This theatre opened on June 28, 1985 as the Madison Square 8, a Cobb 8-screen multiplex behind Madison Square Mall. It was upgraded and became the Madison Square 12 on May 22, 1992, with 4 auditoriums added in the back. Click here if you are interested in seeing which movies were showing at this location on the night it originally opened, and on the night it began business as the Madison Square 12. Some previous managers: Larry Corum (1988-1991), Maria Moon (1998).

Installation of stadium seating was completed on August 6, 1999. This was the second theatre in the Huntsville-Decatur area to have stadium seating in all of its auditoriums.

There are currently four auditoriums with digital sound (1, 2, 7, and 8), with more upgrades to digital coming. Auditoriums 9-12 will be upgraded to DTS and 3-6 will be upgraded to Dolby Digital. Many auditoriums have had the Ballantyne Pro-35 projectors replaced with Simplex projectors.

A very important upgrade was completed in March of 2003. When built, Cobb built only 4 screens with adjustable masking to handle both the flat and scope formats. 8 screens had 1.85:1-only screens, on which scope movies (2.39:1) lost 23 percent of the image on the sides. During the November 2002 to March 2003 time period, this problem was remedied. Now, both the flat and scope movie formats can be shown in all auditoriums without image loss.

List of movie presentations attended:

2005/02/14 19:00, Auditorium 2
Phantom of the Opera

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 1.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 36.5 feet (adjustable side masking). Scope film.
• Problem codes: none

2005/02/03 19:40, Auditorium 9
Meet the Fockers

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.9924)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Every splice during the previews was accompanied by a loud roar. One preview had the roar the entire time. All of the main dialog (center channel information) came from the left speaker. (-3)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet (adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: d3

2004/10/18 19:20, Auditorium 2
Team America: World Police

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.9194)
• Image comments: Fading on left edge. Center of image was 1 foot to right of screen center. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 36.5 feet (scope mode). Scope movie, from super35.
• Problem codes: A2

2004/07/23 19:10, Auditorium 3
Napoleon Dynamite

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.8604)
• Image comments: Ugly jagged aperture shadow on right edge, with image lacking 6 inches to a foot reaching the right edge of the screen. Image went beyond left edge of screen past black masking onto drapes (-4)
• Audio comments: Unsure if digital or optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet. Flat film. At least 5 commercials were shown before the movie.
• Problem codes: A4

2004/07/16 19:10, Auditorium 3
Saved!

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.8556)
• Image comments: Ugly jagged aperture shadow on right edge, with image lacking 6 inches to a foot reaching the right edge of the screen. Image went beyond left edge of screen past black masking onto drapes (-4)
• Audio comments: Unsure if digital or optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet. Flat film. At least 5 commercials were shown before the movie.
• Problem codes: A4

2004/06/25 19:10, Auditorium 3
Saved!

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.8410)
• Image comments: Ugly jagged aperture shadow on right edge. (-2)
• Audio comments: Unsure if digital or optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet. Flat film. At least 5 commercials were shown before the movie.
• Problem codes: A2

2004/06/07 18:30, Auditorium 7
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.8285)
• Image comments: Excellent
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 37 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35. 8 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: none

2004/06/04 19:00, Auditorium 2
The Day After Tomorrow

• Grade: -5 (Current grade weight : 0.8264)
• Image comments: Image lacked about one foot reaching screen's left edge. (-2) Center of image was 18 inches to right of screen center. (-1)
• Audio comments: Audio system either has speakers wired to the wrong channels or has the levels miscalibrated. From the auditorium rear, some of the main action sound came from the surrounds and was very right-heavy. This was noticeable more in the previews than in the movie. (-2) From the front of the auditorium, the problem was not as noticeable.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 37 feet (scope mode), 30 feet (flat mode). Scope film, filmed in super35. 9 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: A3 d2

2004/05/22 19:05, Auditorium 8
Mean Girls

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.8181)
• Image comments: Image lacked approximately 6 inches reaching right edge of screen, although the other 3 edges were fine. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 33 feet (flat mode). Flat film. 7 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: A1

2004/03/26 19:15, Auditorium 7
Jersey Girl

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.7792)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 39 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking. Scope film, filmed in Panavision. 5 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: none

2004/01/13 19:05, Auditorium 9
Haunted Mansion

• Grade: -6 (Current grade weight : 0.7285)
• Image comments: Left edge had ugly aperture shadow. (-1) Slight horizontal jitter was present, which was most noticeable when text was on the screen, but it also created some distracting motion aliasing in areas of fine detail. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Preview sound was in SR and stayed in SR after movie started. The volume was very low. Sitting in the fourth row, I had to strain to hear some of the fainter dialogue. When the digital sound was activated, everything was fine. (-3)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Scope film, filmed in super35. Screen has adjustable top/bottom masking. I don't know if any commercials were shown before the previews since I went in at 7:00 for this 7:05 showing and the previews were already being shown.
• Problem codes: A1 J2 D3

2003/11/06 19:20, Auditorium 8
The Matrix Revolutions

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.6819)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35. At least one scene had anamorphic lens flares put in by CGI, which was incorrect for this movie, which was shot with spherical lenses. 5 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: none

2003/11/03 19:05, Auditorium 1
Scary Movie 3

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.6799)
• Image comments: One trailer was spliced in so that the image was upside down and the audio was audible, but backwards. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 28 feet (flat mode). Flat film. 9 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: r1

2003/09/24 19:15, Auditorium 11
The Medallion

• Grade: -6 (Current grade weight : 0.6528)
• Image comments: Jagged aperture shadow visible on bottom 6 inches of image and right 8 inches to 1 foot of image (completely black). Image almost went beyond the top and left masking onto drapes. (-4) Bottom of image was darker than than the rest (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 24 feet (common width system with adjustable top and bottom masking). Scope film, filmed in super35. The credits of the movie contain outtakes. This print contained anti-piracy measures that were quite distracting at times. Patterns of dots appeared for a split second in some scenes. They are deliberately placed there to prevent piracy. The dot patterns can be used to identify the print in case a copy is made. However, this film had an overagressive version of CAP coding used on it.
• Problem codes: A4 U2

2003/05/30 19:00, Auditorium 2
Finding Nemo

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.5736)
• Image comments: Slight fading across top edge. Left edge did not quite reach left edge of screen in places. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 29 feet (flat mode). Flat animated film. Pre-show music had no center channel. Trailers and movie were flat. Curiously, a scope Regal policy trailer was placed between the trailers and the movie. Cues to move the masking before and after the Regal trailer were present. After the Regal trailer, a preview of a scope Pixar movie for next year was shown, and it was printed in letterboxed form in flat format. From flat material to a scope policy trailer to a flat trailer with scope letterboxed material then to the flat movie was an odd sequence.
• Problem codes: A1

2003/05/07 19:00, Auditorium 8
X2: X-Men United

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.5576)
• Image comments: Fading on top edge on left side. (-1) Exit sign causing shadow from left side of screen. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35.
• Problem codes: A1 E1

2003/03/14 19:15, Auditorium 7
Willard

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.5208)
• Image comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Audio comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 38 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35 with Clairmont lenses.
• Other comments:
• Problem codes: Excellent.

2003/02/07 19:05, Auditorium 8
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.4951)
• Image comments: First trailer/commercial shown was a scope trailer shown as flat, stretched vertically (-1). Image lacked a foot touching the bottom of the screen and went at least that far above the screen, past the black masking, onto the top drapes. A few minutes into the movie, tape was put on the port glass to block the top overthrow. (-3).
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorum width: 54 feet. Screen width: 34 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: R1 A3

2002/11/22 19:05, Auditorium 7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.4431)
• Image comments: Bottom edge didn't quite reach screen bottom. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 38 feet (scope mode). Scope film, filmed in super35. Moive (not previews) started one minute after advertised time.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/09/26 19:05, Auditorium 2
One Hour Photo

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.4042)
• Image comments: A scope Coke commercial was played with flat settings. Everything else was in flat format. (-1)
• Audio comments: Digital. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 29 feet. Flat film.
• Problem codes: R1

2002/08/16 19:10, Auditorium 2
The Master of Disguise

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.3764)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top and right edges. (-2)
• Audio comments: Digital. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2

2002/06/12 19:05, Auditorium 9
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.3319)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical: There was too much dialogue leakage into the surrounds. Much dialog seemed to come from the surround speakers rather than from the screen.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable screen masking (1.85:1-only). Flat film.
• Problem codes: d3

2002/03/20 19:00, Auditorium 8
Ice Age

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.2750)
• Image comments: Slight fading on left edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 33 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present on this screen. Computer animated flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/02/21 19:10, Auditorium 8
Return to Neverland

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.2549)
• Image comments: Slight fading on left edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 34 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present on this screen. Animated flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/02/08 19:00, Auditorium 8
Big Fat Liar

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.2458)
• Image comments: Slight fading on left edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 34 feet. (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present on this screen. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2002/01/18 19:20, Auditorium 8
Orange County

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.2319)
• Image comments: Slight fading on left edge. (-1). Image misframed by about one foot on screen, causing half of captions in one scene to be lost at the bottom. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present on this screen. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1 M1

2001/12/28 19:05, Auditorium 1
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

• Grade: -13 (Current grade weight : 0.2181)
• Image comments: Left edge faded. (-1) Near end of movie, section of film had been spliced out, creating a sudden jump from the middle of one scene into the middle of another scene. Approximately one minute after this jump, the projector shut off and the audience did not get to see the ending of the movie. (-10)
• Audio comments: Audio was left-sided and somewhat harsh. (-2)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 28 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking. Computer animated film, flat format.
• Problem codes: A1 d2 O10

2001/08/15 19:10, Auditorium 2
Osmosis Jones

• Grade: -5 (Current grade weight : 0.1257)
• Image comments: Left edge faded. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. Sound coming from surrounds contained too much of main dialogue and action, as if they were putting out the same sounds as the mains. From the auditorium rear, all sound seemed to be coming from the surrounds. From the front, it was not as noticeable. (-3)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet. Screen width: 36 feet (scope mode). Scope film.
• Problem codes: A2 d3

2001/08/11 19:30, Auditorium 8
American Pie 2

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.1229)
• Image comments: Fading on top edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present in this auditorium. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2001/08/04 19:20, Auditorium 1
Scary Movie 2

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.1181)
• Image comments: Image lacked one foot touching left edge of screen. (-2) Shutter ghosting (6 inch to 1 foot upward pointing tails) visible on lower two thirds of image. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present in this auditorium. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2 G2

2001/06/15 19:30, Auditorium 7
Atlantis

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0840)
• Image comments: Aperture plate roughnesses protruded into right edge of image. (-1) Image misframed by approximately 1 foot on screen, creating a one-foot band of black at image bottom. (-2)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 38 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking is present in this auditorium. Animated scope film.
• Problem codes: A1 M2

2001/04/05 19:15, Auditorium 8
Spy Kids

• Grade: -7 (Current grade weight : 0.0354)
• Image comments: Slight aperture shadow (fading) on top and left edges. (-2)
• Audio comments: During first half of movie, DTS sound failed approximately every five minutes for 5 to 10 seconds at a time, which was very distracting due to the much lower volume of the backup anolog sound. (-5)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 33 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present in this auditorium. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2 D5

2001/03/02 21:45, Auditorium 7
See Spot Run

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0125)
• Image comments: Image went above black masking onto top drapes on right portion of top of image. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Auditoriums depth: 52 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking is present on this screen. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2000/12/16 21:30, Auditorium 2
Emperor's New Groove

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditoriums width: 40 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking present. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/12/08 19:20, Auditorium 1
Dungeons and Dragons

• Grade: -6 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Strong fading (shadow) on left edge, with a 2-foot spike-like protrusion (something stuck in the gate?). (-2) Out-of-frame splice in the previews. (-1) Shutter ghosting visible in image (one foot tails) over lower 60 percent of image (was very visible with titles or credits). (-3)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Screen 30 feet in width in flat mode. Adjustable side masking was present.
• Problem codes: A2 M1 G3

2000/10/08 19:20, Auditorium 1
Meet The Parents

• Grade: -11 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Projector misaimed or misaligned so that image lacked one foot reaching left edge of screen and went one foot onto the right curtain. (-4) Shutter ghosting was visible on lower 60 percent of image. (-6) First portion of movie was noticeably out of focus. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Screen was 30 feet wide and appeared to have a 2.00:1 aspect ratio, which is a bit wide for this 1.85:1 flat film. One reel of this film had a green vertical scratch through most of it.
• Problem codes: A4 G6 f1

2000/07/09 21:15, Auditorium 7
Scary Movie

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: ,
• Audio comments: Bottom edge faded before reaching bottom of screen. (-2)"
• Other comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Problem codes: A2

2000/07/02 19:35, Auditorium 11
Road Trip

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Fading on bottom edge. Image off center one foot to left within aperture. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable screen masking.
• Problem codes: A2

2000/06/21 17:10, Auditorium 7
Fantasia 2000

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top edge (right portion). (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Flat film. Animated. Sorcerer's Apprentice was side matted to 1.37:1.
• Problem codes: A1

2000/05/19 17:30, Auditorium 7
Dinosaur

• Grade: -5 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top edge. (-1).
• Audio comments: DTS. One of the left rear surround speakers rattled terribly any time that bass was sent to it. (-4).
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 57 feet. Screen width: 32 feet (flat mode). Flat film. This auditorium has adjustable side masking. This was the worst showing of a movie I'd ever encountered as far as crying babies was concerned. Babies were crying throughout the entire movie, ruining nearly all the quiet scenes.
• Problem codes: A1 d5

2000/04/13 19:05, Auditorium 8
Erin Brockovich

• Grade: -21 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Badly misframed so that center of image was at least 2 feet lower on screen than it should have been. Some opening credits were unreadable, since they went off the bottom of the screen, and in some scenes, boom microphones were visible at the top of the screen (I could hear talk from many members of the audience about them when they were visible). This problem severely affected image composition. I went to the lobby during the previews and told the people at the concession stand (some previews had black at the top since they were hard-matted, and had a lot of their text cropped at the bottom and unreadable), but the problem was never fixed. (-15) Masking stops not set properly for flat films. Left and right edges faded out before reaching the left and right masking, about 1 foot on left side and 6 inches on right side. (-4)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet, screen width: 36 feet in flat mode, although the projected image was not that wide (34 feet). Auditorium lights were dark during some previews, but came back up to the level normally used during the previews just as the movie started (improper cue), and stayed on for the first 45 minutes of the movie before they were turned off. (-2) A trailer was shown for Return to Me which has been out for two weeks.
• Problem codes: M12 t3 A4 l2

2000/02/11 19:20, Auditorium 1
Snow Day

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Left edge had nearly 1 foot fading (shadow). (-2). Small amount of shutter ghosting on bottom fourth of image. (-1) Out-of-frame splice at beginning of credits (film misframed by one perfortation during credits. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film. Screen aspect ratio was 2.00:1 and should have been 1.85:1 for a flat film.
• Problem codes: A2 G1 M1

1999/11/17 19:10, Auditorium 2
Dogma

• Grade: -11 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Projector aim off slightly (right edge didn't quite reach right side, and image went slightly beyond the leftmost edge of the left masking. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. All audio seemed to come from the surround speakers. No sound seemed to come from the speakers behind the screen. I was sitting 30 feet from the screen at the beginning, and moved to the back (54 feet from the screen) about 10 minutes into the movie to make the audio less distracting. I verified the lack of sound from the front speakers with 3 members of the audience that were sitting about 15 feet from the screen. The audio (the only audio) that was coming from the surround speakers was of fairly low quality and seemed somewhat muffled. (-10)
• Other comments: Auditorium was 40 feet wide and 54 feet deep. Screen was 36.5 feet wide in scope mode. Scope/super35 film.
• Problem codes: A1 d10

1999/10/22 19:10, Auditorium 6
Three To Tango

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Screen unfastened or damaged at top. Top edge looked bad as a result of the screen being in disrepair. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet, screen width 26 feet. No movable masking. 1.85:1 ratio only. In addition to the screen damage or unfastening, part of one of the light fixtures was hanging by a wire from rest of the fixture.
• Problem codes: s2

1999/09/03 21:40, Auditorium 4
Mickey Blue Eyes

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image lacked nearly one foot touching left edge of screen. (-2) All other edges OK. Framing 6 inches too high on screen. (-1).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK
• Other comments: Lots of ambient noise (low rumble and thumping sound) from climate control system during most of movie. Flat film. (-1) Auditorium: 28 feet. Screen: 26 feet. No adjustable masking. 1.85:1 only.
• Problem codes: A2 M1 N1

1999/08/22 13:30, Auditorium 2
Teaching Mrs. Tingle

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image lacked a few inches touching left edge (faded out). (-2) Screen aspect ratio was 2.00:1.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Audiutorium width: 40 feet, screen width (flat mode): 29 feet. Flat film. Screen had adjustable masking, but this movie was shown at 2.00:1.
• Problem codes: A2

1999/08/06 19:15, Auditorium 4
Mystery Men

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect during movie. Two trailers were scope and the anamorphic attachment was used, but the aperture plate remained in the flat position for them. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet, screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable masking.
• Problem codes: R1

1999/07/24 13:30, Auditorium 1
Drop Dead Georgeous

• Grade: -6 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Projector started with image misframed with center of image 3 feet too high on screen. Was adjusted during 2nd preview, and was still one foot too high throughout rest of previews and movie. (-2) Image was 2.07:1 (would have been 2.00:1 if masking had been pulled into fit the image). This will become part of the facility deduction for this facility if showing flat films at 2.00:1 continues. Masking set for scope, and this was a flat film. Proper image size is 1.85:1 for flat films. Image was lost at top and bottom. Left and right edged looked bad as a result of the masking not being pulled in. (-4)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet, screen width (scope): 33 feet. Image width: 29 to 30 feet. Image aspect: 2.07:1 .
• Problem codes: M2 m4

1999/07/23 17:20, Auditorium 8
Inspector Gadget

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image lacked a few inches touching left masking, and faded out before reaching right masking. Slight fading on top edge. Faded edges did not look too bad. (-3).
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 35 feet. Image width was 34 feet. This auditorium has adjustable side masking. It took 16 minutes from the time I entered the line for the concession stand (at 16:52) to get my popcorn and drink (at 17:08) , even though there were only 6 or 7 customers in line in front of me. Image aspect ratio: 1.94:1 . Pulling the masking in would have helped a little.
• Problem codes: A3

1999/07/21 17:20, Auditorium 4
Muppets From Space

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet, screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable masking! Fixed at 1.85:1 Flat film. Ticket stub indicated auditorium 7, but it was in auditorium 4.
• Problem codes: none

1999/07/15 19:05, Auditorium 8
Wild Wild West

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image lacked a few inches touching left masking, and faded out before reaching right masking. Slight fading on top edge. Faded edges did not look too bad. (-3).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width (flat mode): 35 feet. Image width was 34 feet. This auditorium has adjustable side masking.
• Problem codes: A3

1999/07/12 16:40, Auditorium 2
American Pie

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image lacked a few inches touching left masking, and went past right black masking onto right curtain by a few inches. (Projector aim off). (-3).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 40 feet, screen width (flat mode): 29 feet. This auditorium has adjustable side masking.
• Problem codes: A3

1999/07/11 20:10, Auditorium 4
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. No adjustable masking (1.85:1 only). Flat film. Stadium seating completed in this auditorium (and in all auditoriums 1-8).
• Problem codes: none

1999/04/16 19:25, Auditorium 1
10 Things I Hate About You

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top edge. Left edge went beyond left screen border, past black area, onto side curtain. (-2) Framing seemed very tight. At one point, subtitles (English translation of some French dialogue) went off the bottom of the screen a slight bit, making me wonder if the screen was really wider than 1.85:1 and cropping to the wider ratio was occurring (losing some of top and bottom). Film was only misframed with image 3 inches too low on screen (acceptable), which is not enough to account for the subtitle cropping I mentioned.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Exit sign improper: threw too much light onto right side of screen, making right edge look bad because of shadow from side masking. (-1) Flat (1.85:1) film.
• Problem codes: A2 E1

1999/04/09 16:30, Auditorium 10
Go

• Grade: -12 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Fading on left, right, and bottom edges. Left and right screen edges were not covered with the normal black masking, and I could see the edges of the screen, and the way it was fastened on the sides. (-5) Shutter mechanism allowed light to pass while film was being moved, causing slight ghosting in the bottom half of the movie, noticeable in dark scenes when bright objects were present. (-4) Something from the booth was illuminating a rectangular area roughly 4 feet in height in the upper left side of the screen, noticeable in dark scenes. (-1) Image off center one foot to left (on screen) within aperture. (-1) This was a scope print, and it was shown on a fixed-sized screen designed for flat films only. (see facility deduction in final rating for this theatre). It was super35. How do I know this? The egg-shaped (instead of circular) reel cue marks gave it away, not to mention the chopped titles of some of the previews.
• Audio comments: Optical. When bass was present in the audio, significant vibrations could be heard. (-1)
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 27 feet. No movable masking at top or sides. What really gets me is that in one of their operational auditoriums with side masking, auditorium 1, a flat film was being shown, while a scope film was being shown in auditorium 10 that lacks the masking. I just don't understand this place.
• Problem codes: s4 A2 G4 b1 d1

1998/11/23 19:00, Auditorium 8
Rugrats

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Masking set for scope. Flat film. Left and right edges not very sharp, since masking was not pulled in properly. Slight fading on top edge. (-4)
• Audio comments: DTS (I guess). OK. No DTS trailer was played, and the newspaper ad did not indicate DTS, but this is one of the two auditoriums at this location with DTS.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 54 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope), image width was 33 feet for this flat film. I suppose that the masking should have pulled in to make the screen 32 feet wide.
• Problem codes: m4

1998/08/25 16:40, Auditorium 1
Wrongfully Accused

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent, although I could never determine if the screen was 1.85:1 or wider, like 2.00:1. It seemed wider, and the top and bottom looked tightly cropped.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: There was an extremely noisy ceiling fan in this auditorium. It could be heard during quiet scenes. (-1) Flat film, auditorium width 40 feet, screen width (flat) 29 feet.
• Problem codes: N1

1998/04/29 21:50, Auditorium 7
City of Angels

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Aperture plate: Picture, at right bottom of screen, was 4 inches above bottom of screen, and bottom edge was unclean looking. Right edge was slightly unclean, too. (-3)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Theatre was 52 feet wide with a screen of width 38 feet (in scope mode).
• Problem codes: A3

1998/04/18 19:20, Auditorium 6
The Object of My Affection

• Grade: -9 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excessive jitter was noticeable during some scenes. It was especially noticeable when titles were shown, and when the credits were rolling. (-4) Top edge was unclean. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. Mild static-like distortion during most of the movie. (-3)
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: J4 A2 d3

1998/02/05 19:00, Auditorium 5
Good Will Hunting

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: At several points during this movie (every 20 to 30 minutes) the image became jittery for 2 to 3 minutes, then would be stable again the rest of the time. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: J2

1997/11/28 19:30, Auditorium 2
Flubber

• Grade: -30 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image was very jittery. During the previews and the entire movie, the image was not steady, constantly making small vertical movements. The image kept going in and out of focus slightly during the movie, also, and people in the seats around me noticed it and were complaining about it, too. This was the worst movie for the vertical jitter problem at Madison Square 12 that I'd ever seen. This movie was a real nuisance to watch. (-15)
• Audio comments: Optical. All audio came from the left, and possibly the center channel. There was no right front audio during the previews and entire movie, making the audio sound very unbalanced. (-10)
• Other comments: This movie was started late and seating was not available before the scheduled time, causing a large crowd of people to have to wait in the lobby, which was very hot, for 15 to 20 minutes. Some customers got quite angry about this and decided to see different movies as a result. (-5)
• Problem codes: J10 f5 d10 T5

1997/10/17 21:40, Auditorium 9
Rocket Man

• Grade: -35 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: 2/3 into the movie, the movie began showing serious vertical vibration, with a vertical ghost image, which was superimposed roughly 1 foot above the normal image (on a screen approximately 14 feet high). This problem remained throughout the rest of the movie. When this problem started, the projector itself began making extra noise, sounding as if it were running very roughly, and could be heard down in the seating area. (-35)
• Audio comments: Optical. Lip sync was off by several seconds during one part of the movie after the projector started acting up, related to the image problem.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: G20 J15

1997/08/22 16:40, Auditorium 4
Leave it to Beaver

• Grade: -35 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Framing problem - During the last 25% of the film, the frame boundary moved up into the bottom of the picture. Since this was a 1.85:1 sized movie, most of the image on the screen was not supposed to be on the screen. Less than half of the intended image was being projected onto the screen, causing roughly half (or more) of the top of the intended image to be chopped off (most people were cut off above the neck!). This problem occurred at a splice point, and remained through the rest of the movie. (-35)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: N/C
• Problem codes: M35

1997/07/25 16:10, Auditorium 4
George of the Jungle

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

1997/07/11 16:00, Auditorium 8
Contact

• Grade: -15 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Framing problem - During the opening credits and during most of the travel through the worm hole scene, the frame boundary moved to the exact middle of the picture (2 perforations off). This made the top of the image occupy the lower half of the screen and the bottom of the image occupy the upper half. Both times, it seemed to happen at a splice point. (-15)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Scope print.
• Problem codes: M15

1997/07/09 16:10, Auditorium 8
Men in Black

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

1997/06/21 19:10, Auditorium 8
Batman and Robin

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

1997/05/23 13:00, Auditorium 8
Lost World: Jurassic Park

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

1997/05/11 16:20, Auditorium 8
The Fifth Element

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Super35 movie, scope print.
• Problem codes: none

1997/03/23 15:40, Auditorium 6
Liar Liar

• Grade: -15 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Image was excessively jittery. The image vibrated vertically and horizontally throughout the entire movie and would not be still. (-12) Bottom edge, and lower portion of left edge were very unclean. (-3)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: J12 A3

1997/03/20 19:00, Auditorium 8
Return of the Jedi

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

1997/03/08 16:15, Auditorium 7
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

1997/02/10 19:00, Auditorium 8
Star Wars

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Audio went out completely for about a minute during the previews, and could be heard very faintly through one of the front channels. (-1)
• Other comments: Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: D1

1997/02/08 19:00, Auditorium 8
Star Wars

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Audio cut out several times during the previews, but not as much as the previous week. (-1)
• Other comments: Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: D1

1997/01/31 13:00, Auditorium 8
Star Wars

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Audio cut out several times during the previews, but not during the movie itself. (-1)
• Other comments: Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: D1

1997/01/18 16:30, Auditorium 8
Metro

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent during movie. Aspect ratio was adjusted at least twice during the previews, leaving the image incorrectly shown for several seconds each time. The Cobb trailer was played at the wrong aspect ratio (flat version played at scope). (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Scope film.
• Problem codes: R1

1996/11/15 19:00, Auditorium 8
Space Jam

• Grade: -10 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Roughly 10 minutes into the movie, the projector was shut off and the film was restarted, making everyone watch all the previews again. This was due to a significant percentage of the people being directed to the wrong auditorium for our particular showing of the movie. The problem occurred because there were two auditoriums side by side showing the movie at different times, one DTS and one not DTS. (-10) Flat film.
• Problem codes: i10

1996/07/21 19:10, Auditorium 10
Mission Impossible

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Most of the previews were shown squeezed in by a factor of 2:1 before the projectionist changed the setup to match the scope film format. (-2) The movie itself, which had an aspect ratio of 2.39:1, was shown in this auditorium on a 1.85:1 sized screen with nearly one fourth of the image chopped off on the sides. (see facility deduction in final rating).
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: N/C
• Problem codes: R2

1996/02/27 ?, Auditorium ?
Happy Gilmore

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

1996/02/18 21:50, Auditorium 4
Leaving Las Vegas

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: As good as could be expected for a movie shot in super-16.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Filmed in Super16, 35mm flat print.
• Problem codes: none

1996/02/14 19:25, Auditorium 3
12 Monkeys

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

1996/01/26 16:15, Auditorium 4
From Dusk Till Dawn

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

1995/03/03 ??:??, Auditorium ?
Hideaway

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

1993/06/11 13:00, Auditorium ?
Jurassic Park

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

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