Landmark Theaters San Diego

The seats here are EXCRUCIATINGLY uncomfortable. I go to every movie I can, and when I’m forced to go to this movie theater I cringe. AMC La Jolla gets most of these movies eventually, and you can sit in absolute comfort. I’m telling you the seats are torture, no leg room and they don’t recline at all. They actually lean a tad forward. It’s perhaps less comfortable than sitting on a park bench.

Love the chill atmosphere here. lacking in chaos, kids and crowds! saw ‘Amy’ here last night. great movie, great evening, fab popcorn! a bit of a drive from Alpine but SO happy to pass pkwy plaza, mission valley mega complexes.
Anne Bonney
west Indies

I have had the displeasure of watching films at this terrible multiplex for more than 2 decades, it is now that I coming forward with a review. To begin with the seats in this theatre are THE WORST!!! They are excruciating ! They are hard, do not recline, the arm rests do not pull back, and there is no leg room what so ever! I am only 5 foot ten and watching films here is an ordeal and an exercise in misery. If the prisoners at Guatonimo Bay were forced to sit in these seats, they would give up and confess everything in a heartbeat! This theatre would replace these seats if they cared about the comfort of their patrons. It should also be pointed out that it is impossible to enjoy a film sitting in the first 4 rows without straining your neck looking up. The tempature control system in this theatre leaves much to be desired as well. In the summer, the theatres are hot enough to make you sweat, and in the winter, you have to keep your coat on to stay warm. Maybe the theatre owners are just too damn cheap to turn up the heat or air conditioning! And avoid seeing a movie in theater 4 at all costs! It is a box, not a theatre! You might ask why I have continued to see films at this multiplex over the years, good question. The reason is that this hideous theatre some how manages to have a monopoly on «quality» films, and some of these films are shown for weeks there before going into wider release at far superior theatres. It should be emphasized that that The Reading Gaslamp, the utterly magnificent multiplex dowtown, also shows independent and foreign films, and is probably the best mutiplex theatre, quality and comfort wise in the whole county. It would be like a dream if the cringe worthy Landmark Hillcrest were to shut down, and the far superior Reading Gaslamp were to become the premier independent theatre multiplex of San Diego, but wonderful things like that never happen. The only reason I can see why the dreadful Landmark Hillcrest gets good reviews on Unilocal or elsewhere, is that it shows quality films, and nothing else!

Forget watching a movie in comfort here if you’re a plus size person. I’m not even a very big plus size and the seats were horrible for me.
The arms don’t lift up, and it wouldn’t make any difference anyway, as the seats are meant for very small people and are so uncomfy. My rear end was aching and I had to keep moving around so I could get through the movie. It’s a shame, because you can see movies here that you won’t find in the more comfortable theaters.
Time to spend some money and put more plush seats in. I won’t be returning.

Good movies worth 5 stars, but dirtiness, broken seats, taped over carpets, marked up screen, bad sound, and narrow congested parking worth 1 star.

I was shocked this week when I went to this theater to find that they were hosting an event by Focus on the Family! In case you’re not familiar with this poisonous group, they’re a «Christian» organization out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and they have spread vicious lies about gay people for decades. In fact, tney have been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.
So why in the world would Landmark Theaters be in business with them?
That’s the question I asked a very blasé woman in their operations office the next day. «We don’t discriminate against ANYone,» she sniffed. «We would take the KKK’s money if they wanted to do an event at our theaters.»
Yes, she really said that. Scout’s honor.

Watched the Nutcracker play with the Little Sister of BBBS. Great performance from talented groups of kids and young adults. I recommend everyone to see a play.

Eco bags n free seasoning for the popcorn. Great date theater to get entertained by movies that you normally have to wait to Netflix since it’s not the mega blockbuster starring the latest Sexist Guy in People’s magazine.

I love this theatre! They always have the indie movies that don’t make it to the dumb, regular theatres. Nice crowd too, there’s no annoying teenagers being loud and giggly during the movie. This is the place to go for a nice quiet movie! nice employees, too

I like this theatre only for the movies. It is an older theatre and it doesn’t offer much like the newer style theatres these days.
I like it more because they don’t have all the hustle and bustle of other theatres but they have great independent movies. Usually the ones you don’t ever hear about.
The prices are cheap and they are great. I always love coming back.

I love this theater! The employees are friendly, the snacks are good, and they always play really great indie films.
They only play like 4 movies at a time, but it’s okay because the movies are always good :)