Greatest Cinematic Experience....

[TheJL]

Jurassic Park - Truly an amazing experience, especially since the special effects still hold up well today.

 

[Flint Marko]

The Avengers, and there isn't a close second.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I've had plenty of fun theater experiences, but nothing really beats The Dark Knight or The Avengers for me and for entirely different reasons. Watching both of those films though the audience was super invested and reacting to every BIG moment. Both also got HUGE applause's at the end.

 

[Iceman]

Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings.

 

[THE WOLF]

Creed. Had chills

 

[m2k]

The Matrix. Went in just about completely blind. Neither myself or my buddy had ever saw a trailer, commercial, word of mouth, etc. for the movie. Just went off by the movie poster in front and that it's Keanu Reeves and thought, 'Eh. What the heck?'.

It's a slow unraveling movie so the first 3rd, I'm like 'Da hell is this movie about and where's it's going? Did we make a bad choice?' ..
Well. Needless to say, when it was over, we came out of the theater like... Whoa. lol.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

My parents taking me to see Jaws when it was first released. A great evening and a great film (it's still my all time #5). No other cinema experience has come close - and I've had some good ones.

 

[honestbharani]

The Avengers for me, and then daylight. I grew up in Chennai, a city in South India and here we have an actor called Rajinkanth who does a lot of larger than life heroic characters and it felt like I was watching one of his movies here in Chennai when I watched Avengers in Indianapolis. It was just surreal and easily the greatest cinematic experience I have had watching an English movie.


EDIT: Should probably add that it was because of the audience reactions and reception and the general atmosphere in the movie hall. It felt very much like home to me.

 

[Lasirius]

Midnight screening of The Dark Knight. One of the best days of my early 20s.

Jurassic Park

The Sixth Sense

 

[righthooksrus86]

Jurassic Park - Truly an amazing experience, especially since the special effects still hold up well today.

Definitely, I saw it when I was about 5 years old Im 31 now and it still takes my breath away...I remember as a kid closing my eyes during the T-Rex chase scene.

 

[childeroland]

Seeing Millennium Mambo on the big screen, my discovery of Asian art cinema. The opening scene of Qi Shu running through the tunnel while her voiceover from ten years later describes how she survived her youth is the most stunning thing I've ever seen on the big screen.

A close second is the opening scene of Rebels of the Neon God, the sequence of disaffected youths riding their motorcycles in downtown Taipei at night.

 

[InCali]

Hmmmmmm......that's a difficult one because I like apples, oranges, carrots, and peas (actually I hate peas, but you get the point). The Avengers was cool. The first Iron Man was cool because I'd never seen anything quite like it before. Watching "Once Upon a Time in America" (long version) was amazing as was The Godfather. The 3D visuals of Hugo and Avatar were mind blowers.

The Last Airbender....oh....never mind....

 

[GreenKToo]

I have several that stand out, but the absolute best was S:TM.
I remember seeing the ads on tv for it, and having already been into his comics, it was a must see.
My mom took me.
I'll never forget being a 7 year old and sitting there, waiting and waiting for it to start.
When it finally did, and they did the comic intro, I remember having goosebumps and clapping. It was Like Christmas morning.
I've been a huge fan ever since.

 

[sueb1863]

Watching Ghostbusters opening weekend in 1984, before anybody knew all the lines and jokes. When the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man showed up at the end, it was pandemonium. I've never heard a theater laugh like that.

Also saw Amadeus at the Colony Theater in Cleveland when it opened. Great movie in a big beautiful restored theater. That was awesome.

 

[mackblack01]

The Revenant was my best cinematic experience. During the viewing I kept repeating to myself just how beautiful the visual is and how poignant the music is. It felt so real. It was really the first time that I was THAT invested and immersed into a movie. A truly grandiose movie to watch in theaters.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

The Matrix.

Closer to an outer body, religious drug experience than to a movie going experience.

I felt like my whole life was leading to that experience.

Of course, I went in fresh, not knowing what to expect and I saw it with a west coast audience. Yeah, it was perfection.

 

[Spider-Fan]

In my lifetime, I think back to these ones:

Jurassic Park- It's the earliest memory I have of going to the cinema to see a movie. Loved dinosaurs as a kid, and this blew my mind.

Spider-Man - CBMs were not a norm at the time, and Spider-Man was a real event when it happened.

The Avengers - Seeing the MCU come together and bring us something that was only ever a pipe dream due to rights situations and such was a dream come true.

These are probably my 3 favorite film going experiences.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

When the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man showed up at the end, it was pandemonium. I've never heard a theater laugh like that.

It's interesting you say that. I'm in the UK and saw Ghostbusters when it was first released. The audience reaction was great all through the movie until the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man turned up, when it flattened a little (we didn't really know him over here). Things soon picked up again though!

 

[OutOfBoose]

I still remember that late Autumn 1999. The Matrix was a transcending experience. Nothing came close before or since.

 

[the last son]

Cloverfield. Had no idea what it was about going in and my mind was blown. So, much fun.

 

[Kev4000]

Arrival and Winter Soldier.
Arrival really ****ed my mind and Winter Soldier made me to a real fan of Comic movies. It was a boring saturday and I liked Evans so I give it a try.

 

[BobJM]

In my lifetime, I think back to these ones:

Jurassic Park- It's the earliest memory I have of going to the cinema to see a movie. Loved dinosaurs as a kid, and this blew my mind.

Spider-Man - CBMs were not a norm at the time, and Spider-Man was a real event when it happened.

The Avengers - Seeing the MCU come together and bring us something that was only ever a pipe dream due to rights situations and such was a dream come true.

These are probably my 3 favorite film going experiences.

This was my first thought. And seeing X2: X-Men United was an amazing experience with the final frame teasing the Phoenix

 

[Steyin]

Batman Begins.

I didn't even know the movie was coming out until like a month before it opened. It was everything I wanted out of a Batman film (minus Rachel) and had me pumped, and we had a WB survey at the end about what we liked, etc. Took my mom to see it a week later and she loved it too.

 

[MadderMaximus]

Jurassic Park, specifically the T'Rex's escape scene. I can't recall a rush from any movie since that I got with JP. Sure, better movies, but I think that scene was the defining moment where I knew I loved going to the movies. Watching them at home will never be the same experience for me, even if I got rich and could afford to make my own home theatre, I'll never get that same magic. JP is still the movie I've seen the most times in a theater (6).

The Dark Knight came in second with 5 times.

 

[Boom]

1) Jurassic Park
2) The Dark Knight
3) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4) Dunkirk
5) Marvel's The Avengers