This theatre opened on July 15, 1994 as the Cobb Hollywood 16, at 3312 Memorial Parkway, SW. Click here if you're interested in seeing the movies that played here on opening night. Regal took over this theatre when it took over Cobb on August 1, 1997. Some previous managers: Hadon Ware (1995-1996), Matt Montague (1997).

This facility has stadium seating in all auditoriums and has digital sound in all auditoriums. The entire upgrade was completed as of January 28, 2000.

A very important upgrade was made to this facility during the November 2002 to March 2003 time period. When built, Cobb built only 4 screens with adjustable masking to handle both the flat and scope formats. Regal added two screens that had adjustable masking, but 12 screens still had 1.85:1-only screens, on which scope movies (2.39:1) lost 23 percent of the image on the sides. The problem has being remedied. Now both the flat and scope movie formats can be shown in all auditoriums without image loss.

The auditoriums were renumbered at this location during the July to October 1999 time period due to the addition of two new auditoriums. The renumbering went as follows: 1 remained 1, 2 was new, 2-15 were renumbered 3-16, 17 was new, and 16 became 18.

List of movie presentations attended:

2004/11/05 19:50, Auditorium 2
The Incredibles

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 1.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope computer-animated film.
• Problem codes: none

2004/10/19 19:00, Auditorium 5
Shaun of the Dead

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.9889)
• Image comments: Lighted rectangular area illuminated on screen from booth. Shadow of operator starting projector visible on screen. Lighted rectangular area was visible during dark scenes of movie. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excelent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width (constant width with top and bottom masking): 28 feet. Flat film.
• Problem codes: b1

2004/09/17 19:15, Auditorium 10
Wimbledon

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.9667)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excelent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 48 feet. Screen width (scope mode): 40 feet. Scope film, filmed in super35.
• Problem codes: none

2004/07/08 16:00, Auditorium 9
King Arthur

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.9187)
• Image comments: Left edge had significant aperture shadow, as did parts of the upper and right edges. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 48 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). The preshow digital projector for advertising was not aligned with the screen. The image lacked about a foot reaching the left, bottom, and right sides of the screen in flat mode. I'm debating on whether to include presentation defects from the digital motion picture material in the ratings. Scope film, with super35 origination.
• Problem codes: A2

2004/06/14 19:25, Auditorium 12
Troy

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.9021)
• Image comments: Left edge of image had shadows from uneven aperture plate edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Unsure if digital or optical. Noticeable hiss in audio (-1).
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Adjustable top and bottom masking. A digital projector was used to show 20 minutes of commercials without sound (thankfully). From the front row of the stadium section, the pixels in the digital projection were very obvious -- distractingly so! When the film projector was started, there were no commercials, just previews and the movie. The film image looked superior to the digital projector. The use of the digital projector would be appear much more professional if a much higher resolution were used, and if it were matched to the aspect ratio of the movie being shown, especially in the smaller auditoriums where the screen has to shrink vertically for scope movies.
• Problem codes: A1 d1

2004/05/28 19:30, Auditorium 8
Shrek 2

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.8910)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet (common width system with top/bottom masking). Flat animated film. A digitally-projected 20 minutes of commercials called The 20 was showing in this auditorium 20 minutes before the advertised show time. When the film projector was started, there were no commercials -- just previews. I found the audio to be a bit too loud during The 20, and wish a lower volume level would be used for those commercials than is used for the movie.
• Problem codes: none

2004/05/07 19:00, Auditorium 2
Van Helsing

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.8764)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet (in front). Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking. Flat film. 6 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: none

2004/01/30 19:15, Auditorium 3
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.8090)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Sound OK during movie, but during all pre-movie material, sound was very faint and distorted. It was likely playing in analog in a very miscalibrated system. (-2)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet (adjustable top masking). Scope film, filmed in super35. 4 commericals were played before the previews started, the most that I consider to be a reasonable number.
• Problem codes: d2

2003/11/18 19:05, Auditorium 2
Love Actually

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.7590)
• Image comments: On top edge, top right has aperture shadow. At bottom of left edge, there was a small portion that went onto the drapes (appeared to be a small chunk out of the aperture plate there). (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 39 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35. Adjustable side masking. 6 commericals were played before the previews started.
• Problem codes: A1

2003/10/25 19:05, Auditorium 10
Scary Movie 3

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.7431)
• Image comments: Image faded out before reaching bottom of screen (6 inches to a foot from bottom edge). (-2) Slight shutter ghosting in lower half of image. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Flat film. Adjustable side masking. Reel one of this print was defective. The image fluctuated between normal and having a yellowish tint every few seconds all the way through reel one, especially on the left edge of the image. The audio was affected as well. Part of reel one did not play in digital. Note that I'm not deducting for this since any theatre playing this reel would have the same problem. 10 commercials were played before the previews started. Evidentally, this is a new trend at Regal Theatres, and maybe others. There was Regal Crown Club, video game commercials, a set of 3 Coke commercials, and others. This is a disturbing trend that is probably here to stay.
• Problem codes: A2 G1

2003/09/09 19:15, Auditorium 16
American Wedding

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.7111)
• Image comments: Image went beyong left edge of screen past black masking onto drapes and left a 6 to 8 inch black area on the right edge of the screen. (Image was off-center to left). (-3)
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Scope film, filmed in super35. Screen had adjustable top and bottom masking.
• Problem codes: A3

2003/07/31 19:10, Auditorium 12
Bruce Almighty

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.6847)
• Image comments: Right edge went beyond right black masking onto drapes -- also, dark area at upper right corner. (-1) Lenses or port glass needed cleaning. Spots were visible in upper left corner of image and blooming of bright areas into dark areas was noticed, hurting contrast. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Some brief digital dropouts occurred during this movie, but there were widespread occurrences of this problem with this particular movie all over the country, so I'm not deducting for it.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Flat film. There are some outtakes in the credits.
• Problem codes: A1 T1 H1

2003/07/25 21:40, Auditorium 12
Bruce Almighty

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.6806)
• Image comments: Windowboxed trailer of Finding Nemo printed in scope format was shown with flat lens and aperture, with everything squeezed in by 2. (-1) Right edge went beyond right black masking onto drapes -- also, dark area at upper right corner. (-1) Lenses or port glass needed cleaning. Spots were visible in upper left corner of image and blooming of bright areas into dark areas was noticed, hurting contrast. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Some brief digital dropouts occurred during this movie, but there were widespread occurrences of this problem with this particular movie all over the country, so I'm not deducting for it.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Flat film. There are some outtakes in the credits.
• Problem codes: A1 R1 T1 H1

2003/07/23 19:20, Auditorium 18
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.6792)
• Image comments: Aperture shadow on top 6 inches of screen and left foot of screen. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 35 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking. Scope film, filmed in super35. There is a brief scene at the end of the credits.
• Problem codes: A2

2003/06/17 19:25, Auditorium 12
The In-Laws

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.6542)
• Image comments: Image went slightly beyond right black screen masking onto drapes. (-1).
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2003/05/27 19:05, Auditorium 6
Down With Love

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.6403)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 28 feet. Constant width screen with adjustable vertical masking. Scope film, filmed with an anamorphic lens. The leading intro contains a Cinemascope logo, and the end credits say FIlmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: none

2003/04/14 18:30, Auditorium 10
Anger Management

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.6104)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking. Scope film, filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: none

2003/01/28 19:10, Auditorium 10
About Schmidt

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.5576)
• Image comments: Misframed by 1-2 feet on the screen, very noticeable during previews (black shown at bottom), and tops of heads were but off in some scenes. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: M2

2003/01/27 19:05, Auditorium 5
Adaptation

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.5569)
• Image comments: Misframed slightly, causing many of the text captions placed at the bottom of the screen to be partially or totally cut off, making them unreadable.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 31 feet. Screen width: 27 feet. Flat film. There was tape on the port glass forming a rectangle to keep the image from going beyond the screen borders, since this screen is slightly smaller in flat mode than it used to be due to the installation (in progress) of adjustable top masking. A loose ceiling tile in the middle of the auditorium looked as if it were about to fall.
• Problem codes: M2

2003/01/17 19:15, Auditorium 10
A Guy Thing

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.5500)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2003/01/01 19:30, Auditorium 13
Just Married

• Grade: -17 (Current grade weight : 0.5389)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Volume was too low, making dialogue hard to understand at times in this crowded auditorium. (-2)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 27.5 feet (flat mode). Flat film. Projector was started at 7:00 instead of 7:30. The projector was stopped at 7:15 and instead of restarting from the beginning, the film was restarted from where it left off, 10 minutes into the movie. The majority of the people in this nearly-sold-out auditorium did not get to see the first 10 minutes of the movie because of this. (-15)
• Problem codes: O15 d2

2002/12/30 14:00, Auditorium 2
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.5382)
• Image comments: Right top corner of screen masking curves upward, while aperture curves downward. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 48.5 feet in front, 53.5 feet in rear. Screen width: 39 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/12/11 19:40, Auditorium 15
Solaris

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.5250)
• Image comments: Image went beyond left masking onto left auditorium wall. (-2). Regal Policy trailer was spliced in one perforation out of frame. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable screen masking (1.85:1-only). Scope film, filmed with anamorphic lens. Shown at 1.85:1 (see facility deduction in the final rating for this theatre.)
• Problem codes: A3 M1

2002/10/11 19:30, Auditorium 14
Sweet Home Alabama

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.4833)
• Image comments: Jagged aperture plate edges visible at top and right sides (right side being the worst). (-3).
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 29 1/2 feet. No adjustable masking. This was a scope film shown with 23 percent of the image width cut off. (see facility deduction in the rating for this theatre)
• Problem codes: A3

2002/09/13 19:20, Auditorium 10
Stealing Harvard

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.4639)
• Image comments: Image lacked about 6 inches touching bottom of screen (faded edge). (-2). Right edge had fading. (-1).
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 30 feet. Adjustable side masking. Flat film. There were several groups of unruly teenagers in this showing. Ushers were doing a good job of keeping them quiet and in order.
• Problem codes: A3

2002/07/12 19:05, Auditorium 8
Mr. Deeds

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.4215)
• Image comments: Slight shutter ghosting visible in lower third of image (tails were 6 to 12 inches on the screen). (-1) Scope version of Regal policy trailer was placed in the middle of all flat material. This policy trailer was shown squeezed in by a factor of two (tall and thin) with top and bottom cropped off. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Flat film. Show was close to selling out.
• Problem codes: G1 R1

2002/05/06 16:30, Auditorium 10
Spider-Man

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.3757)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Flat film. This audience was full of talkers, seat kickers, and cell phone users, and was one of the worst theatre experiences I've had (if not the all-time worst). At the box office, I tried to use an emergency ticket that I was told had no restrictions when it was given to me. Evidentally, no restrictions does not mean no restrictions.
• Problem codes: none

2002/04/10 21:25, Auditorium 5
Ice Age

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.3576)
• Image comments: Slight shutter ghosting visible during credits and previews, but was not noticeable during movie itself. (-1).
• Audio comments: Digital sound defaulted to analog at some points during previews and for a total of around 15 minutes of the movie. During this time, a noticeable talking under water effect was audible. (-3)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 30 feet. No adjustable masking (1.85:1 only). Flat film. Computer animated.
• Problem codes: G1 D3

2002/03/23 16:05, Auditorium 6
Sorority Boys

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.3458)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 30 feet. No adjustable screen masking was present (1.85:1-only). Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/02/17 19:30, Auditorium 18
Super Troopers

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.3208)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 29 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2002/02/10 19:35, Auditorium 9
Big Fat Liar

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.3160)
• Image comments: Right side of image was noticeably out of focus, while the left side was sharp. (-1).
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). New side masking curtains had been installed since my last visit to this auditorium. The old blue ones had been replaced with black ones. Flat film.
• Problem codes: f1

2002/02/08 21:55, Auditorium 2
Rollerball

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.3146)
• Image comments: Right side of top edge faded due to masking curving upward. Masking needs to be realigned or aperture adjusted. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet at front. Screen width: 39 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking is present on this screen. Scope film, filmed with an anamorphic lens.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/01/21 13:30, Auditorium 4
The Royal Tenenbaums

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.3028)
• Image comments: Slight aperture shadow on right side of image. (-1).
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Scope film, filmed in Panavision. Was projected at 1.85:1 with 23 percent of image cut off. This was very noticeable since this movie had many captions and words that fell into the outer 23 percent of the image horizontally, cutting them off at the beginning or end. This screen has no adjustable masking and every movie is shown at 1.85:1. (see facility deduction in final rating for this facility).
• Problem codes: A1

2001/11/28 19:10, Auditorium 14
Shallow Hal

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.2660)
• Image comments: The image didn't quite reach the upper side of the left edge of the screen. The image didn't quite reach much of the lower edge of the screen. The image was off-center 1 foot to the right (on the screen) within the aperture. (-2 for all the minor alignment problems combined) Left portion of image was slightly out of focus, and was noticeable mostly in the lower left portion of the image. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 31 feet. Screen width: 29 feet. There is no adjustable masking on this screen (1.85:1 only). Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2 f1

2001/11/02 16:40, Auditorium 18
Monsters, Inc.

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2479)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present in this auditorium. Flat animated film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/08/27 19:20, Auditorium 2
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.2028)
• Image comments: At right side of top edge, image at least 6 inches from top of screen. This seems to be a problem with the masking being curved up rather than an aperture plate problem. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope/Super35 film. Projector was started 12 minutes late. (-1).
• Problem codes: A1 T1

2001/08/09 19:00, Auditorium 2
The Princess Diaries

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.1903)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present in this auditorium. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/08/01 19:10, Auditorium 9
America's Sweethearts

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.1847)
• Image comments: Fading on top edge, slightly worse at right side of top edge. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed with an anamorphic lens. There was a teenage girl sitting 4 seats to the right of me that put her arms up and was just having way too much fun during the Regal roller coaster policy trailer. I couldn't help but get tickled.
• Problem codes: A2

2001/05/21 19:30, Auditorium 10
Shrek

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.1361)
• Image comments: Same initial problem as on 2001/05/18 in same auditorium. Image misframed approximately 2 feet so that image center was projected 2 feet below screen center. I went to the lobby and reported the problem this time and it was corrected, after which, all was well. (-2) Still, I have a feeling that every showing of this movie up to this showing was shown 2 feet out of frame.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Side adjustable masking is present on this screen. Animated flat film.
• Problem codes: M2

2001/05/18 17:00, Auditorium 10
Shrek

• Grade: -6 (Current grade weight : 0.1340)
• Image comments: Image misframed approximately 2 feet so that image center was projected 2 feet below screen center. Was extremely noticeable during previews and noticeable during movie (composition problems). (-6) The showing of Shrek before this one in the same auditorium was run out of frame by the same amount.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Side adjustable masking is present on this screen. Animated flat film.
• Problem codes: M6

2001/05/04 19:30, Auditorium 18
The Mummy Returns

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.1243)
• Image comments: Slight aperture shadow on top and right edges. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width (scope mode): 35 feet. Adjustable side masking. There were two showings of this movie in two different auditoriums at the same time and the ticket taker did not differentiate between the two auditoriums. Auditorium 18 became available before auditorium 10 (indicated on my ticket stub), so my friends and I went into auditorium 18. This was supposedly a sold-out show, but there were many empty seats in auditorium 18. Scope film. Appears to have been filmed with an anamorphic attachment.
• Problem codes: A2

2001/04/20 19:25, Auditorium 2
Freddy Got Fingered

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.1146)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/02/18 21:30, Auditorium 18
Recess: School's Out

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0715)
• Image comments: Strong aperture shadow visible on top edge (at left). Aperture shadow also visible on left edge. (-2) Image misframed so that center of image was one foot too high on screen. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 30 feet. Flat film. This auditorium has movable side masking.
• Problem codes: A2 M1

2001/02/16 19:20, Auditorium 6
Saving Silverman

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0701)
• Image comments: Top edge faded in places; right edge faded slightly. (-2) Print had a vertical scratch during several scenes, and at this time, the movie had only been playing for a week. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 30 feet. No adjustable masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2 S1

2000/12/17 19:45, Auditorium 10
Dude, Where's My Car

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0292)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 32 feet. Flat film. This screen has adjustable side masking.
• Problem codes: none

2000/11/04 19:10, Auditorium 10
Charlie's Angels

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width (scope mode): 40 feet. Scope film, filmed in super35. This screen has adjustable side masking.
• Problem codes: none

2000/09/30 21:35, Auditorium 2
Almost Famous

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 39 feet (scope mode). This auditorium has adjustable side masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/09/10 19:05, Auditorium 2
Nurse Betty

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Right portion of top edge of image did not reach top of screen. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 39 feet (scope mode). This auditorium has adjustable side masking. Scope film, filmed in super35.
• Problem codes: A2

2000/08/06 19:05, Auditorium 15
Scary Movie

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent appearance. However, this scope movie was shown at 1.85:1 with 23 percent of the image missing on the sides. (See facility deduction in final rating for this theatre.)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable masking is present on this screen. Scope film (shown cropped to 1.85:1 although correct shape is 2.39:1.)
• Problem codes: none

2000/07/21 19:30, Auditorium 13
Loser

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 30 feet. No adjustable masking.
• Problem codes: none

2000/07/14 19:35, Auditorium 2
X-Men

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on left edge. (-1) Right portion of top edge did not reach screen top, and it was difficult to determine if it was due to the masking not being horizontal (curving upward) or due to a projector alignment problem. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent. This was some of the best directional surround sound I've ever heard.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet in front. Screen width: approximately 40 feet in scope mode. Movie was filmed in Panavision. This was a sold-out showing and the audience was great except two idiots who brought crying babies and one idiot with a cell phone that went off for about 30 seconds before he turned it off.
• Problem codes: A2

2000/06/28 20:00, Auditorium 1
Chicken Run

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: All edges fine except left edge. There was 2 feet of black between the left side of image and left masking. (-3) Masking needs to be set properly and projector aimed correctly.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 30 feet. Image width (flat): 28 feet. Flat film, claymation. Ticket stub indicated auditorium 18 at time 19:20. The showing was at 20:00 (the time my friend and I asked for) in auditorium 1.
• Problem codes: A3

2000/06/23 19:00, Auditorium 2
Chicken Run

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet in front. Screen width (flat mode): 30 feet. Flat film, claymation (Wallace and Gromit style).
• Problem codes: none

2000/05/27 19:45, Auditorium 6
Road Trip

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 30 feet. Fixed-width screen with no adjustable masking at sides or top. (1.85:1). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/04/08 19:10, Auditorium 14
Return to Me

• Grade: -7 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on right and bottom. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Audio was very surround heavy. From the stadium seats, all audio seems to come from the surround speakers (even the main dialogue) and not from the front. When I walked to the front section of the auditorium, the front speakers could be heard. In any case, this audio system was not calibrated properly. In addition, bass sounds from the adjacent auditoriums could be heard loudly and clearly and were quite distracting at times. At least the sound was clear and the dialogue was understandable with no difficulty. (-5)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 32 feet. Screen width: 30 feet. There is no adjustable masking in this auditorium.
• Problem codes: A2 d5

2000/03/05 13:15, Auditorium 18
My Dog Skip

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet; screen width: 29 feet. Flat film. This auditorium had adjustable side masking.
• Problem codes: none

2000/02/12 19:05, Auditorium 5
Stuart Little

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium: 32 feet wide. Screen: 30 feet wide, no adjustable masking, 1.85:1. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/01/21 17:00, Auditorium 7
Toy Story 2

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Fading on upper half of right edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Frequent pops from surround channels. (-1)
• Other comments: Auditorium: 28 feet wide, 37 feet deep. Screen: 26 feet wide, with no adjustable screen masking (fixed at 1.85:1). Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1 d1

1999/12/08 19:25, Auditorium 18
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent focus and clarity (as good as I've seen). This print that the theatre received had a lot of dirt accumulation in places, expecially around splice points.
• Audio comments: One of the digital formats. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium: 40 feet wide. Screen width: 34 feet wide in scope mode. Scope print filmed in scope format.
• Problem codes: none

1999/11/15 19:00, Auditorium 1
Dogma

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Right edge faded before reaching right edge of screen. (-1)
• Audio comments: OK. Unsure if digital or optical. Not advertised as digital.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: approximately 36 feet in scope mode. Scope print. Appears to have been filmed in Super35.
• Problem codes: A1

1999/11/05 19:30, Auditorium 9
The Bachelor

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Right edge of image lacked several inches touching right edge of screen in places. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital (no identifying trailer played). Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width in flat mode: 32 feet. Flat film. Movable side masking appeared to be in a state of disrepair and seemed to be manually fastened in flat position; the curtains sagged and the rope was visible. This showing had some obnoxious early teens (13-14), and it was good to see an usher say something to one group that was unruly. Someone had a laser pointer which occasionally made a little red dot on the screen.
• Problem codes: A2

1999/10/17 19:15, Auditorium 17
The Story of Us

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: One of the digital formats. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 49 feet. Screen width: 30 feet in flat mode. Side adjustable masking. This was my first movie in one of these newly-constructed auditoriums. One thing that impressed me was that two ushers came in to check the exit doors which are both at the front, one at the left, and one at the right. The ushers walked down the left and right sides in sync, and left the auditorium in sync. The symmetry of it was neat. An amusing thing occurred during this movie: When the ladies sitting at the restaurant table began talking about the roles and properties of the sex organs (the penis being the thruster, the vagina needing to be relaxed, etc.), a group of 4 (2 parents and 2 children) got up and left, since they were dumb enough to take their children to this movie. Hilarious! This movie is one of the only ones that was very funny and very sad at the same time. There was one scene where I had a tear in my eyes from sadness, but I was laughing at the same time.
• Problem codes: none

1999/10/11 19:30, Auditorium 15
Drive Me Crazy

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium: 28 feet wide, screen: 26 1/2 feet wide. No adjustable masking, 1.85:1 size. This is the first stadium-seating auditorium I'd seen at this location.
• Problem codes: none

1999/10/10 21:30, Auditorium 11
Superstar

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Both the top and right edges had significant fading due to projector alignment or aperture plate alignment problems. (-4)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet, screen width: 26 feet (dimensions never change for flat/scope; no adjustable masking, 1.85:1 shape). Flat film. Nobody took tickets for this movie until 8 minutes before the start of the show. This auditorium still had regular seating and optical sound.
• Problem codes: A4

1999/07/02 19:15, Auditorium 12
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Screen had no movable masking and had 1.85:1 shape. Flat film. Auditorium width: 32 feet, screen width 30 feet (dimensions never change for flat/scope). This auditorium still had regular seating and optical sound.
• Problem codes: none

1999/05/25 16:10, Auditorium 7
Election

• Grade: -12 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: This is another fine example of the unprofessional practice of showing scope (2.39:1) films on an unadjustable flat (1.85:1) sized screen, causing nearly a fourth of the image to be chopped off on the sides. (see facility deduction in final ratings). Titles were cropped on previews, and the cropping was very obvious in some scenes of this movie. Left edge had a 6-inch-wide strip that was lower in brightness than the rest of the picture. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. Most of the sound, and nearly all of the dialogue, came from the surround speakers instead of the speakers behind the screen, which took me some time to get used to. (-10) I'm certain this movie was not intended to be presented with the sound this way, but if I find out otherwise (when the movie comes out on DVD, or if I see in another theatre later on), I'll take away this deduction.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (unadjustable, fixed-sized, no movable masking at top or bottom). This was the only theatre in the Huntsville/Decatur area showing this movie. The movie appeared to be filmed in Super35 (very grainy, and out-of-focus points of light were circular), and was definitely a scope print (2x1 elliptical reel cue change marks)
• Problem codes: A2 d10

1999/04/03 16:25, Auditorium 9
The Out-of-Towners

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Right edge faded. (-2). Bottom edge faded and did not reach bottom edge of screen. (-2).
• Audio comments: Digital (either DTS or Dolby Digital). No identifying trailer was played. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width was 46 feet, screen was 32 feet for flat film. Side masking appeared to be in a state of disrepair. This print looked very grainy (not the theatre's fault).
• Problem codes: A4

1998/12/18 19:30, Auditorium 9
Prince of Egypt

• Grade: -11 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: The image did not reach the left, bottom, or right edges, and faded out several inches from each edge. Masking appeared to be in a state of disrepair, which is the probable cause of the left and right edge problems. (-6). Lamp brightness fluctuated every few seconds throughout the movie. (-5)
• Audio comments: Dolby Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Image width was difficult to determine due to masking being messed up and everything being out of whack. This was a flat film. There was a really obnoxious, very young kid with the group sitting to the left of me in my row that had to make noises or talk during nearly every scene.
• Problem codes: A6 F5

1998/11/15 19:00, Auditorium 9
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. The masking mechanism appeared to be in a state of disrepair, like it was on August 16, 1998, and appeared to be manually fixed into its proper position. The image filled the screen just fine, though. A movie trailer (The Faculty) was a flat print showed at the scope setting, stretching everything horizontally by a factor of 2. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 46 feet. Screen width (scope): 40 feet. This was a scope film, filmed with an anamorphic lens. Nobody was taking tickets to let us go back into the auditorium until 10 minutes before the start of the movie.
• Problem codes: R1

1998/08/28 21:50, Auditorium 16
54

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image went beyond left black masking onto blue curtain. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK. At first, everyone thought there was a problem with the sound system because brief bursts of static appeared to be coming from the right front and surround channels, but I figured out that the sound system was incapable of producing some of the noises we were hearing, and determined that there was a fireworks show going on at the stadium behind the theatre. Of course, this was not the theatre's fault.
• Other comments: Audtorium width 40 feet, Screen width (for flat film) 29 feet. This screen appeared to have movable side masking.
• Problem codes: A2

1998/08/16 22:00, Auditorium 8
The Avengers

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Seemed slightly out of focus. I found out that this effect was due to filtering during filming, and was intentional. I had previously deducted 2 points, but since this was not the theatre's fault, I took away the deduction.
• Audio comments: DTS. OK.
• Other comments: Audtorium width 46 feet, Screen width (for flat film) 32 feet. Masking was broken, and the rope or chain could be seen hanging from the top curtain. Masking appeared to be fastened up in the flat setting. During the movie, it looked fine. The curtains were sagging a lot to the left and right of the screen.
• Problem codes: none

1997/11/15 19:30, Auditorium 12
Bean

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1997/11/14 19:10, Auditorium 10
The Man Who Knew Too Little

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Great. One edge fuzzy. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2

1997/09/19 21:30, Auditorium 16
In and Out

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. Regal Cinemas trailer was played at wrong aspect ratio, and was vertically stretched 2:1. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: R1

1997/08/17 15:30, Auditorium 8
Event Horizon

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Scope film.
• Problem codes: none

1997/08/01 13:05, Auditorium ?
Good Burger

• Grade: -5 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Wrong aspect ratio. Should have been 2.39:1, but was shown at 1.85:1, losing 21 percent of image. (see facility deduction in final rating). Note: I have not been able to verify the aspect ratio of this movie. I say it was scope because the film became misframed during the credits and the frame division was visible, and it looked like a scope print because there was practically no space between adjacent frames. Of course, I could be wrong, and if I find out I'm wrong, I'll delete these comments.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Movie started 20 minutes late. This was the day of the Regal takeover of Cobb. Everything was chaos at the theatre that day. People had to wait outside the auditorium for the previous showing to let out. (-5)
• Problem codes: T5

1997/04/18 19:40, Auditorium 13
Grosse Pointe Blank

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1997/04/11 19:45, Auditorium 12
The Saint

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image quality OK. Leading Coca-Cola commercial was played at wrong aspect ratio, squashed vertically 2:1. (-1) Movie was supposed to be 2.39:1, but was shown cropped to 1.85:1. (see facility deduction in final rating).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: N/C
• Problem codes: R1

1997/03/14 19:00, Auditorium 9
Return of the Jedi

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Filmed in Panavision. There was a kid with a laser pointer that was shining it on the screen during the beginning of the movie, which made many people in this packed auditorium quite angry.
• Problem codes: none

1997/02/21 19:00, Auditorium ?
Empire Strikes Back

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: none

1997/01/31 19:00, Auditorium 8
Star Wars

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: none

1996/12/23 19:10, Auditorium 6
Mars Attacks

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image quality OK. Wrong aspect ratio. 2.39 movie shown as 1.85. Chop, chop, chop. (see facility deduction in final rating).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: N/C
• Problem codes: none

1996/11/22 19:15, Auditorium 9
Star Trek: First Contact

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Movie image was perfect. Sloppy aspect ratio changes during previews. Aspect ratio was adjusted twice during previews, and each time, the image was incorrectly shown for a few seconds both times. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Scope print.
• Problem codes: R1

1996/07/02 21:45, Auditorium 8
Independence Day

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: One trailer was shown partially at wrong aspect ratio (vertically stretched 2:1). Screen went blank for about 30 seconds while this was corrected. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Super35 film, scope print.
• Problem codes: R1

1996/01/12 21:25, Auditorium 1
Biodome

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Great, but masking was not pulled in to 1.85:1 size. Masking was set for 2.39:1 and image did not fill screen horizontally, making the left and right edges look fuzzy. (-4).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: m4

1996/01/01 ?, Auditorium ?
Jumanji

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1995/12/03 21:00, Auditorium 8
Toy Story

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1995/05/29 19:40, Auditorium 4
Johnny Mnemonic

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1995/02/10 16:10, Auditorium 3
Highlander III

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image qualty OK. 2.39:1 movie shown at 1.85:1. Chop, chop, chop. (see facility deduction in final rating).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: N/C
• Problem codes: none

1995/01/13 ?, Auditorium 5
Dumb and Dumber

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

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