The screening was at ILM, so, fittingly, no food or drink was available.
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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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megan walker - Mar 20, 2012 6:47:14 am PDT #18846 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
le nubian - Mar 20, 2012 7:17:07 am PDT #18847 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
megan,
spoiler font reaction: um, I have to say that I am incredibly disappointed that the mutt-ations (lack of clarity thereof) is not a highlight of the movie and I am grateful you included that in your summary. I would have been PISSED not knowing that ahead of time. I'm psyched for the movie, but my expectations are properly tempered.
Polter-Cow - Mar 20, 2012 7:26:12 am PDT #18848 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm psyched for the movie, but my expectations are properly tempered.
That is a pretty odd thing not to make clear. It's one of the more horrifying aspects of the ending, even though I still wasn't clear on whether we were supposed to believe that they WERE the dead tributes or Katniss just thought so in the moment. That confusion may be why they decided to let it go in the movie, especially if there's no narration.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2012 7:33:28 am PDT #18849 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
embargoed from blogging a review until Friday, but the social media embargo lifted today
Interesting. If I had to guess, I'd say they want the fandom building up positive word of mouth before the middling-to-negative reviews roll in.
le nubian - Mar 20, 2012 7:37:59 am PDT #18850 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
I didn't think there was any confusion because it happened again, in a later book, yes?
le nubian - Mar 20, 2012 7:38:17 am PDT #18851 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love Jessica's cynical take.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 8:04:34 am PDT #18852 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So professional reviewers are a significant overlap with bloggers? Because obviously fandom is, and it must be the professional reviews they're trying to hush up.
Wait, or are they, Megan? Is there an official restriction on when an "official" critic is allowed to publish? Is it the same as the blogging date?
Polter-Cow - Mar 20, 2012 8:17:42 am PDT #18853 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Is there an official restriction on when an "official" critic is allowed to publish?
Well, clearly not, since there are 34 Fresh and 1 Rotten review on RT.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2012 8:23:02 am PDT #18854 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH says the press embargo was lifted last Friday after the junket.
[eta: And the screening in NYC was last night, so a lot of reviews are coming out this morning.]
megan walker - Mar 20, 2012 8:23:09 am PDT #18855 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's very confusing and ridiculous because, for example, the L.A. embargo ends today. The general advance screening is Wednesday in SF, but they had a special press only screening last night (maybe 50 people I'd say) at the ILM campus. They bagged and tagged our phones and we were supposed to sign an NDA but I guess they waived that last minute. Plus ones were severely restricted. It is very unusual to have the embargo until the release date, but I went with a critic from the SF Film Critics Circle and I don't want to screw up his relationship with the publicists.