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    AMC CLASSIC Mill Plain 8

    1.9 (62 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    The primary hallway for auditoriums 1-5
    Eric A.

    If you're reading this review you probably love movies. You want to go see a movie - and somehow your phone gave you showtimes to this AMC CLASSIC Mill Plain 8 and there are a few things you should know. The building that holds these 8 screens used to be the most luxurious and fine dining movie experience out there. I saw Avatar here back in 2009 and with the sequel having just come out, I often think back to the miraculous movie experience that used to be here. Imagine 21+ only screens with food service to your seat, adult beverages, a full service restaurant just outside the auditorium and wine tasting galore. It was so fancy at the time that I was mad that I lived in New York City. WTF. MY hometown of Vancouver gets this amazing facility, and I get boring ass stadium seating with AMC or Regal in Manhattan? Should I move home? First and foremost, to the people working at the Mill Plain 8 right now, you guys are the underdogs of the entire cinema going experience . You're the Mighty Ducks of movie theater employees. You're doing your best with what you have, and the folks at AMC, aren't giving you much. Let's start with the good. I saw a movie in Theater 6, and it retained heat. I had a winter coat with me and I didn't really need it. To top that off there was a screen at the front of the room and it was white. When light was passed through a projector, it shined an image onto the screen, and the screen was free from rips or tears - so a big visual win. The speakers around the room also worked pretty well. What probably was surround sound was had by all, but as I was seated a little lower in the room you may not get as much rear speaker action. Yet this sound issue is going to be the least of your worries. From the outside, the building is definitely worn. The actual box office is a storage area, and closed, so you gotta buy your ticket from concessions. Well I used the AMC app so I was one step ahead. Once upon a time, the food and snacks here were top notch. They are just standard AMC run of the mill mediocre movie fare now. The carpet in the primary hallway was nice and the place actually for a moment seemed to be put together. The place was eerily empty. Yet I wasn't quite prepared for my visit to the men's room. Did you ever see the movie Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist? There is a scene where a young girl, drunk, obsessed with her gum, is in a bathroom stall at Penn Station in New York City. Envision the most public bathroom you've ever seen, updated with the most lack of public funds you've ever seen, then envision this girl dropping her gum into the toilet, and then her trying to fish it out with her hands because she wants it back. I told you, I love movies. So this was the vibe of this men's room. It might technically be clean, but it's clear that its just as important to AMC than public restrooms are to the Penn Station. I found my hand sanitizer and skipped the sink I walked into the area that housed what might be a Bar? I don't know - it looks like one, but nobody is around and nobody cares. A few feet away a few curtains hide a giant empty storage space that used to be a great restaurant. The potential in here is amazing, yet it has been murdered seven times over by a serial killer in a David Fincher movie. While skipping the trailers, since I don't watch them anymore as they spoil too much of the movies, I made it to my seat in the dark as Nicole Kidman welcomed us back to the movies. In the dark, with white light flickering - I could tell that some of these seats were worn out AF, and I didn't even take my assigned seat. As the movie came to an end I noticed how a little bit of paint could help with some of the spots on the walls that so badly need it. My movie was free anyways due to using some AMC Stubs points, but this facility and this theater should be paying people the $8 ticket price to come here. Cinetopia was a dream movie product, until they opened a location near the AMC headquarters in Kansas City, and they played some hard ball with using their corporate leverage to deny the new trendy new Cinetopia location access to first run movies. This goes to court. Cinetopia vs. AMC, and mysteriously the case settles and Cinetopia disappears and their three surviving locations become the AMCs that we have today. I don't know if some AMC executive is Regina George incarnate, but withholding the funds to update these properties is just plain and simply, mean. This was supposed to be a review of the late and great Cinetopia, now masquerading as an AMC, but this really reads more like an obituary. Maybe something can happen and the employees here can make some movie fetch happen, and turn things around. Maybe they make a movie theater mighty ducks storyline about them someday. That would be something - until that happens though, proceed with caution if you come here; wear a diaper.

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    Aleathia S.

    This location seats remind me of 90s vintage seating. No recliners, no luxury leg spaces. Just older seats that slightly tilt backward. The seating is of an older material but comfy still. I enjoyed the location for a quick cheap place to go. The staff was attentive and recommending services. They have a freestyle machine for drinks. Overall, I did not think the location was as bad as the reviews. My theater was theater 5. So, if your movie is in that theater, it was nice and intimate. The lobby was decent and clean. So was the halls. I will revisit. The parking lot was full so maybe more people go on Sundays.

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    If I could give them a 0 stars I would, what an absolute joke of a theater. This former Cinetopia theater is a shell of what it used to be. Unused equipment, blocked off restaurant, worn and disgusting seats are just a few of the terrible attributes of this theater. Plus no air conditioning in the theaters. Do not waste your time and money, go to another theater!

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    Absolutely filthy. I feel like I may contract something or get bed bugs. INEXCUSABLE!!!

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    Needs some updates, but reasonable prices and comfy seats. Has several large screens and a food court.

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    This place has gone downhill. Theatre was way too hot. Mildew smell. Chairs broken and filthy. Sticky floors. Do not go here.

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    Worst seats ever, however the staff were kind and welcoming as usual. Hopefully they upgrade on things there

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    This place needs to close. So dirty! The fabric on the seats have worn off. Never again!!

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    Seats in very poor quality. Cushions torn open and everything. Chair also broken, a bit crazy to let it go like this.

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    Disgusting, our theater #5 smelled like pee. Used the ladies room, and gagged. It smelled like a homeless camp. The staff was nice, though.

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