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In article <19275@oasys.dt.navy.mil> lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Angelito Lucena) writes:
>can someone please recommend some good movie theaters
>in the dc area to go to??  (dc = sub md, dc, no. va)
>
>in specific,  i'm looking for someplace which has
>
>a) good sound
>b) clean picture
>c) i don't have to worry about sticking to the floor....
>d) worth the $5 or $6 admission price

Hmmm, a couple of places come to mind:

Uptown Theater (DC) -- great sound (Full THX!).  Unique curving (hugh!)
screen (holdover from the days when there was a movie or two that ran
three parallel 35mm tracks at once -- if you get into the floor
section, and look up at the booths, you can still see the three
different projection booths).  They have only got one venue, but the
shows are pretty damn good.  I'd rate the cleanliness of the theatre
fairly high, but in *any* one, at the end of the day, you might have
problems.  This is the *the* place to go to see a given 70mm film.

Senator Theater (Baltimore) -- another of the great movie houses from
another era.  Probably larger on the floor than the Uptown, but does
not have a balcony.  A great sound system (full THX!).  They seem to
run a fairly good revival series of 70mm films -- you should call them
to find out what they have in addition to the normal run-of-the-mill
theatres.

Rio (Gaithersburg) -- nice, (pretty) clean and new.  Not capable of
70mm shows, but not bad for a 35mm venue.  I liked it the time I was
there, but haven't been back to see if it has changed.  Some of my
friends really like this one.

>(i've been spoiled by my home a/v system)
>but my girlfriend wants to go to movies....

Part of the charm of the movie is the social aspects of it -- although
a good home system does have it's advantages (and disadvantages).

-Kurt

(Dave Hsu, if you read this, please jump in!)
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