Batman was my first theater employee screening event. Set a high bar for all that came after, that's for sure.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
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-t - Nov 15, 2010 7:11:03 pm PST #12024 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
SuziQ - Nov 15, 2010 7:30:35 pm PST #12025 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have tickets to a 12:02 showing!
We have tickets for 12:01. IMAX even.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2010 7:55:49 pm PST #12026 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2010 4:18:32 am PST #12027 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm seeing the new HP tonight. I haven't heard good things, unfortunately, but I'm trying to stay stoked regardless.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2010 6:03:11 am PST #12028 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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!).
DavidS - Nov 16, 2010 6:44:51 am PST #12029 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Speaking of HP, somebody just linked this clip on IO9 of Daniel Radcliffe on Ricky Gervais' show Extras that is just so freakin' funny.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2010 7:55:50 am PST #12030 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He and Diana Rigg made quite to comedy duo in that.
le nubian - Nov 16, 2010 10:08:19 am PST #12031 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2010 3:09:10 pm PST #12032 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
GL trailer. I'm so irrational on this front, and so excited.
Volans - Nov 16, 2010 4:09:46 pm PST #12033 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Just got back from taking Mal to see Megamind. It's pretty cute. I suspect I enjoyed it more than Mal did. It's deconstructing the Superman mythos, pokes a little fun at Objectivism, references Donkey Kong, and is soundtracked with my era of music.
Mal doesn't even know the Superman story (being more into Batman and Iron Man) and didn't wear his glasses for most of the movie (so I guess he saw two superimposed blurry movies), but he wants a Minion fish.