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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.
Unless you count LGBT film festivals, Serenity was my last big event showing too. Sadly, also my last date with a hot newly-out-of-the-closet Venezuelan guy that I was really into at the time.
Though at least he provided validation before giving me the brushoff — saying that the end confused him because he'd been sure throughout the whole movie that Simon was gay (and he'd never seen Firefly!).
Speaking of HP, somebody just linked this clip on IO9 of Daniel Radcliffe on Ricky Gervais' show Extras that is just so freakin' funny.
He and Diana Rigg made quite to comedy duo in that.
I haven't heard good things, unfortunately, but I'm trying to stay stoked regardless.
Jessica, I may be speaking only for myself, but I am traveling and will not see the movie until Sunday, so I would appreciate any information (esp negative, so I can be more comfortable in my delaying the viewing of this movie) about the movie. I plan to listen to the audiobook (I may not make it through the WHOLE thing) in preparation for the film, which is pure folly since I hated the previous movie and how much it departed from the book.
GL trailer. I'm so irrational on this front, and so excited.