Since AMC bought Carmike, they are converting most of the theaters in my area and making many of the auditoriums full-service dine-in. It sounds fucking terrible and distracting to have people bringing food all throughout the movie. Is that how it works?
It's absolutely terrible, probably even worse than you're imagining. Here is a pic from my local dine-in AMC (which I avoid like the plague).
Those table top lights are
super distracting and there's a bunch of shit on the table (like laminated menus, ketchup bottles, etc) that reflects that light right into your eyes. There's a brightly lit red button that you press to get service. There's waiters walking all around and taking orders, and although they do their best to be quiet and discreet, the customers don't have that same courtesy. Lady sitting next to me made the waiter list their entire drink menu to her as the movie was playing - annoying.
And basically in the final 20 minutes or so of the movie, the waiters are coming back and forth with checks and collecting payments etc. Ruins the whole movie experience.
Wife's been working nonstop lately so we haven't had the chance.
