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Do you have reservations about reserved seats at movies?

CHICAGO - The 1980s posed the question "Tastes great" or "Less filling?"

Shakespeare's Hamlet pondered the question: "To be or not to be?

But what thoughts do you have about the query: "Reserved or unreserved seating at movie theaters?"

Theater chains like Los Angeles-based ArcLight, which opened its first location in 2002, have always provided reserved seating for customers, while Milwaukee-based Marcus Theatres and Emagine (with locations in south suburban Frankfort, Ill.,Michigan and Minnesota) have made the transition from unreserved to buying your choice of seats beforehand within the last seven years. And depending on who you ask, some moviegoers are having none of it.

"I'm not a fan

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