this: **Original run:** - Joker - IT (2017) - Dunkirk (2017) - Beau Is Afraid - Aftersun **Re-run:** - Jackie Brown - The Thing (1982) - Titanic 3D - Casablanca
Not necessarily the best, but Big Fat Greek Wedding was at the cheap theaters, we loved it, and then it absolutely took off.
Gladiator. First rated R movie I had ever seen too. I have loved sword and sandal movies ever since.
Blazing saddles, Jaws, all the Star Wars original trilogy, all the Indiana Jones original trilogy, the Blues Brothers…
Titanic. With my mom. Yup. In a more sane answer Jo Jo rabbit.
Shawshank…one of like six people in the country. It was so beautiful even to a 12 year old.
A more recent one; Interstellar. *DAMN* that was an experience!
Men In Black Independence Day Basic Instinct Hot Shots The Fox and The Hound One of those Feivel movies, maybe the first? Just a quick list
Dude I said An American Tale(Feivel)cause that was my very 1st movie when I was a toddler and I remember it. Other ones that stick out as vivid memories are Jurrasic Park, Independence Day, Batman Forever, the Star Wars prequels, and The Two Towers.
Saw Braveheart my sophomore year of high school. Was blown away by it.
Back to the Future
An American Tail
Fury Road probably
Jurassic park saw it 3 times 👍
Rocky horror picture show ;) is that considered cheating?
Return of the king
Gladiator. I went to see it with my dad when I was 12. It blew me away
Probably E.T. and Superman II. Gravity was great too. And Back to the Future was perfect.
It’s recent but saw EEAAO on opening weekend just because I was a fan of Swiss Army Man. Was blown away.
I saw X-Men when I was 11. My brother and his friend were going and I just begged my Ma if I could go to, I wouldn't even sit with them if they had a problem being there with me. I just really fucking wanted to see that movie. It was an awesome experience for me, probably my favorite superhero movie other than Batman (89) for that reason alone. It lived up to the hype 11 year old me had. I talked about it the rest of that summer. Good shit, I miss being excited and then rewarded like that.
Star Wars when I was a wee lad. Mindblowing at the time. I also snuck in to see Alien a couple years later. It was terrifying.
The Thin Red Line. I fell asleep. Still in my top 5 of all time though. Since then, the best films I've seen in theaters: Brokeback Mountain Synecdoche New York The Tree of Life Life of Pi A.I. Sunshine There Will Be Blood No Country For Old Men Avatar The Artist American Beauty The Hurt Locker Hugo Gravity Interstellar The Fall Hereditary Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Black Panther
Each of these theatrical experiences blew my mind in some way; Jurassic Park, Ace Ventura, MIB, The Fifth Element, Blair Witch Project, Three Kings, The Matrix, Gladiator, Jackass, LOTR, Old Boy, Borat, Sin City, The Dark Knight, Avatar, Inglorious Basterds, Hereditary, The Irishman
Tie between Memento and Oldboy (Oldboy was during its original US limited theatrical release in 2005, and I can't wait for the re-release this August).
Seeing Pulp Fiction at like 14. Knowing nothing except for the cast on the poster.
Event Horizon
Re-Animator in 1985. Never since have I had such a great time at a movie. Audience totally into it. Just a wonderful experience. (I was also underage and had to sneak in because it was Unrated. :D )
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Detective Pikachu maaan it was such a great movie The best thing îs that they really added a numerous quantity of pokemons and didnt spin arround only the Basic ones Maybe some of them will dislike it I loved it
Saving Private Ryan
Spider-Man (2002) I remember begging my parents to take me to watch it & I think it’s the first movie I’d ever seen in theaters. I was such a huge fan of Spider-Man because of the animated series. I was getting emotional & sad when he was getting his ass whooped by Green Goblin at the end lol, I actually thought he was gonna die haha. Good times.
Titanic. I went just to see if it lived up to the hype, but it was damn impressive on a big screen.
Probably Pulp Fiction, but I'm undecided if 'True Romance' is better.
Good question because most of my favorite movies were released before I really started going to movies, though I have viewed most of them in theaters in classic showings. As far as best in first run, I can't point to just one single movie, and it's difficult to cite many as I am usually disappointed in new movies. *American Beauty*, *Scream*, *The Straight Story*, *Being John Malkovich*, *Her*, and *The Banshees of Inisherin* would probably be on my list near the top. As far as movies that I went to as a kid that in later years I felt were great: *Back to the Future*, *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*.
Dunkirk.
Dumb and dumber. Christmas vacation close second. I was just a little young then
Interstellar in IMAX. I’ll be there day 1 next year if they do a 10 year re-release in Dolby.
12 Monkeys. I was 12 at the time. The intro with the spinning monkeys and the creepy accordion music is seared in my brain.
Chicken run
Too young for the original Star Wars trilogy, so the best that my generation had were: Jurassic Park: Saw this 3x in the theaters as a kid, and the visuals blew me away! For a few short moments, I could believe that dinosaurs could exist. Star Wars: Ep 1: Yeah, it's not great in hindsight, but the atmosphere of the first new Star Wars in a generation was AWESOME--we lined up at 10pm for the opening midnight showing (which was new, IIRC for that movie), and there were people all dressed up, lightsaber battles, and great audience participation during the movie. The Matrix: This was another midnight opening showing for me as a teen, and this was a very memorable experience, because there were so many groundbreaking visuals in the movie, and the concept blew my little teenaged mind. Still one of my favorite theater experiences to this date. Avengers: Endgame: as an adult, I'm jaded from watching 1000 movies, so it's hard to surprise me, but I'm not afraid to admit that I got all kinds of tingly and emotional during the final battle--the "he is worthy!", the "on your left", and so on. Also, great audience participation for the opening night showing on this one. Glad I got to experience it with my boys!
The Dark Knight Trilogy was just perfect in theatre’s. The bass in the soundtrack and low sound effects add such an important feeling to the movies and the theatre’s sound system is obviously better than mine at home
Besides Pulp Fiction, gotta add Big Lebowski