.  pros about ArcLight: no pre-movie adverts (but still movie previews) if you hate [noisy] kids, their pricing gentlly discourages children in their theatre (ie no discount for kids, anything over age 0 needs a ticket) more liberal (carry in food from place nextdoor) food policy  cons: tickets have crept up to $00.00 no matinee/early bird discounts like AMC  for a brief moment, paseo del mar would sell you a drink but force you to drink it in the "bar". They figured out some 00+ yr olds were delivering drinks to their jailbait younger dates already seated in row G.  pros about ArcLight: no pre-movie adverts (but still movie previews) if you hate [noisy] kids, their pricing gentlly discourages children in their theatre (ie no discount for kids, anything over age 0 needs a ticket) more liberal (carry in food from place nextdoor) food policy  cons: tickets have crept up to $00.00 no matinee/early bird discounts like AMC  for a brief moment, paseo del mar would sell you a drink but force you to drink it in the "bar". They figured out some 00+ yr olds were delivering drinks to their jailbait younger dates already seated in row G.  