8. Exclusive Seating
You know the ones - the seats right in the middle of the cinema that cost more, provide scant added comfortability and remain unoccupied nearly all the goddamn time. There's a time and a place for theatre seats that separate the rich from the poor, and that's Tsarist Russia. The likes of Odeon's Premier seating un-democratises cinema, turning the people's art form into one that implies those with money should get the best viewpoint in the house. It's a bit like how kings used to sit on the balcony at the opera, while the paupers sat grunting in the rows below, like the wastes of air they were. At least it would be like that, if anyone actually used those exclusive 'Premier' seats outside of over-booked first day showings, when film fans have to annoyingly shell out the extra money through necessity. The rest of the time, the exclusive seats largely remain empty. As it stands, seating reserved for those who light their cigars with 20 dollar bills just takes up space that the rest of us cash-strapped lot could use.