Comments on: Best/Worst Portland-Area Movie Theaters

By: Noir

Noir — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:06:07 +0000

Check out the Century City Center theater when in the Vancouver area. Stadium seating that’s clean and fairly new, just like our favorite Eastport theater. Parking in overhead parking structure across the street. And that little restaurant right next to the theater has the best desserts in a 10 mile radius.

By: Banana Lee Fishbones

Banana Lee Fishbones — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:54:48 +0000

I would agree with Century Eastport, for a few reasons:

* Eastport is one of THREE theaters in the area that is THX Certified. (Cedar Hills and the Cornelius 9 are the other two.)

* Bulk Candy Bins. I like some gummy bears and some M&Ms and I can do that. If I just want a box of Junior Mints, I can do that too. I think the self serve bit goes faster. Plus their ‘other’ food is not bad.

* NO COMMERCIALS!!!!! I don’t care about the trivia stuff and that sort of thing, or even the trailers, which are sort of ads. Last time I went to a Regal theater I saw a commercial before the film that I saw on TV AT HOME before I got to the theater. And at home I didn’t have to pay seven dollars for my seat.

* Midnight shows!!! They get quite a few movies in on the midnight show, and treat the movie nerds pretty well. We were let in early to the Episode III theaters, they scheduled additional showings during the first few opening days so that everyone could get a decent seat and not wait in the crazy line, and in other midnight lines I’ve been in, they try to make sure you are at least inside the building while you wait.

A note if you like your regular theater: TELL THEM! I always tell the manager at Eastport that I don’t mind paying a bit more for the good sound and no commercials. They always like to know that. :)

By: Kai Jones

Kai Jones — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:41:16 +0000

I’ve never yet been to a movie at the Broadway that didn’t end with them giving me a free ticket to come back and see the movie sometime when the sound worked, or the film didn’t break, or whatever.

The Century 16 is it for me, partly because I don’t like driving further west than the West Hills.

By: Rustifer

Rustifer — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:49:48 +0000

I used to love the rundown hole from hell Broadway, way back in high school (mid-to-late 1980s). Primarily for the cheap entrance fee and the empty stadiums.

I agree with you on the Lloyd center cinemas- it’s too bad it’s so central to all my friends. The Century Cedar Mills is awesome, and the vancouver downtown one is pretty nice too.