IronMan

On both Warren and Harkins ads in the paper for showtimes, it states ''largest screen in Oklahoma''. Who is telling the truth? On a side note, how many does the Cine Capri seat?

Harkins is 70' I believe and Warren is 80'.

I believe the Cine Capri seats more, but Warren also did two large screens instead of Harkin's just doing one.

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Please tell me that Harkins is going to add more balcony seating.

Harkins has one auditorium that seats 600 (the Capri). Their second largest seats 420ish. The Warren screens only seat about 450 each, including balcony. Harkins still has the largest auditorium and still beats Warren even when you combine each theatre's two largest auditoriums.


And Warren's screen is NOT 80 feet. That's the whole point. Even if it were 80x40, like they claim, they couldn't actually use the whole screen at once. The dimensions for 80x40 are 2:1. Movies are ONLY released at 2.39:1 or 1.85:1. So they need to either use masking to make the screen shorter (making it "wider") or to make it less wide (so to make it "taller").

The Cine Capri is still the largest screen in Oklahoma.

Alright... enough of this bickering. I'm calling both places tomorrow, if I don't get in my car and waste $20 bucks to go to both, and i'm going to talk to someone who will listen. I want to know who REALLY has the largest screen.

Hey I have something you guys can fight about, here's a quote from the Warren's website:

"The Warren Theatre is the first theater in the WORLD to incorporate all Digital Cinema and THX technology!"


I actually wouldn't necessarily doubt this. The Warren is the first theater I've ever gone to that I thought had a better setup than what I have in my home. And I've spent thousands on my home setup.

Not to continue a disagreement but... the large theatres in Warren seat over 500 a piece. I was there the other night and I counted at least 18 rows of 25 from the balcony with several rows still under the balcony. The balcony seats 86. The seats in Warren are wider than what Harkins has along with more room between the rows.
On the screen size issue, all I have read about the screen is that it is over 80ft wide and over 4 stories tall. What if it was around 43 ft, would that not put the screen close to 1.85:1?

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When I was there I asked a member of management, and they said "80x40."

And the fire capacity limit (which is posted I believe right above the exit door) was only 400ish.... 450. And I thought the rows seemed to have very little room between them, but I could be remember wrong there...

all that said.... the Warren still makes all other theaters, including the Harkins, pale in comparison.

This last weekend I went to the Cinemark IMAX in Tulsa.... I don't know if that's supposed to be considered a nice theater or not, but it felt like a COMPLETE DUMP to me, especially after a few trips to the Warren. The concession and service quality was VERY POOR. It was amazing how bad it all was.....

So, I guess we're all learning a few things here:

1. Size matters.

2. Because of Rule #1, guys tend to exaggerate their size.

3. While Rule #1 applies, it's not the only factor. The smaller size can compensate by adding quality over quantity.

Such are the ways of the world.

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Warren is a very nice theatre; mostly much nicer than Harkins (I think Harkins does have a better concession stand, but Warren makes up for it with the diner, etc.). My point was just that Harkins does have the largest screen in Oklahoma still, and that Warren is lying about it (which can sour me to a business).


And Cinemarks are generally crap, anyway. Tinseltown near the zoo is a Cinemark and that place is just awful.