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.
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.
We finally made it to see RED tonight. That was fun! And Helen Mirren with a gun? Hotter than the SUN.
Also, I still think Julian McMahon would be a perfect Bruce Wayne.
I went to the midnight showing of HP6... I was working summer stock theater and about 90% of the company went together. It was glorious.
I don't even know when I'll get a chance to see the new one, which breaks my heart. I need to learn to apparate so I can spend the evening in a state where I know people so I can go to the movies!
In fact, between living in China and moving a bunch, I'm fairly certain HP6 was the last movie I saw in theaters, which is mind-blowing. I do have really horribly sensitive ears and so going to the movies is a real effort for me, but... wow.
I MUST find some way to get to HP7!!