Movie Fest - New Cinema Event for Dublin

Busi_Girl08 · 11-08-2011 2:01pm

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

It's decent food, not a chipper burger. What would you pay in Eddie Rockets for the same?

Anyway, the Saturday movie I'm thinking could be Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... thoughts?

Aren't they playing trailers/scenes from it on one of the days?

Star Lord · 11-08-2011 2:44pm

Maybe, not sure! I know it's out the next weekend!

Basq · 11-08-2011 2:46pm

I don't think 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' is out til mid-September.. so I'd say it's a no-go!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-08-2011 2:53pm

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

It's decent food, not a chipper burger. What would you pay in Eddie Rockets for the same?

Anyway, the Saturday movie I'm thinking could be Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... thoughts?

I thought taht as well but they're playing exclusive content from it so I highly they'd show the whole film as well afterwards!

Sad Professor · 11-08-2011 3:13pm

If I thought Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was going to be screened at this I would take off work to see it. However, the film is getting its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival at the end of the month. There's no chance of it being screening anywhere before then.

allanb49 · 11-08-2011 4:14pm

for €12 you can get a lamb shank with mash gravy and carrots in the woolshed,
They're huge portions too.

Why_So_Serious? · 11-08-2011 5:20pm

wwwwwwwooooooooo got my tickets today since i can only go the sunday means i'm gonna miss the Avengers on the saturday

but on the plus side i still get my Spider-Man t-shirt and plus sunday seems like the better day apart from final destination if its true.....I cant wait.....

Is there any Q&A sessions that any1 knows about??

event · 11-08-2011 9:56pm

can anyone tell me whats the handiest and cheapest place to park?

ill need it for the whole day

WatchWolf · 11-08-2011 9:59pm

Why not just get a bus?

event · 11-08-2011 10:13pm

i live in louth

event · 11-08-2011 10:26pm

looks like parnell street car park would be best, but doesnt open until 11.
anyone know where would be the closest on street parking i could park for an hour or two while the first movie is on, then move it into the car park after

on a sunday

event · 11-08-2011 10:34pm

ah, looks like o sorted it myself, i should be able to park on loftus lane for a while, then move into the car park

MovieFest · 11-08-2011 11:23pm

humanji wrote: »

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get there on Sunday for the first movie. Is it possible to go in after it and see the Sony Presentation, or do I have to wait until the 12:45 session to get back in?

There is an unofficial 5 minute break between the screening of '30 Minutes Or Less' and the Sony Footage (Total Recall, The Amazing Spiderman, etc.. ).

'30 Minutes Or Less' is scheduled to end at 11.50am (including the credits), so if you have your Sunday wristband on, you can get in for the Sony stuff, which is scheduled roughly for 11.55am. Their goodies are being handed out by Sony themselves after their footage at 12.35 approx!

Times are subject to change, but really shouldn't unless theres a technical problem.

Turtyturd · 12-08-2011 11:17am

event wrote: »

ah, looks like o sorted it myself, i should be able to park on loftus lane for a while, then move into the car park

I know you said it's sorted but at that hour of the morning on a Sunday you should get plenty of on street parking around the cinema for an hour or 2.

Star Lord · 12-08-2011 11:55am

event wrote: »

ah, looks like o sorted it myself, i should be able to park on loftus lane for a while, then move into the car park

If you park in Jervis St. car park it's €12 for the day, and opens at 9 on Sunday. Straight walk up Jervis St. to Cineworld.
http://www.parkopedia.ie/parking/carpark/jervis_street/d1/dublin/

Why_So_Serious? · 12-08-2011 1:22pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

I know you said it's sorted but at that hour of the morning on a Sunday you should get plenty of on street parking around the cinema for an hour or 2.

If only sum1 i knew had a car and cud drive in at that hour of the morning instead of getting a bus

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 8:49pm

How come the Colin Farrell intro wasnt played and whats the deal about Mib or spiderman thought 1 of them were going to be shown

maninblack · 13-08-2011 8:54pm

I was 15 minutes late this morning. Did I miss any good trailers before Fright Night? No Colin Farrell intro, no?

XxMCRxBabyxX · 13-08-2011 8:59pm

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

How come the Colin Farrell intro wasnt played and whats the deal about Mib or spiderman thought 1 of them were going to be shown

Aren't they both Sony so that footage would be tomorrow

livEwirE · 13-08-2011 9:05pm

I'm not able to make either day but would be interested to hear peoples views of this event. How was it run? Was the lineup good? What was the age group like? Was it worth the money? Also curious what were the mystery screenings?

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 9:13pm

no trailers before fright night and the mystery film was driver

Busi_Girl08 · 13-08-2011 9:26pm

livEwirE wrote: »

I'm not able to make either day but would be interested to hear peoples views of this event. How was it run? Was the lineup good? What was the age group like? Was it worth the money? Also curious what were the mystery screenings?

The event was pretty well run, imo. Timing was good, didn't go over-time or anything. The presentations/intros weren't too bad.

The line-up today (Saturday) wasn't too shabby.
Fright Night was brilliant. Great fun, David Tennant in particular was fantastic. No Colin Farrell intro though.

The Mystery movie was Drive, which was a bit disappointing, in my opinion. Very slow-paced. No atmosphere. Just blah.

The Change-up was a good bit of comic relief after the very bleak Drive. Predictable brain candy, but better than I expected.

THe trailers and exclusive footage was pretty good. Good mix of upcoming movies. THe Avengers teaser looked good. Don't think the Twilight teaser was as appreciated as the organisers thought though. :pac:

General age group was 18-30 average, from what I could see, but there were a few older folks about as well.

Over all, a good day and well worth the money. Will definitely do it again.

Turtyturd · 13-08-2011 9:33pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

The event was pretty well run, imo. Timing was good, didn't go over-time or anything. The presentations/intros weren't too bad.

The line-up today (Saturday) wasn't too shabby.
Fright Night was brilliant. Great fun, David Tennant in particular was fantastic. No Colin Farrell intro though.

The Mystery movie was Drive, which was a bit disappointing, in my opinion. Very slow-paced. No atmosphere. Just blah.

The Change-up was a good bit of comic relief after the very bleak Drive. Predictable brain candy, but better than I expected.

THe trailers and exclusive footage was pretty good. Good mix of upcoming movies. THe Avengers teaser looked good. Don't think the Twilight teaser was as appreciated as the organisers thought though. :pac:

General age group was 18-30 average, from what I could see, but there were a few older folks about as well.

Over all, a good day and well worth the money. Will definitely do it again.

Just wondering what was seating like? Did you need to arrive early in order to get a seat or was it easy enough? I presume there were only a limited amount of tickets sold.

Phony Scott · 13-08-2011 9:35pm

livEwirE wrote: »

I'm not able to make either day but would be interested to hear peoples views of this event. How was it run? Was the lineup good? What was the age group like? Was it worth the money? Also curious what were the mystery screenings?

Quickly, 'Fright Night' was superior to the original film, very good. The Surprise film was 'Drive,' pure trash cinema posing as high art, I loved it, but I can imagine loads of people hated it. I didn't like 'The Change-Up' much.

There were plenty of trailers and introductions, but what really interested was the snipets of films shown, namely for 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' 'Don't be afraid of the Dark' and 'Kill List,' along with 'Immortals' and maybe a few others, though I can't remember.

Everyone got a free bag of stuff to take home too; a DVD or soundtrack and other stuff. Overall I'd say it was worth it. I'd go again, if I could.

Phony Scott · 13-08-2011 9:41pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Just wondering what was seating like? Did you need to arrive early in order to get a seat or was it easy enough? I presume there were only a limited amount of tickets sold.

Almost sold out. I arrived at the last minute, there was seven tickets left and although it was nearly packed out, I was quite happy sitting at the very front as it was in screen 17.

livEwirE · 13-08-2011 10:18pm

Brilliant feedback lads, keep it coming, would like to hear about Sunday too!

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 10:31pm

I already had my tickets so only had to run up stairs and get the best seats

Basq · 13-08-2011 10:37pm

I heard fantastic things about 'Drive'..

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 10:38pm

really good film but very slow and the soundtrack was very good

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 10:51pm

Also any free t shirts from tommrow plz send them my way as thought I would have got on today

Busi_Girl08 · 13-08-2011 10:57pm

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

Also any free t shirts from tommrow plz send them my way as thought I would have got on today

Amazing Spiderman t-shirts will be up for grabs tomorrow for the the screening of the trailer.

maninblack · 13-08-2011 10:59pm

I thought Drive was amazing. Then again there was mixed reactions from the crowd I was with. Really is one of them love it or hate it type of films.

Can't wait for tomorrow now. Just hoping that Conan isn't the mystery film. Or FD5 :rolleyes: Literally anything would be better than those two.

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 11:03pm

I know but its sold out I didnt expect movie fest to put mib and spiderman on the same day

Why_So_Serious? · 13-08-2011 11:04pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Aren't they both Sony so that footage would be tomorrow

So does this mean that both MIB and Amazing Spider-Man t-shirts tomorrow?? this sounding better and better.....

What was the footage from comic-con like?? and was the avengers teaser the same as one i've seen on the internet??

EDDIE WATERS · 13-08-2011 11:10pm

yeah and the aveages was nothing new

MovieFest · 14-08-2011 12:58am

Hi There,
Quick note to say that The Colin Farrell intro is for the Total Recall footage and not for Fright Night, so is being shown tomorrow (Sunday) all going according to plan.

There will be Spider-Man t-shirts given out after the Sony footage. 100's of T-shirts arrived in today!
No MIB stuff arrived in time unfortunately. Apologies if you're a big MIB fan

There are also recorded intros from Jesse Eisenberg before 30 Minutes Or Less and a cool John Favreau intro before Cowboys & Aliens.

Tomorrow is completely sold out, you can sit anywhere you like but its first come first served. Doors open at 10am.
The credit card machines could have been quicker today, dot matrix speed! So my advice is, if you booked by credit card, get to the machine first thing!

Lots of good feedback today, we learnt a lot and will do a few things different next year, hopefully a lot bigger and better. We'll have more clout with studios next year which should lead to easier access to footage etc...

If you do have anything that you think can be improved on, send on a PM and we'll look into it. Thanks!

Why_So_Serious? · 14-08-2011 1:43am

MovieFest wrote: »

Hi There,
Quick note to say that The Colin Farrell intro is for the Total Recall footage and not for Fright Night, so is being shown tomorrow (Sunday) all going according to plan.

There will be Spider-Man t-shirts given out after the Sony footage. 100's of T-shirts arrived in today!
No MIB stuff arrived in time unfortunately. Apologies if you're a big MIB fan

There are also recorded intros from Jesse Eisenberg before 30 Minutes Or Less and a cool John Favreau intro before Cowboys & Aliens.

Tomorrow is completely sold out, you can sit anywhere you like but its first come first served. Doors open at 10am.
The credit card machines could have been quicker today, dot matrix speed! So my advice is, if you booked by credit card, get to the machine first thing!

Lots of good feedback today, we learnt a lot and will do a few things different next year, hopefully a lot bigger and better. We'll have more clout with studios next year which should lead to easier access to footage etc...

If you do have anything that you think can be improved on, send on a PM and we'll look into it. Thanks!

So no MIB stuff at all

so this is going too be a yearly thing from now on?? great i know in advance so i can book it off work next year

allanb49 · 14-08-2011 2:02pm

Since it was a success this year it seems and you would want to grow and expand, what about depending on content and stuff expanding it to the national convention centre? Have a whole day out of it, video games, movies, tv shows, comics

There is a demand in Ireland for a convention of this size,

irishash · 14-08-2011 2:46pm

Sunday update - saw some footage for spiderman and total recall. The total recall stuff was very interesting, but one part made it look like Jason Bourne in the future.

30 seconds or less was fun, but not fantastic. Not a waste of time by any means, but we have seen it all before.

Looks like final destination 5 is the second surprise movie.

johnny_ultimate · 14-08-2011 4:35pm

Mystery movie was Final Destination 5 as expected. Good fun.

30 Seconds on the other hand was mediocrity personified. Utter trash. Every punchline followed by an explanation just in case you didn't get the painfully obvious joke. Simply dreadful.

humanji · 14-08-2011 7:51pm

I thought Final Destination 5 was utter muck. There was a bit of a groan from people when they realised what it was. I just can't think of any positive aspect to it at all.

But Cowboys & Aliens made up for it. It wasn't the greatest film in the world, but it was good fun. The intro with Jon Favreau was kind of funny because he seemed to be waffling, then realised he was waffling and tried to end the intro, but then just carried on waffling.

I missed some of the preview stuff. I think there was no Tintin preview because of a fault with the clip. Is that right? I remember the guy saying something about it, but obviously I wasn't paying enough attention.

And Puss In Boots looks brilliant. I was expecting something really weak after the last few Shrek films, but they really went to town (at least in the 13 odd minutes they showed). It was hilarious.

The whole event was brilliantly put together. There were a few hiccups, but there always will be for anything like this. And for a first time try at it, it came together really well. Well done to all involved. I'll definitely be going to it next time.

WatchWolf · 14-08-2011 8:08pm

I thought 30 Minutes Or Less was great! Unlike the "Final Destination 5" (ugh, what junk). The Amazing Spider-man footage was awesome. Cowboys and Aliens was alright.

johnny_ultimate · 14-08-2011 8:26pm

I say Final Destination was a highlight comparatively. It was garbage - especially when they focus on plot, which is often - but hey at least the gymnast scene was amusing.

Couldn't have cared less for Cowboys and Aliens. Really, really bland film. The Western setting felt half-hearted at best. All the performers were on auto-pilot. Maybe it was apathy after a long day of films, but I honestly was bored stupid as it went into its predictably action-heavy finale. Massive disappointment.

That said, I was pleasantly surprised by Puss In Boots stuff. Genuinely well-made - reminded me of Kung Fun Panda. It seems like a very deliberate attempt to distance itself from the Shrek style, which is only to be encouraged.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 14-08-2011 8:30pm

Ah final destination did exactly what it was meant to do. It's just gore humour. Nothing more, nothing less. I did actually like the way it all ended though. Sort of clever (something I never thought I'd say for that set of movies!).

And the groan was expected. Everyone had predicted it though! It was more a groan of I knew it but wish I hadn't

Thought Cowboys and Aliens was great and 30 minutes was good. The easily amused boyfriend was more impressed than I was though!

livEwirE · 14-08-2011 11:45pm

Just curious did anyone turn up At the fest dressed up as comic book characters? where there any hardcore geeks dressed as princess Leia or stormtroopers?

anonjoe555 · 14-08-2011 11:51pm

over all it was more than worth the 45 quid i fored over,
highlight for me was probably drive, that soundtrack was frucking amazing,
cowboys and aliens was ok, definitly better than that piece of sh1t comic it was based on,
the new spiderman looks better than i was expecting, i still think peter parker was mis-casted though.

EDDIE WATERS · 15-08-2011 12:04am

so what happens to the mib t shirts

XxMCRxBabyxX · 15-08-2011 12:09am

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

so what happens to the mib t shirts

As already said:

MovieFest wrote: »

No MIB stuff arrived in time unfortunately. Apologies if you're a big MIB fan

Did get the spiderman Tshirts though

anonjoe555 · 15-08-2011 12:10am

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

so what happens to the mib t shirts

yea, was wondering that myself, said something about it on the website

EDDIE WATERS · 15-08-2011 12:24am

I know that but they should give them out if they arrive and to this just show them your wristband and get the mib shirts and now all mention of mib is gone

Movie Fest - New Cinema Event for Dublin

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