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). :)