Of course I was at The Premier darling!
Everyone was there! Where were you?
So the wife of someone Jacqui works with was told I liked D&D and happens to do PR for the film industry and very kindly sent us a pair of tickets for the premier. Unfortunately J couldn't go due to work commitments so I contacted Tim who is an old friend and fellow D&Der (from my Monday group) and we met in Leicester Sq to pick up the tickets in a gold envelope.
J deemed it necessary for me to have a 'handler' in her absence. I don't see it myself. I think she's just worried in case I end up on the news or something.
So Tim and I went to a bar. An interesting melange of people to watch - some goth/cosplayers, some sharp-suited players, some tough East End geysers and their glamorous wives. We then asked security guards how we got to the cinema and we had to do the red carpet walk! Lol. We were dressed like trainspotters, and just put our heads down and kept walking. All the time Z-list identikit 'celebs' posed for photos.
I guess they earn their livings via their Instagram accounts.
It was a proper media-circus with the actors dutifully answering inane questions for the umpteenth time, while an unsmiling gorilla (not literally) held an umbrella over them in the March rain.
We found it hilarious.
We got into the cinema and were the first there. There was a bar. How much for the beer? Oh they're free.
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| We fitted in really well. |
"The reason I'm asking is we're normal so we have to pay for stuff."
The stars (Chris Pine, Miriam Gonzales, Regé-Jean Page and Hugh Grant) came in and introduced the film and then it started.
Review
I'd give this film maybe 9/10. We absolutely loved it Tim and I. What's so good about it? It has pace, you care about the characters, it's funny, there are jump-scares, and it has some pathos too.
Being nerds we were feeling very pleased with ourselves for knowing all the spells - Dimension Door, Eldritch blast etc, but also the beasts - Owlbear, Displacer Beast, poor old Jonathan the Aarakocra and all the other creatures.
Some spells I didn't know. Ahem...
Anyway, it's a really good romp in a pulp-fantasy setting (Lord of the Rings being a high-fantasy world) that will hopefully spawn a new franchise.
Go and see it - you don't need to be acquainted with Dungeons and Dragons to enjoy it.
The After-party
We then went to the after-party and as there was nothing decent to drink so we ended up drinking the free champagne.
We just people-watched the whole time, We assumed the stars would have buggered off back to their hotels but they turned up too.
It was quite glamorous, so I'm glad I wore my finest wellies. We just hung out by a pillar, like the cool kids do.
Very important people barged through the crowds - the more important you are the harder you barge, it would seem.
Really nice canapés too. I must have eaten about a score of them. I was quite hungry.
When I was younger and very sexy I attended a few of these types of events and got wasted. In my thirties and forties I ended up photographing them. It was interesting seeing the lighting units the photographers now use instead of traditional flashes.
I was really good at events photography but I didn't really enjoy them. It wasn't where I wanted to go.
It was quite the industry event. The older you are and further up the food chain the more 'creatively' you dress. Crazy spectacles, weird clothes.
We left around 10.30.
I wonder how much cocaine was consumed that night?
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