TOP 5 CINEMA EXPERIENCES: No. 3

SERENITY

Serenity previewed at the Edinburgh International Film Festival prior to its release and the cast and director were in town to promote it.
At the time I had never heard of the film or Firefly but walking past HMV one day I noticed there was going to be a signing with Joss Whedon and most of the cast the following day, and being a huge Buffy fan I had to go. This was a pretty humiliating experience as I mistook Adam Baldwin for a security guard and practically ran away from Whedon instead of speaking to him but I was lucky enough to be given a free ticket to one of the screenings while I queued.
I then had to queue again at the cinema for roughly 40 minutes before the film started, something I've never again had to do at an EINN screening. I remember being blown away by the film at the time (corny lines included) and had to go back a further three times, mainly to send away my ticket stubs and claim a free Serenity t-shirt...probably one of my geekiest experiences as well then. This paid off though as the film did reach no.1 at the UK box office (even if it was the lowest grossing no.1 that year hehe). :)

TOP 5 CINEMA EXPERIENCES: No.2

MOULIN ROUGE

I saw Moulin Rouge in Leicester Square's largest Odeon cinema when it was released in 2001, when I was 13. As a big fan of musicals (mainly due to this film) seeing this in the cinema had a huge emotional impact on me. The cinema itself was amazing, such a massive screen and zebra stripe patterned seats which I thought at the time was extremely cool. The colours and imagery in scenes such as the 'Elephant Love Medley' and 'Your Song' are what made the film for me, as well as Kylie Minogue's cameo as the Absinth Fairy lol. By the end of the film I was glad to see that most of the audience were weeping alongside me and it still remains one of my favourite movies today. Unfortunately I don't have much else to say as this was such a long time ago but has obviously made a lasting impact :)