Carmike Cinemas Grand Prarie 18

Yes, pretty lame… it’s an empty cinema on a Friday night??? Folks don’t do Cinemas anymore? Note the H2O vs. a Coke… do people still drink soda? They have extra large bottles of water which is nice. The candy is mostly box and not much candy… bring your own. The Carmike refillable popcorn is a good deal.
Floors were not sticky. That’s an instant 4-​stars in my book.

My family stopped here on a Friday afternoon to catch an early show. The staff was very friendly and the venue was clean. Prices can be little steep once you start adding on all the extras at the concession stand.

My favorite movie theatre– the closed captioning is glitchy and doesn’t work well but a very good theatre overall.

*updated* LIE-​MAX! So right out of the bat regarding the Imax, this is a fake Imax (28ft x 58ft), the true and real IMAX is 76FT X 97FT, so the size is much smaller but you pay the same! However, the employees are friendly, the bathrooms are clean, the hallways are clean and nicely designed, the regular theaters have really nice, large screens with sharp sounds, comfortable seats, and large space.
For the film nerds like me, they don’t have film projectors, all digital, I also hope they start giving better movie sub tickets since I collect them 8) I also hope they start showing classic films here.
[UPDATE] I recently was there to see A Most Wanted Man, I was telling myself this is a clean and big screen size, I just wish the parking lot lines were visible, but then I got really offended, the security guys kept coming to the room checking on me and right in the third act were everything was getting interesting the security came to me and ask me to show him my ticket. For me who pay to watch movies and support indie films all the time, this was very offending, I’m not gonna pull the race card because the rooms are dark, but I come to this very often and pay for movies, I have been at many theaters but I was never asked for it — I’m an indie filmmaker myself, so I know the pain behind making and showing it to public.

Great DLP and seats

Since the switch over to Carmike from Rave, there have been a couple of positive changes. One, a new sign posted that bag searches can be done at any time. Two, the same twilight pricing discount that Willow Knolls offers for movies between 4−6pm. On the other hand, it still seems run entirely by 18 year olds with nary an adult in sight. On my recent visit to see Iron Man 3, there was a BABY in the theater with us. It was sooooo shocking when the ear piercing explosions (of which there are possibly 100) made the poor unsuspecting infant scream in pain and terror. I guess it lent a life-​like quality to the movie when the people on the screen are screaming in pain in perfect harmony with a real life infant. This is the second time I have shared a theater with a baby at Rave/​Carmike and maybe there are more teenagers at Willow Knolls but at least I don’t have to cringe in sympathetic pain along with a crying baby over there. I’ve never seen a baby in a theater at Willow Knolls so it must be possible to ban them.
CARMIKE– NO BABIES ALLOWED IN THEATERS! Or make the parents buy them a ticket too and that might weed out that problem.

I have seen a million movies here. My most recent visit was to see Star Trek, which was fantastic btw. They have a friendly staff, clean theater, and comfy seating. They also offer a party room, which seems like a cute idea for a kids party. The sound and picture never fail to be great. I have been to several midnight shows here as well. The crowd is always really fun and I always have a great time. I would have rated a 4 star, but I happened to go to a show that fell in there super special price time. Between 4 – 5:30 they offer shows for $ 5.50 any day. What a great deal on a Saturday afternoon. I also saw ads for special concessions pricing. Can’t quite remember what the deal was on that, but yay for budget spending! Thanks Carmike!