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Wow. The new Harry Potter is showing at 9 different theaters at the Metreon, starting Thursday (after Midnight) at: 12:02, 12:03, 12:04, 12:05, 12:07, 12:08, 12:09, 12:10, and 12:11.
I predict bragging rights from getting into the 12:02 showing. You will be up to 9 minutes ahead of your fellow theatre-goers!
Plus you'll hear cursing.
"Twelve eleven? Shit! Shit! Shit!"
I haven't gone to an Event showing since Serenity.
Memorably, I went to the first showings of Batman (Burton) and Indian Jones and His Dad James Bond.
Also, I waited in line for more than two hours to go see an after midnight showing of The Shining with Karen (Emmett's godmother) and my friend Phil, both of whom nearly clawed my arms off in terror during the movie.
I have tickets to a 12:02 showing!
I can't remember, but Serenity might have been my last event showing. But that was the premier, not a midnight showing.
And Batman was definitely my first. God, that was a big night. Partying beforehand at a comics-themed party (I wish I knew what happened to that denim jacket with Storm painted on it) and I ended up taking the life-sized cutout of Wolverine with me to the Bats movie and everyone was freaking out because it was publisher cross-contamination. Fun times, fun times.
Batman was a big deal. I remember when the first trailer showed in a theater and when Michael Keaton said, "I'm Batman" the crowd went apeshit.
I waited in a line that probably curved about a quarter of a mile away from the ticket booth, and got something like twelve tickets.
Batman was my first theater employee screening event. Set a high bar for all that came after, that's for sure.
I have tickets to a 12:02 showing!
We have tickets for 12:01. IMAX even.
Another movie I remember that had tremendous excitement about it before it opened was Aliens.
I was in LA for that and went down to Hollywood to see the premiere and the line was sooooo long. You knew that night that it was going to be huge.
I'll say this for Cameron: Aliens and T2 are two of the most exciting movies I've ever seen.
I'm seeing the new HP tonight. I haven't heard good things, unfortunately, but I'm trying to stay stoked regardless.