Flagship Premium Cinemas — Local services in Thomaston

I was excited to try this cinema for the first time to see the new Mission Impossible movie. I'll start with the good: I was able to purchase tickets and select my seats on line a week early and picked the tickets up via the self serve kiosk in the theater with ease. The seats were very comfortable and were heated. Very good sound and screen. The best seating area in the theater was wheelchair accessible for 2 chairs. A++ for that part. The not so great: There was no attendant to take our tickets and direct us to the theater and no signs that point you in the direction of the theater that you are going to. The only signs that I saw were big numbers on the door (very helpful) except that the doors were recessed so not visible from the entrance. I know this is picky but we ended up walking back and forth trying to find it. The lighting before and after the movie is (I know this sounds ridiculous but here it comes...) torturous. So bright through all of the previews. And at the end of the movie, no gradual fade on, they went from movie credits dark to full on bright which was jarring. The air conditioning was blowing ice cold air intermittently directly where I was sitting even though the room was already very cool. It wasn't a completely terrible experience but there were enough annoyances that it really affected my enjoyment of the film which was really quite amazing. Would I go again? I might. If it was a good meeting point for other movie going friends I would go there, otherwise I would probably...

Flagship is pretty much the only game in this Midcoast area, as the other theatre - The Strand - really only does classic and indie films between their musical presentations. Flagship is okay, the seats have been repaired to be more comfortable and the sound system is fine. There are some projection problems with start times, but nothing has happened to me personally that ruined the movie. Their prices are average for the area and the popcorn is fine. The big issue I have with Flagship is that while it does have the "popular popular" movies, it rarely gets a decent selection of overall films and sometimes brings in odd religious movies that no one wants to see. For instance, they shafted "Lady Bird" a highly reviewed critical film for an odd religious cartoon and in favor of more Star Wars screens than necessary for the population, and never got "The Disaster Artist" or "The Shape of Water," two films which have both buzz and an audience in the area. Their film selection group should be more... open. I want to go to Flagship more, but often, my greatest disappointment is looking at their "currently...

I am amazed at how awful this theatre has become. I mean, it was never great - a pretty average to below-average multiplex - but it must have undergone a change or ownership or something because it looks awful. They have serve-yourself soda fountains now, so they can cut back on staff, and have moved the ticket booth to the concession stand for the same reason. Just more and more budget cuts, so longer lines and worse service. Worse still is the movie experience,. I don't know if this is new or not, but the theatre floors have these glowing red aisle lights, which project a red glow onto the screen. There is no such thing as a dark scene in a movie in this place anymore, because dark scenes have this bright red glow. The sound system stinks too, and you get to watch an endless stream of ads before the movie even starts. In short, it is too bad there are not more theaters around, but for the few times a year I actually go to movies, will try someplace else. Just a disappointing experience all around and getting worse, it seems to me, by the...