AMC 34th Street 14

I went to the latest Indiana Jones there – literally – out of desperation – due to sold out shows at other theatres.

Here’s what I found.

A big – stadium seating – theatre with an enormous semi-curved screen (theatre 13)…..

good seats (the leather ones were insane) – plenty of leg room ……

Vacumed floors…semi clean restrooms – varied and plentiful candy counters…

excellent sound…

pleasent crowd..

I’m a 34th street boy from now on!

I attended several screenings here as part of the Tribeca Film Fest. I attended at least two screenings in theatre 11 and there was a problem with sound leakage from the booth into the theatre. It sounded as if the sound from one of the other theatres leaked into theatre 11. It appeared to be coming from the projection booth so it could have been someone playing a radio in the projection booth, people talking in the booth or people outside in the lobby talking. It was very annoying.

I didn’t notice the noise problem occuring in Theatre 10, which is across the lobby from Theatre 11, 12 & 13.

I have to stick up for Loew’s 34th St. This theater is Vastly superior in every way to Chelsea Cinemas, but one: Location!
My partner and I gladly walk the extra few blocks to this theater to enjoy the stadium seating, superior sound, sight lines and overall environment. Yes, the restroom situation is annoying, but I can live with it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this neighborhood and I think it makes excellent business sense for AMC to hold onto this complex. A 60 story luxural rental complex has broken ground around the corner and there is much more development on the way. Regarding RobertR’s comment that “Sadly someday these places will be remembered as treasures.”…. We don’t know what the future of theaters will be. Loew’s 34th may indeed be regarded as a True Cinema Treasure and I don’t think it’s sad. I truly enjoy watching movies here and ultimately that makes it a treasure, not along the lines of Radio City, Loew’s Wonder theaters and the Roxy, but a treaure nonetheless.

The same problem existed at the “Worldwide theatre”. When it first opened it was “state of the art” but since it was located between 8th & 9th ave. (Like the 34th st.), few people would go there. Eventially the theatre dropped first run films and screened second run films for $2 and even then it was several years before crowds were seen there.

There are water fountains on 2 levels. Near the rest rooms and on the top level near theatres 9 & 10. I think they charge a little less because the threatre is between 8th & 9th ave. But there is nothing wrong with the neighborhood.

Sadly someday these places will be remembered as treasures.

Bob… there are scores (maybe hundreds) of theaters listed on this site that could hardly be considered “treasures.” Since the site’s database is basically maintained by its members, it seems to have become a repository for every single movie house (old or new, palatial or utilitarian) that we the users know to be (or to have been) in existence. This is the reasonable trade-off that one must accept for having the “Add Theaters” function available to all. Sure, it drives the database a bit off point, but I don’t think I’d want it any other way.

In any event, the 34th Street might be a great place – within the context of the modern megaplex era – to see a movie; with big screens, solid presentation, great sight lines and comfortable accommodations. While it certainly is not a “treasure” in the sense that many of the great old palaces were, it still might be a place worth treasuring when compared to some of the other god-awful dumps that have also been added to the site (see Movieworld in Douglaston or the dreadful but thankfully departed Cinema City 5 in Fresh Meadows).

Can someone please explain to me why this new Megaplex is a “Cinema Treasure?”

I wonder if AMC will raise the ticket prices at the 34th st. Loews was charging $9.50 at this venue.

I’m sure this theatre will not close. It’s only about 5 years old.

I was going to suggest checking over at the AMC Website for post-1/26 showtimes, but as of today (1/25) there’s no indication of the changeover (i.e. no theatres/showtimes listed other than those that were already AMC branded before the merger). Presumably Jan. 27 will be a different story.

As far as I can tell, AMC will simply rebrand all the new acquisitions as AMC—and quickly, as they did when they took over the two former GCC sites near where I live. The company doesn’t appear to have kept any original chain names from its earlier acquisitions (unlike Regal with U.A. and Edwards).

Yes… My cynicism aside, I would also like to see the Loew’s name continue on (even if the theaters themselves are pale shadows of the original showplaces associated with the circuit).

The only reason they keep the old theater-chain names after mergers is to advance the illusion of free market competition!