Valentine’s Day Film premiere Report – Guest Post from Duncan Heath
Posted by Duncan in Film Reviews, Guests Posts
I was recently lucky enough to attend the European film premier of ‘Valentine’s Day’ in Leicester Square, London. I say lucky, but it will probably be the last film premier I attend, as although it was a great experience, it doesn’t half make you feel insignificant.
My girlfriend got the tickets from a contact that couldn’t make it, and it sounded very exciting when she broke the news to me that we would be hitting the red carpet with all the celebs. It was unfortunate that the film was Valentine’s Day, but I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
The evening started off quite stressfully actually. The tube at London Victoria was closed, the queue at the taxi rank was a good 30 people long, and we had about 20 minutes to get to the Odeon in Leicester square. We eventually got a taxi, but had to grind to a halt when driving down The Mall to let Prince Charles and his police escort out of Clarence House where he lives. I promise I am not making this up; it seems Charles had somehow wangled some tickets to the premier as well, and no one in London was going to stop him getting there. With the traffic at a halt we had to run the rest of The Mall, through Trafalgar Square and arrived at the cinema in our finest attire with bright red faces and panting like huskies.
The red carpet walk was a bit of blur to be honest. Whilst the celebrities hogged the flanks, soaking up the camera flashes and screaming fans, we sort of shuffled down the middle, trying not to catch the eye of any reporter who thinks they may have seen our faces somewhere before. Before we knew it we were inside in the lobby and being hastily shown the door to the viewing room. On the other side of the room a section had been cordoned off for the rich and famous, who sipped champagne and tried very hard to maintain their forced smiles. I paid a visit to the bathroom and then went to wait outside the ladies for my girlfriend, who was also trying to avoid the dreaded ‘mid-film bladder pain’. As I was waiting for her to appear, who came out of the bathroom but none other than Jessica Alba. I smiled at her, but I’m not sure I registered on her radar as she just ignored me. Finally my girlfriend reappeared and didn’t ignore me. Who needs Alba anyway!
The film was quite enjoyable. Nothing really happened apart from a number of attempted ‘Love Actually’-style serendipity story lines. But it was one of those films you don’t have to try very hard to keep up with, and can just enjoy the music and lovey-doveyness of it all. Unfortunately I was sat next to an obnoxious girl who had just been on the last serious of Celebrity Big Brother (no names). She played with her iPhone for about half an hour, chatted constantly to her minion whom she brought along to hold her bag, and then got up and left. Funny how she was able to stand outside for two hours on the red carpet, in the freezing cold, posing for photos and giving interviews…but thirty minutes in a cosy cinema was just too much!
All in all it was a great experience and a fun film (Taylor Swift was the best character to my astonishment). Watch it on DVD when it comes out by all means, but pick a day when you’re either hung over or just want to zone out for a bit. The premier itself though felt very fickle and more about everyone trying to get their five minutes in the lime light, rather than showcasing the film itself. Ironically, the ideas of ‘love’ and ‘romance’ never really seemed to come into it
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Thank you for sharing your experience
It seems that it was a really interesting one, although I didn’t liked to hear that Jessica Alba ignored you because all the people there were for her also and was not a really smart move to gather more fans. I want to see the movie also because it seems kind of interesting especially with all those stars acting in it.
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