The Good and Bad at the Premiere |
 buzz435 Aug 01, 2007 @ 01:08 am
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| This was my first and LAST premiere I'll ever go to. I think I will stick with promos that don't have the all the hoopla and confusion of a massive premiere with all these rude and pushy tourists around.
I too got there at 4pm after driving an hour from Orange County. I had called Mann's earlier in the day and a manager told me that I would have to line up on the street. When I got there I was told by security to go over to the Coffee Bean. Found the line for ticket holders totally mixing in with hardcore tourists who camped out 3 hours early along the barricades with no kind of crowd control whatsoever.
Had a spot right on the rail so when the ticket people came by I was in the perfect spot. Got a tix for a seat in Row 3, Far left of center. It was REALLY close to the screen and you had to look up.
Celebs sat in the back half and there was free sodas and popcorn.
In the future it would be nice if a Film Metro rep had a bullhorn or a HUGE SIGN indicating that you were in the right place in line. I was shocked I even got in. I was about 40th in line. |
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315298 Aug 01, 2007 @ 03:08 pm
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| Rush Hour 3 premiere
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| I too went to the premiere early and was given the run around. FilmMetro ticket said Mann Chinese 6, so I stood in line at the theater upstairs, which the sign said Premiere overflow only. There was a line forming in the theater already. But to be sure, I asked the supervisor in the theater, she said to go downstairs and exchange your ticket for another. I went downstairs where all the crowd were hanging out on the sidewalk. I asked the men dressed in black with SEM badges, they did not know anything except to stay with the crowd until someone comes by to exchange tickets. Most of the crowd had Rush Hour 3 world premiere hardcopy ticketholders given by Power 106 and someone was handing them out to tourists (I asked a tourist). No one knew about Filmmetro tickets. I went back to the theater upstairs and my bro was waiting in line. Next a security from the theater said to go to Coffee Bean and exchange tickets, but when we got there no one was around to exchange tickets. Another security said to wait in the crowd until someone exchange tickets. There was no end nor beginning of the line. I had to ask people with the FilmMetro tickets to hear what answers they received from other security. Around 7 pm, we waited in line until someone from the studios came to exchange for the yellow tickets printed with assigned seats. People with the hard copy Rush Hour 3 tickets were also exchanging them for the yellow ones. We all were sent upstairs to Mann Chinese 6 and given free popcorn and soda (Thanks to Mann Chinese 6, New Line Cinema, and FilmMetro for giving us goodies) . I agree that in the future it should be more organized better and less chaotic. I would stick with the promos too. However, Rush Hour 3 was awesome and well worth the wait!!! |
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315298 Aug 01, 2007 @ 03:08 pm
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| Rush Hour 3 premiere, Movie was awesome!!
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| I too went to the premiere early and was given the run around. FilmMetro ticket said Mann Chinese 6, so I stood in line at the theater upstairs, which the sign said Premiere overflow only. There was a line forming in the theater already. But to be sure, I asked the supervisor in the theater, she said to go downstairs and exchange your ticket for another. I went downstairs where all the crowd were hanging out on the sidewalk. I asked the men dressed in black with SEM badges, they did not know anything except to stay with the crowd until someone comes by to exchange tickets. Most of the crowd had Rush Hour 3 world premiere hardcopy ticketholders given by Power 106 and someone was handing them out to tourists (I asked a tourist). No one knew about Filmmetro tickets. I went back to the theater upstairs and my bro was waiting in line. Next a security from the theater said to go to Coffee Bean and exchange tickets, but when we got there no one was around to exchange tickets. Another security said to wait in the crowd until someone exchange tickets. There was no end nor beginning of the line. I had to ask people with the FilmMetro tickets to hear what answers they received from other security. Around 7 pm, we waited in line until someone from the studios came to exchange for the yellow tickets printed with assigned seats. People with the hard copy Rush Hour 3 tickets were also exchanging them for the yellow ones. We all were sent upstairs to Mann Chinese 6 and given free popcorn and soda (Thanks to Mann Chinese 6, New Line Cinema, and FilmMetro for giving us goodies) . I agree that in the future it should be more organized better and less chaotic. I would stick with the promos too. However, Rush Hour 3 was awesome and well worth the wait!!! |
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