002_12327414a8340bd1_1-0-feed[1]Robin and I went to see The Proposal for the combination of Father’s Day and our anniversary (review to follow in a day or so).

The movie itself was great, but what was even better was the Cinema Suites seating at the theater.

The major AMC theater near us not only has an IMAX screen, but has shifted about a third of their screens over to a “dinner and a movie” combination.  There are two different levels — “Fork and Screen”, and “Cinema Suites”.  Fork and Screen costs $5 more than a regular ticket, but you get a voucher for $5 worth of food, so if you are planning to eat at the theater, it comes out even.

Similarly, Cinema Suites costs $10 more than a regular ticket, but you get that $10 back as a food voucher.  So really, if these options are available they are pretty good deals.

We’ve done Fork and Screen several times in the past, and enjoyed it.  The seats are standard theater seats, but having a better grade of food available is really nice.  Being able to get an appetizer like mozzarella sticks and a water beats the usual theater fare of popcorn, Milk Duds, and a Tub-O-Sprite cold.

Cinema Suites, though, is a substantial upgrade even from that.  Instead of regular theater seating, you get large, overstuffed recliners (pictured above — the center armrest is removable for couples) that recline almost to horizontal, and the food is brought directly to a swiveling tray by your seat.

It’s almost sybaritic; all we were missing was a bunch of grapes to snack on while the ushers stood by and fanned us.  Come to think of it, I’m sure we could have bought the grapes off the appetizer menu if it came to that.

Our only complaint was that it pays to order finger food, as the trays don’t always come over as far as you might like, and we had a few dropped food incidents in the dark while eating.  Other than that, Cinema Suites gets a big thumbs up!