Best type of film to see at the cinema.

[chasmmi]

Which genre is best enhanced by the cinema experience?There are many great films in my DVD collection that I probably would not watch in the cinema. Things like Schindler's List or Green Mile for instance.For me I like to go to the cinema for one of 3 reasons (well 3 film-based reasons at least)1) It's something like Matrix or Titanic where the SFX require cinema viewing.2) It's comedy. Any half decent comedy would trump a fantastically acclaimed drama for me as far as seeing it in the cinema.3) Horror, Who doesn't think horror is better with a shit scared audience all around you?Thoughts?

[Kvikk Lunsj]

For me drama and historical pieces.

[Fanboy]

Horror. I gave both PA3 and Insidious an A on first viewings when they're closer to B/B- movies. The theatre experience was just so awesome for both of them.

[Olive]

SFXAnimationsHorror

[A Marvel Fanboy]

ALL

[riczhang]

It has to be dramas, and period pieces. I voted for action as well, because they do look better on the big screen, but with 4K home projectors they're gonna be close to theatre quality at home soon too. However, I think that the disconnected environment of a theatre, and the immersive experience fits dramas, and period pieces best, because they demand the most concentration.

[blenderbus]

Horror, it can be pretty immersive sometimes

[Totem]

Period/Historical for me. Also fantasy

Edited October 30, 2012 by Totem

[JCS]

Action. You need a huge screen with a massive sound system to enjoy it properly!

[vc2002]

Anything that relies heavily on visuals.

[SchumacherFTW]

Anything that goes through a projector gets my vote.

[Letsuseournoggin]

Action as the sets, visuals and chaos on screen jump out in IMAX.Horror because when you're with a bunch of others who are just as excited to get the crap scared out of themselves, it's so intimate.Drama because I love seeing something like Argo unfold on screen while tension builds and the audience collectively leans forward for the ending.

[AniNate]

Anything with a good musical score

[75Live]

I watch everything but if I had to choose, pretty much everything other than comedy and musicals need to be seen at a theater

[Jessie]

comedy easily. The atmosphere is so much better. You can watch a comedy alone and find it boring, but watch it at the cinema with hundreds of people laughing around you and it's so much more enjoyable, hence why comedy's have better multipliers.IMO action movies are great to watch but only if they have a lot of humour. Avengers was a great experience at the cinema due to the laughter from the films comic moments.And no, horrors are fucking annoying, nothing worse than little girls screaming every time the background music ups a tempo. It's far scarier watching a horror in a lonely dark house than at the cinema with a bunch of bellends.

Edited October 31, 2012 by Jessie

[Ozymandias]

Comedy and big budget scifi IMO.