I know movie theaters that have reserved seating and serve food and drinks are all the rage now but I don't find the concept appealing. Seems that it would be like going to a dinner theater - which means you get a bad dinner and bad theater.
There is a movie theater near me that was remodeled with reclining chairs and reserved seating. I like the chairs but don't like reserved seats. How the heck do I know where I want to sit before I am in the theater? I like to scope out the situation first and then pick a seat.
My worst experience at the reserved seating theater was when the seat that was empty when we bought our tickets was subsequently filled with a very large man who loudly slurped down massive quantities of soda and food throughout the entire movie. We had to move to other seats eventually. He seemed to be the kind of guy who lived in his parents basement and played video games all day.
...and who wants to go to a movie theater where alcohol is served - people behave badly when they are sober so booze doesn't make things better.
However, I do tend to go to see movies at off times purposely so that I can avoid crowds. That's one of the advantages of being retired.
Back to the original question - I have been known to take a better seat at a concert or sporting event...more frequently when I was younger than now.
Then again I was also the guy that would sneak beer and peanuts into a baseball game. One of the reasons I married my wife was because she would assist with the deception with a bag that we called the beer purse - you could stash 8 cans of beer in it and it wasn't obvious. That was back in the days before they started strip searching you before you entered a sporting event.
Those were the days.....