It is funny that this thread is here today. I went to an advance screening of Public Enemies last night in Scottsdale, AZ. About 3/4 of the way through the movie part of the ceiling caved in. Bits of ceiling actually fell on some people in the back few rows. There was a really loud noise. These people were making a huge fuss about it, calling for lights to be turned on and such. Nothing happened. They kept talking. Some people in rows ahead of them didn't know what was going on so they started saying "Shhhhh". It wasn't until the movie was over and the lights turned on that we all knew the ceiling fell in.
Originally posted by LadyHathor25: It is funny that this thread is here today. I went to an advance screening of Public Enemies last night in Scottsdale, AZ. About 3/4 of the way through the movie part of the ceiling caved in. Bits of ceiling actually fell on some people in the back few rows. There was a really loud noise. These people were making a huge fuss about it, calling for lights to be turned on and such. Nothing happened. They kept talking. Some people in rows ahead of them didn't know what was going on so they started saying "Shhhhh". It wasn't until the movie was over and the lights turned on that we all knew the ceiling fell in.
Which theater in Scottsdale were you in? Camelview? I wish I'd known it was screening...
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No, it was actually at Fashion Square. Though, one would think Camelview would be a likely suspect for the ceiling caving in, eh? LOL. I kind of wish so. Perhaps that would prompt them to start the long promised expansion sooner.
As I told Pacinofan, it pays off to have friends who work at bookstores in the East Valley. The passes were distributed to various retailers about a week and a half ago. Bookstores (and music stores) in Scottsdale and Tempe are great places to pick up free passes.
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Originally posted by LadyHathor25: No, it was actually at Fashion Square. Though, one would think Camelview would be a likely suspect for the ceiling caving in, eh? LOL. I kind of wish so. Perhaps that would prompt them to start the long promised expansion sooner.
I'm glad it wasn't Camelview. I was thinking of going to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and then seeing a film at Camelview, most likely "Cheri" to see if Michelle Pfeiffer is Oscar worthy, and I would really like to not have to worry about getting brained.
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Originally posted by LadyHathor25: No, it was actually at Fashion Square. Though, one would think Camelview would be a likely suspect for the ceiling caving in, eh? LOL. I kind of wish so. Perhaps that would prompt them to start the long promised expansion sooner.
As I told Pacinofan, it pays off to have friends who work at bookstores in the East Valley. The passes were distributed to various retailers about a week and a half ago. Bookstores (and music stores) in Scottsdale and Tempe are great places to pick up free passes.
To my fellow Zonies LadyHathor and SmileyNate if you didn't know "Away We Go" has now expanded beyond Camelview and is playing at several AMC theatres. I was not surprised by how funny it was but was surprised by how moving much of it is. It has big flaws, it can be smug and some of the characters are nasty caricatures, but I was surprised by how lovely much of it was and John Krasinki and especially Maya Rudolph are wonderful. Might as well take advantage of the fact that AZ has so many screens they can find space for "Away We Go"... and it could give you something to see besides "Transformers".
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Originally posted by LadyHathor25: No, it was actually at Fashion Square. Though, one would think Camelview would be a likely suspect for the ceiling caving in, eh? LOL. I kind of wish so. Perhaps that would prompt them to start the long promised expansion sooner.
I'm glad it wasn't Camelview. I was thinking of going to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and then seeing a film at Camelview, most likely "Cheri" to see if Michelle Pfeiffer is Oscar worthy, and I would really like to not have to worry about getting brained.
LOL, well I still can't guarantee anything. I mean, Fashion Square theatre has to be newer than Camelview, right?
I still can't believe the ceiling actually fell in. How crazy! I promise you, when the lights went up and everyone saw what had happened, nobody was talking about Johnny Depp or the movie.
Edited to add: and thanks Pacinofan for the tip about "Away We Go". I was thinking of heading to the movies tomorrow. Nice to know I could drive only to Peoria instead of Scottsdale to see it.
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Originally posted by LadyHathor25: No, it was actually at Fashion Square. Though, one would think Camelview would be a likely suspect for the ceiling caving in, eh? LOL. I kind of wish so. Perhaps that would prompt them to start the long promised expansion sooner.
As I told Pacinofan, it pays off to have friends who work at bookstores in the East Valley. The passes were distributed to various retailers about a week and a half ago. Bookstores (and music stores) in Scottsdale and Tempe are great places to pick up free passes.
To my fellow Zonies LadyHathor and SmileyNate if you didn't know "Away We Go" has now expanded beyond Camelview and is playing at several AMC theatres. I was not surprised by how funny it was but was surprised by how moving much of it is. It has big flaws, it can be smug and some of the characters are nasty caricatures, but I was surprised by how lovely much of it was and John Krasinki and especially Maya Rudolph are wonderful. Might as well take advantage of the fact that AZ has so many screens they can find space for "Away We Go"... and it could give you something to see besides "Transformers".
Thanks for the tip on "Away We Go"...we're going to hit a movie tomorrow afternoon, and I want to be nowhere near "Transformers"...I aged myself on Facebook when I said "Transformers" looked too loud for me, lol!
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Originally posted by Brilliance inmorbid: Damn all you who live in big cities.
I AGREE! i live in the smallest state in the country so we very rarely get advanced screeings and my town is sooooo small that we don't even have a movie theater, we actually have to drive to several towns away to get to a theater. Actually the only commerical properties in my town are a McDonald's and a Dunkin Donuts! and both proved very controversial when they were built! People acted literally DISGUSTED at the thought of a McDonald's being built in their town, as if it would destroy the small town feel---the ironic thing is that McDonald's and DD both replaced BARS that were closed, it was so odd they were upset about DD or MCD's being open but had no objection to a BAR being opened!
Praying The Daytime Emmys air on TV in 2010!
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Originally posted by puxzkkx: I was in attendance at the world premiere of River Queen (it was filmed in my hometown) and the director, Vincent Ward, left halfway through the screening and didn't come back.
Other than that, not really any interesting experiences. Although I did give someone a handjob during a cinema screening of "21".
You naughty person, you.
I was just wondering if Samantha Morton showed up to the premiere, and if she did, how was her behavior? Also, do you have any inside scoop about why she and Ward fought so much?
I read that she claimed she was sick during the making of that movie, but the real story was that she wouldn't work unless she got cocaine delivered to her everyday and that no one could stand to work with her.
I'm almost afraid to read anything more about her for fear that I'll no longer be able to enjoy her work that much knowing how she is in real life, but since there's very little written about her in the U.S., I'm really interested in knowing if she's really that terrible in real life or unfairly has a diva label attached to her now.
I fear it's the former since she's cattily called out a lot of people, but I think she's very talented. I don't know if she would still be in safe territory like Sean Penn is where I know he can be pretty douchy, but I can ignore it. Or if she would end up like Russell Crowe to me in that once I loved his work, but with his recent projects, he seems too tainted to enjoy anymore.
As for the topic, I don't really have any bizarre movie going experiences just mostly annoying ones.
Like 742, when I watched The Good Girl, there was someone snoring in the theater. It wasn't really bizarre though because it was really hot outside, and I figure the person didn't care what movie he/she saw as long as they enjoy the a.c. I actually think it added to the movie because when we could hear the snoring really loudly during the quieter moments of the movie, the whole audience would be laughing more during those moments than at the actual movie.
I've also had run of the mill annoying experiences like some idiot using his cellphone all throughout a movie not talking but texting or something which was still bad enough because it kept glowing. Also, one time I was watching a serious movie, but these young people kept laughing at it inappropriately. There was one that was annoying but also sort of bizarre just because I didn't really expect these three senior citizen ladies to come into the theater to watch Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They got there right when the theater turned out the lights, and then they spent at least five minutes loudly complaining that they couldn't see to find a seat. This was a really old theater, so there wasn't any lighted aisles like the new ones have. Still there was some light coming from the screen, but they just stood in the back of the theater talking for what seemed like forever.
- During "Dreamgirls," the sound cut out for a few minutes. It resumed without any further incident, but we all got free movie passes for our trouble.
The same thing happened to me when I saw Dreamgirls. Sound only came out of speakers on one side of the theater, which was a horrible auditory experience. When we complained to an employee, he said, "Well you can still hear if you try really hard." We were like, "But it's a MUSICAL!"
When I saw Scream 3 way back when, a huge brawl broke out in the theater. This group of guys kept talking during the movie, and the people sitting in front of them turned around a told them to be quiet about half way through. Well, that was it. A couple of "F--- You" outbursts later, about 10 people were throwing punches. Security came in and had to empty the room. The manager gave everyone a free pass and a coupon for a free large popcorn to make up for it.
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Originally posted by puxzkkx: I was in attendance at the world premiere of River Queen (it was filmed in my hometown) and the director, Vincent Ward, left halfway through the screening and didn't come back.
Other than that, not really any interesting experiences. Although I did give someone a handjob during a cinema screening of "21".
You naughty person, you.
I was just wondering if Samantha Morton showed up to the premiere, and if she did, how was her behavior? Also, do you have any inside scoop about why she and Ward fought so much?
I read that she claimed she was sick during the making of that movie, but the real story was that she wouldn't work unless she got cocaine delivered to her everyday and that no one could stand to work with her.
I'm almost afraid to read anything more about her for fear that I'll no longer be able to enjoy her work that much knowing how she is in real life, but since there's very little written about her in the U.S., I'm really interested in knowing if she's really that terrible in real life or unfairly has a diva label attached to her now.
I fear it's the former since she's cattily called out a lot of people, but I think she's very talented. I don't know if she would still be in safe territory like Sean Penn is where I know he can be pretty douchy, but I can ignore it. Or if she would end up like Russell Crowe to me in that once I loved his work, but with his recent projects, he seems too tainted to enjoy anymore.
As for the topic, I don't really have any bizarre movie going experiences just mostly annoying ones.
Like 742, when I watched The Good Girl, there was someone snoring in the theater. It wasn't really bizarre though because it was really hot outside, and I figure the person didn't care what movie he/she saw as long as they enjoy the a.c. I actually think it added to the movie because when we could hear the snoring really loudly during the quieter moments of the movie, the whole audience would be laughing more during those moments than at the actual movie.
I've also had run of the mill annoying experiences like some idiot using his cellphone all throughout a movie not talking but texting or something which was still bad enough because it kept glowing. Also, one time I was watching a serious movie, but these young people kept laughing at it inappropriately. There was one that was annoying but also sort of bizarre just because I didn't really expect these three senior citizen ladies to come into the theater to watch Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They got there right when the theater turned out the lights, and then they spent at least five minutes loudly complaining that they couldn't see to find a seat. This was a really old theater, so there wasn't any lighted aisles like the new ones have. Still there was some light coming from the screen, but they just stood in the back of the theater talking for what seemed like forever.
Samantha Morton wasn't at the premier, and I don't think Kiefer Sutherland was either. Cliff Curtis, Rawiri Pene and Temuera Morrison were all there, as were some of the actors in smaller parts. But the shoot was a long, messy one and apparently Morton was a major diva. Her young daughter went to my school (I was then in primary school) for a while during the shoot, and I heard that Morton clashed with pretty much everyone on the set. I heard rumors about crack but I'm not sure I believe them. Anyway, my father talked to Temuera and Cliff and asked them about Morton, they just rolled their eyes, laughed and shrugged it off. Kiefer was apparently the opposite, he would often be seen around town shopping, soaking up the culture and being all-around happy and jolly. He actually visited our house once and had drinks with my father and stepmother, but I wasn't there at the time.
Maybe the crack rumors ARE true, you are about the fourth person to have brought them up, but I've always been surprised to hear those rumors regarding Morton, because with her public image she simply doesn't seem like the type.
Regardless, Ward had a lot of trouble on set and judging from his behavior at the premiere clearly he didn't think the end result was worth it. I agree, the film was laughably bad, and the acting (Morton, specifically!) was terrible.
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Originally posted by puxzkkx: I was in attendance at the world premiere of River Queen (it was filmed in my hometown) and the director, Vincent Ward, left halfway through the screening and didn't come back.
Other than that, not really any interesting experiences. Although I did give someone a handjob during a cinema screening of "21".
You naughty person, you.
I was just wondering if Samantha Morton showed up to the premiere, and if she did, how was her behavior? Also, do you have any inside scoop about why she and Ward fought so much?
I read that she claimed she was sick during the making of that movie, but the real story was that she wouldn't work unless she got cocaine delivered to her everyday and that no one could stand to work with her.
I'm almost afraid to read anything more about her for fear that I'll no longer be able to enjoy her work that much knowing how she is in real life, but since there's very little written about her in the U.S., I'm really interested in knowing if she's really that terrible in real life or unfairly has a diva label attached to her now.
I fear it's the former since she's cattily called out a lot of people, but I think she's very talented. I don't know if she would still be in safe territory like Sean Penn is where I know he can be pretty douchy, but I can ignore it. Or if she would end up like Russell Crowe to me in that once I loved his work, but with his recent projects, he seems too tainted to enjoy anymore.
As for the topic, I don't really have any bizarre movie going experiences just mostly annoying ones.
Like 742, when I watched The Good Girl, there was someone snoring in the theater. It wasn't really bizarre though because it was really hot outside, and I figure the person didn't care what movie he/she saw as long as they enjoy the a.c. I actually think it added to the movie because when we could hear the snoring really loudly during the quieter moments of the movie, the whole audience would be laughing more during those moments than at the actual movie.
I've also had run of the mill annoying experiences like some idiot using his cellphone all throughout a movie not talking but texting or something which was still bad enough because it kept glowing. Also, one time I was watching a serious movie, but these young people kept laughing at it inappropriately. There was one that was annoying but also sort of bizarre just because I didn't really expect these three senior citizen ladies to come into the theater to watch Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They got there right when the theater turned out the lights, and then they spent at least five minutes loudly complaining that they couldn't see to find a seat. This was a really old theater, so there wasn't any lighted aisles like the new ones have. Still there was some light coming from the screen, but they just stood in the back of the theater talking for what seemed like forever.
Samantha Morton wasn't at the premier, and I don't think Kiefer Sutherland was either. Cliff Curtis, Rawiri Pene and Temuera Morrison were all there, as were some of the actors in smaller parts. But the shoot was a long, messy one and apparently Morton was a major diva. Her young daughter went to my school (I was then in primary school) for a while during the shoot, and I heard that Morton clashed with pretty much everyone on the set. I heard rumors about crack but I'm not sure I believe them. Anyway, my father talked to Temuera and Cliff and asked them about Morton, they just rolled their eyes, laughed and shrugged it off. Kiefer was apparently the opposite, he would often be seen around town shopping, soaking up the culture and being all-around happy and jolly. He actually visited our house once and had drinks with my father and stepmother, but I wasn't there at the time.
Maybe the crack rumors ARE true, you are about the fourth person to have brought them up, but I've always been surprised to hear those rumors regarding Morton, because with her public image she simply doesn't seem like the type.
Regardless, Ward had a lot of trouble on set and judging from his behavior at the premiere clearly he didn't think the end result was worth it. I agree, the film was laughably bad, and the acting (Morton, specifically!) was terrible.
From what I have read Samantha Morton had a very rough childhood and teenage life and was in and out of foster homes and reform schools, for drugs, so her issues as an adult should not be surprising.
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Thanks for the inside information, puxzkkx. Keifer Sutherland does seem like a fun guy that is as long as you don't do anything to Brooke Shields around him.
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Originally posted by pacinofan: I believe Samantha Morton had a very rough childhood and teenage life and was in and out of foster homes and reform school which could explain some of her issues as an adult.
Yes, I don't want to excuse her behavior any, but she just wrote and directed a movie for television, The Unloved, similar to what her early life was like. It's a young girl with an abusive father and neglectful mother who goes in and out of foster care, but at least doesn't wind up as bad as another girl that she meets in the system . It got pretty good reviews, so maybe she'll do more writing and directing in the future.
She has said some things that I'm not sure whether to believe or not, or she'll later deny that she even said it or that it was taken out of context. Like recently she said that she was almost tried for attempted murder of another girl while she was in care because the girl kept bullying her until Morton just snapped one day. It seemed believable at first because Morton does seem crazy enough to cut a bitch if you even look at her the wrong way, but then I wondered why no one had ever come forward with that kind of information in this tabloid age. Plus, she just happened to admit all of this right before her big directing premiere. I do believe that being put into care at that young age had to mess with her psyche though but that she didn't have to embellish how bad the experience was, if that's what she was doing with the story about almost slitting the girl's throat.
Originally posted by Mrs. Daryl Zero: Thanks for the inside information, puxzkkx. Keifer Sutherland does seem like a fun guy that is as long as you don't do anything to Brooke Shields around him.
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Originally posted by pacinofan: I believe Samantha Morton had a very rough childhood and teenage life and was in and out of foster homes and reform school which could explain some of her issues as an adult.
Yes, I don't want to excuse her behavior any, but she just wrote and directed a movie for television, The Unloved, similar to what her early life was like. It's a young girl with an abusive father and neglectful mother who goes in and out of foster care, but at least doesn't wind up as bad as another girl that she meets in the system . It got pretty good reviews, so maybe she'll do more writing and directing in the future.
She has said some things that I'm not sure whether to believe or not, or she'll later deny that she even said it or that it was taken out of context. Like recently she said that she was almost tried for attempted murder of another girl while she was in care because the girl kept bullying her until Morton just snapped one day. It seemed believable at first because Morton does seem crazy enough to cut a bitch if you even look at her the wrong way, but then I wondered why no one had ever come forward with that kind of information in this tabloid age. Plus, she just happened to admit all of this right before her big directing premiere. I do believe that being put into care at that young age had to mess with her psyche though but that she didn't have to embellish how bad the experience was, if that's what she was doing with the story about almost slitting the girl's throat.
It does not mean its true but Wikipedia mentions the incident you write about, thought it does not sound like attempted murder there, and says she served 4 months for threatening someone who had been bullying her in reform school.
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Originally posted by pacinofan: It does not mean its true but Wikipedia mentions the incident you write about, thought it does not sound like attempted murder there, and says she served 4 months for threatening someone who had been bullying her in reform school.
Here's the where I read about it, so it is true that she served 4 months for threatening someone. Maybe she just embellished it because I would think that the other girl or someone else that witnessed it would have come out and tried to sell the story.
I don't know because the papers over in Britain also questioned whether or not she was telling the truth about having a stroke. I also believed that story, but later on when I read a story questioning it, I wondered if she would have been well enough after a stroke to go out and party one month later. Perhaps she did have a stroke, but it wasn't as bad as she made it seem when she came out with that story just like the attempted murder story.
It doesn't bother me if she's not being 100% truthful even if she did threaten a bully and had a stroke, or if she made everything up just because that's just what celebrities do. Plus, currently while she maybe a bitch with a capital "B", it's not enough for me to stop liking her or her work. Maybe later on if she keeps up the shenanigans, but for every bad story that comes out, she does something to offset that for me either through her career, her charity work, or other people in film coming to her defense.
I find Samantha Morton really overrated, so this news just makes me like her less and less... :S
I don't really believe she had a stroke, unless she spent her recovery time in another dimension.
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When I saw "Apocalypse Now Redux", the extended version of "Apocalypse Now", which took a 2 hr 45 minute movie to a 3 1/2 hr length the movie melted at about the 3 hour mark. Since the theatre owners knew people were mad as hell they gave out two passes for a free movie. Since I found the directors' cut very pretentious and did not like any of the added scenes, and I love the original version of "Apocalypse Now", there was no chance of me seeing the film again in the theatre. I still have not completely seen the revised version.
I am not a fan of Directors Cuts in general and have only ever seen one, "Almost Famous", that I liked anywhere near as much as the edited version. Except for that rare exception directors' cuts generally seem longer but not at all better and I usually end up agreeing that the cuts were in the best interest of the film. As much as I loved the "Lord of the Rings" films I have never seen any of the extended editions as I think all the films could do with some trims even in their released versions.
P.S. Neither of these films would count as Director's Cuts as the versions I saw no longer exist but I did like long versions of "The New World" and "Boogie Nights". I saw the NY/LA release of "The New World" and that was a beautiful piece of film-making that the general release version could not match. The longer version actually seemed shorter to me and kept me completely enthralled with the physicality of the film-making which was not always the case with the shorter version. In college I went to an early screening of a 3 hour plus version of "Boogie Nights" which played as much more Altmanesque, and was even more shocking in its violence and nudity, than the shorter version. I will agree that the shorter version was more fast moving but that longer, crazier version had more depth and might have been the more impressive film.
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