AMC Aventura 24

I go to this theatre mainly for the IMAX experience. Breaking every rule of proper seating, I usually go in the daytime in the second week of the film after opening, and sit in the first row of the platform directly behind the wheelchair ramp and seats. I am usually one of maybe a dozen people in the theatre, and weekday audiences are much better than the raucous circus freaks that come in at night and spend 2 hours texting at a film that costs about $19 (explain how needy a person must be to text throughout a film). Sitting that close, I am immersed by the IMAX experience, sound and picture, and the daytime crowd disappears. The ETX screen next door is almost as good as IMAX ….. almost. Previously, in South Florida, the 2 IMAX screens were in South Miami in another AMC complex, and at the Ft. Lauderdale Museum and Discovery Center (but that theatre is waaaaay not deep, and stadium seating must be 25 feet up from front to back). Not a natural configuration, IMHO.

Yes this is a stadium seating theatre and the projection and sound are decent but the place is dirty, from the bathrooms to the concession stands. Its seems that the manager at this facility doesn’t walk thru the place, trash cans filled to capacity at the theatre entrances, at the drink machines and the bathrooms. The condiment area was completely empty and a film of who knows what kind of sticky liquid all over the counter. At many AMC theaters, when you purchase tickets on your phone you can walk right up to the ticket taker and get your tickets, not so here. You have to stand in a line at customer service to get them. I am a stockholder since the IPO and this place is not up to snuff with other AMC theaters I have patronized. I posted pictures of the disgusting bathrooms.

This opened on August 7th, 1998. Grand opening ad in the photo section. Google reviews as of March, 17 is 3.8 (76 percent).

The IMAX here seems to be closed looks like its being upgraded to Laser IMAX.

Like most AMC locations, this theater offers reserved seating and concessions online ordering. Some screens are RealD 3D capable and 2 of the 24 auditoriums are large format, including an IMAX with Laser (1.9:1 ratio) and a Dolby Cinema (featuring recliners).