Nothing better than sipping beer and munching truffle popcorn at the Alamo Drafthouse at the SF location in the Mission. It really makes other theaters look like highway robbery; for the same money you get a dramatically better experience.
Contrast that with seeing a rat scurry across the floor at The Metreon's AMC.
See an angry voice mail from one customer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs, or the playlist with a long list of PSAs, many of which include celebrities, asking you to please not talk: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpX5OvrhWl9I59CYEx_Zt...
Props to anyone who can get Neil Gaiman to make a please no talking PSA in the form of an Agnes Nutter prophecy.
Even if people weren't talking to each other, there's a lot of low volume conversations happening with the waiters and people use their phone to illuminate menus and to see what they are eating.
Depends entirely on the movie. If it's yet another stupid superhero movie, people yelling at the screen makes it much better.
Oh, so you've seen Master Pancake Theater?