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I inadvertently ended up in a "small" screen at the Gateway this time, as I wasn't the one who booked the tickets (the movie was on like 6 screens here). No matter, I want to review every auditorium in town, so here goes!
After a protracted session of stops & starts (I could see the projectionist was examining the projector quite a bit), the film material started on-time, more or less. Unfortunately Auditorium 13 at the Gateway is a mess, visually. There is a shadow on the left edge of the screen caused by an "EXIT" sign... the sidewall lights shine dimly onto the screen (tragically reducing contrast) and the EXIT sign is right by the screen, causing the shadow - that's my theory anyway. Movies with vampires have plenty of dark scenes, and the shadow is plainly visible and quite distracting. Next - the duvetine at the top of the screen looks like the headliner in a 15-year old Buick - hanging drearily in multiple places along the top of the screen. It's nowhere near a straight line. Until they fix these things I would avoid Auditorium 13 when possible.
Something I am not sure they will ever fix is the legroom - the seat rows are pretty close together. I don't normally think about this but my knees started to get kinda sore during this movie and there really wasn't much in the way of options for different leg positions -the legroom is so cramped.
The best thing about the presentation was the sound, it didn't seem to have any issues.
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