Those aside, the absolute greatest theater-going experience I've had in many years was the Lord of the Rings 'Trilogy Tuesday' December before last... what a day! That was the single ticket price showing of the extended editions of FOTR and TTT leading into the midnight showing of ROTK. The theater was capacity (of course), everyone was encouraged to bring pillows, blankets, their own snacks and drinks, etc. The theater chain, AMC, even BOUGHT pizza for the ENTIRE crowd and ran a special by which you could buy 1 popcorn and 1 drink and get free refills for the enitre three shows! They also had $1 nachos and hotdogs... AND you even got a commemorative 'film cel' display.
What an amazing day!