AMC 84th Street 6
2310 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10024
2310 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10024
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“The Rocketeer” showed at the Loews 84th Street 6 in 70mm 6-Track Dolby Stereo SR beginning on Friday June 21, 1991 (the film’s nationwide release date).
I went last night for the first time to this theater. Wow!
So worth the extra subway stops.
Do all screens here have the same seats?
hdtv267: In other areas of the country they have taken some of their aging, smaller but still profitable theatres [ http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7740/comments ] and installed the reclining seats and upgraded the concession operation, plus they have installed ‘MacGuffin’s Bar’ in the lobby, serving beer, wine and spirits that you can drink there or take to your seat. Have they done that here? I’m curious to know if that creates problems in that particular theatre, especially if they are still booking it as an action house.
Was the new seating installed on the original sloped floor, or have the auditoriums been converted to stadium seating?
there was an article in last week’s NYT about the luxury seat resurgence and has photos of the seats in this theater.
The theatre is being renovated in stages. In at least one room comfortable reclining chairs have been installed, which cuts down on seating capacity while making the audience virtually horizontal. When attending “Star Trek Into Darkness” other audience members were similarly bemused by the recliners. It was like being in your living room with the largest TV screen in the world. The hazard is if the movie is a real dozer – reclined, you are more inclined to fall asleep.
I checked the listings for the Loews 84th this weekend and noticed a drop in the number of films playing there. Based on the listings for the weekend (and into the following week), it seems that films are only being shown on three of the six screens. I haven’t had the chance to walk by the theater to inquire, but my hunch is that the auditoriums are being renovated. If so, an overdue development, to put it mildly.
http://gothamist.com/2013/03/06/the_best_movie_theaters_in_nyc.php
An article in The Gothamist names this as the worst theatre in NYC, listing a myriad of problems. I have never been to this theatre, I would like to see comments from patrons.
This theatre opened on March 15, 1985 and the intro needs to be corrected.
Renewing link.
Renewing link.
The opening films were Mask, Into The Night and Lost In America.
From the intro:
“At one time, the Loews 84th Street was the highest grossing movie theatre in the country. It was the highest grossing theatre in NYC until the Loews Lincoln Square opened in late 1994.”
From 1989 to 1994 the Chelsea 9 was the highest grossing theatre in NYC.
This theatre opened on March 15, 1985 and the intro needs to be corrected.
Wall to wall C plus movies.
It aint the building.
It’s the management.
I, too, noticed this theater started deteriorating around the time Sony started funneling almost all of the more important movies into its newer, tonier Lincoln Square.
How could you tell it was “dried blood?” Are you a medical professional?
posted by Warren on Dec 3, 2007 at 8:43am
No, but my friend was a nurse. And, two days prior, I understand that there was a gang fight in the theater.
very funny. Real D is no Imax 3d, since Imax 3d is still my favorite 3d format of all time.
i agree, markl. Even the AMC in Rockaway, a year old theater, can’t afford the money drawn from concession sales to drive the purchase of a new Real D system. I saw it before the Nightmare release and it’s better than IMAX 3-D at the lincoln square theater. Seems that the 84th street is acting up like its bigger brother. The only downside is that both complexes don’t have stadium seating, which AMC’s mammoth Empire 25 has, even though it’s not located in a crowded area like Times Square.
Warren,
REAL-D is a digital 3-D system. It has been used for Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Nightmare Before Christmas and Beowulf, along with a few others. It works quite well, but I understand it is very expensive for exhibitors.
This place is a complete dump. The last time I was there, it was crowded and I was sitting close to the front. I looked down at the floor and saw a large area of dried blood.
Yeah, like if someone like me gets comments to theaters I don’t want to read up to date about. That’s like spam!!! I only read comments to theaters I’ve been to in my life. Just click on remove this thread post in the email thing and that’s it. You can also leave the checking box alone if you don’t want your comment read by so many people.
Is that really important enough for you to post as a comment to many different theatres?
This theater had its screens professionally cleaned by 1570 Cinema Services 10/15/07. House #2 is Real D.