Who is going to go to Midnight Openings?

[MoPlaYa]

I will for sure be seeing X-Men:FC at Midnight on opening night... I cant wait!!! June 2nd cant come fast enough! :woot::ikyn

[TheWiseGuy487]

I won't be going to the midnight showing because I have class the next day, but I'm definitely going on opening day. It will be one of the first things I do after I finish my Summer mini-mester. :woot:

[chaseter]

Me! I took the day off of work. This movie and Harry Potter are the only two summer movies to warrant that!

[marvelrobbins]

I am going to try to go evening showing on June 3.I defently want to see It opening day.

[S.A.A.D.]

I may be looking forward to the movie, but I'm just not that enthusiastic about it. One thing aside, it looks like a very generic comic book movie that doesn't bring much of anything new to the table. Imo.

[SuperSoldier985]

I usually have every other Friday off, but unfortunately, I'm supposed to work June 4th.

I'm gonna try and take that Friday off so that I can go...

[kedrell]

I'll be there for sure at midnight.

[ThanosOfTitans]

Count me in! No one messes with the X-men!

[JP]

What a question. OF COURSE.

I just hate every day that I wake up and it's not June 2nd.

[By your Command]

For me is more likely I'll watch it twice on friday, I'm getting to old for this..midnight thing.

[kedrell]

I work graveyard at a gas station so I'm used to being awake at that time anyway.

[MoPlaYa]

I work swing shift at a hospital and im off on that thursday and friday... So if the movie is good (which im sure it will be) then i`ll be seeing it twice!

[EnDz0n3]

I've seen most Marvel movies at midnight (except the Punisher's and Ghostrider's, and Elektra's among others).

For the first X-men I was in Chicago so i watched that with cousins on the Friday.

[Crockett]

If not midnight I'll be watching the movie opening day.

[danoyse]

No midnight for me but I'm off on 6/3 so I'll see it first thing on opening day. :up:

[the a1ant]

I'm going to the first morning showing ($5 early bird :D) and then I'll go later that night with friends :up:

[SuperSoldier985]

I'm going to the first morning showing ($5 early bird :D) and then I'll go later that night with friends :up:
Not a bad idea!

If I can't get Friday off (and I've actually went to a midnight showing and still went to work for 7am), I'll probably STILL bite the bullet and go to the Thursday midnight show. I love the energy from a midnight showing..

[MoPlaYa]

I already bought my midnight showing tickets... Im beyond pumped for this movie!!!!

[Marvel]

I'll be there midnight but may not stay for the whole film. Why watch it all in one sitting??? Me and some friends will duck out halfway through and go again the next night to watch the rest of the film. That way, it's an all day event and not just 131 minutes of fun.

Yes, I know we're weird.

[hame4479]

uh.... me

[Spidey 2007]

I'll be there midnight but may not stay for the whole film. Why watch it all in one sitting??? Me and some friends will duck out halfway through and go again the next night to watch the rest of the film. That way, it's an all day event and not just 131 minutes of fun.

Yes, I know we're weird.

Thats one of the worst ideas Ive ever heard lol.

but whatever floats y'alls boat. damn.

[MoPlaYa]

91 hours until I go see X-men:FC Woot!!!

[JP]

Going to a showing Thursday at 9pm... then possibly again at Midnight. :eek:

But definitely again on Friday and Saturday.

[psylockolussus]

In my country, its tomorrow (June 1)

Hopefully there are tickets left for me to buy!.

[MoPlaYa]

40 hours to go! Im so pumped!... I havent been this pumped for a movie in a long time!

[chaseter]

Our huge theater here only had one midnight showing for X-Men. In comparison, they had about 4 for X3. Today they opened up another midnight showing because I guess the other is starting to sell out.

[SuperSoldier985]

I'mma bout to buy mah tickets right nao

[StarkTheProdigy]

Seeing it at midnight with the people at work! Awh yeah!

[Spider-ManHero12]

You know, I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see this at midnight, but I've spent so much money lately that I just don't have enough and I won't go aalone because that would be just stupid. I'll be seeing the first showing tommorow though.

[J.Howlett]

Midnight for me. Raleigh, NC at Brier Creek. Hopefully, it's in digital.

[bullets]

You know, I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see this at midnight, but I've spent so much money lately that I just don't have enough and I won't go alone because that would be just stupid. I'll be seeing the first showing tomorrow though.


Going alone isn't stupid. Sometimes I have to resort to that when I know it's a film my gf won't like or my friends aren't around. Also sometimes I just don't want to hang out with people. I'm tempted to se this tonight at midnight but of course I'm too sick to leave the house, hopefully i'll feel better later.


I'll be there midnight but may not stay for the whole film. Why watch it all in one sitting??? Me and some friends will duck out halfway through and go again the next night to watch the rest of the film. That way, it's an all day event and not just 131 minutes of fun.

Yes, I know we're weird.

Well as long as you know :oldrazz:

[chaseter]

Why would you leave halfway through the film? :dry:

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I will definitely be there at midnight tonight.

This is probably the least pumped I've been for an X-Men film, but I still think it's gonna be great.

[Figs]

I will definitely be there at midnight tonight.

This is probably the least pumped I've been for an X-Men film, but I still think it's gonna be great.

Why?

Didn't you like X-men Origins? That movie was pure crap, and you're not pumped for this new one?

[meltdown28]

Definatatly going at midnight with some friends.

Im freaking pumped for it.

[kedrell]

Just purchased my midnight ticket about a minute ago. Less than 13 hrs to go.

[danoyse]

I'm going!

....to the 10:30am show tomorrow. :dry:

I think my midnight show days are long past. :csad:

[JP]

Sorry. :(

6 hours till I see it! AHHHH!

[ThanosOfTitans]

Washington, DC! Gallery Place tonight at 12:01 AM!

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Why?

Didn't you like X-men Origins? That movie was pure crap, and you're not pumped for this new one?

I think it will be better than X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I'm just the least pumped for it because I think the X-Men franchise is getting real close to running it's course, and there are some aspects of this film's creative direction that I'm not a big fan of.

I'm pumped, it's just the least pumped I've been for an X-Men film. But I anticipate it being better than Wolverine.

[danoyse]

I get to see First Class AND Book of Mormon on Broadway in the next 48 hours, so it's all good. :awesome:

[Figs]

I think it will be better than X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I'm just the least pumped for it because I think the X-Men franchise is getting real close to running it's course, and there are some aspects of this film's creative direction that I'm not a big fan of.

I'm pumped, it's just the least pumped I've been for an X-Men film. But I anticipate it being better than Wolverine.

I gotcha. It sounds like you're kind of burnt out on the series I take it.


As for the midnight showing. I would love to go, but my gf is sick of going to those and doesn't like to take the next day off of work. I don't want to go by myself like a chump, not to mention she would be bitter if I saw it without her. :(

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I gotcha. It sounds like you're kind of burnt out on the series I take it.


As for the midnight showing. I would love to go, but my gf is sick of going to those and doesn't like to take the next day off of work. I don't want to go by myself like a chump, not to mention she would be bitter if I saw it without her. :(

I don't know if I'd say I'm "burnt out" - I love X-Men: The Last Stand and like X-Men Origins: Wolverine a lot - I don't have the same complaints about the series that a lot of people do (though I certainly understand why they have those complaints, they just don't bother me like they bother others)

I think that one of the really bad things about X-Men: The Last Stand was dead ending everything in the fashion that it did. It really limits where the movie franchise can go moving forward, and I think this series is getting really close to overextending itself.

I don't think it's done it yet. First Class seems like it's going to be quality, and seems to be telling a worthwhile story. But I feel like we're getting to that point where the producers, writers, and studios, are just scraping out whatever story they can plug in for the simple sake of making a movie, rather than telling a story that's really significant to the story the movies are trying to tell.

Obviously, all movies are made to make money. It's a business. But the X-Men movies are starting to reek more and more of "business" than they are of telling good stories. I'm just glad that we got Bryan Singer back into the fold, who at least has ties to the early films, so that this one isn't totally out of place.

[JP]

I get to see First Class AND Book of Mormon on Broadway in the next 48 hours, so it's all good. :awesome:
You're going to love Mormon! :awesome:

[MoPlaYa]

11hours to go before I see it... I cant wait!

[JP]

5 hours! :D

[Seen]

I'm going for sure.

[Spider-Fan83]

I am going...
I always like going to the midnight showings

[danoyse]

You're going to love Mormon! :awesome:

I can't wait! Between avoiding First Class spoilers and trying to avoid hearing the Mormon cast album, I can't stand it anymore.

Of course, I got the How to Succeed in Business cast album this week instead and now I want to see that again because I can't stop listening to that. It never ends, I swear... :oldrazz:

[JP]

Ah, the life of a New Yorker.

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Got my ticket. I'm ready to go!

Now to marathon the first 4 movies before midnight :)

[danoyse]

Ah, the life of a New Yorker.

It's tough, I tell ya... :yay:

I will have see the movie again at the AMC on 42nd St, to keep up the tradition of seeing all of the X-Men movies there.

First movie I ever saw at that theater was the first X1. :up:

[bullets]

I decided to go and found out almost all the showings are sold out. I wasn't expecting that. Luckily I'll be able to see this at 12:01 am and I don't have to work til 11am tomorrow.

Also going alone , Like a boss , I don't feel like waiting and I have to work all weekend.

[strikezone89]

Going tonight! Can't wait... I have to work at 8am but **** it its XMEN

[SuperSoldier985]

I just got home from work.

Gonna take a four hour nap and head out!

I got my Fandango ticket sitting in the car waitin' for me.. :D

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I decided to go and found out almost all the showings are sold out. I wasn't expecting that. Luckily I'll be able to see this at 12:01 am and I don't have to work til 11am tomorrow.

Also going alone , Like a boss , I don't feel like waiting and I have to work all weekend.

You're not the only one going alone. I am also going alone to my showing. One person declined, but most everyone else has full schedules over the weekend, and nobody is really available.

Meh, I don't care. What's so wrong about going to a movie by yourself? I've done it a few times before.

[X-Maniac]

You're not the only one going alone. I am also going alone to my showing. One person declined, but most everyone else has full schedules over the weekend, and nobody is really available.

Meh, I don't care. What's so wrong about going to a movie by yourself? I've done it a few times before.

I went on my own tonight for second viewing (first time was press screening), if i really want to see something, i just go!

I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

[danoyse]

I go to the movies on my own all the time. I work in the city and my friends all have young kids, so if I waited for them to have time I'd miss all the movies. So if I want to go, I just go too.

Tomorrow I'm seeing First Class with my dad. He's psyched, we've seen all of the X-Men movies together. :yay:

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I go to the movies on my own all the time. I work in the city and my friends all have young kids, so if I waited for them to have time I'd miss all the movies. So if I want to go, I just go too.

Tomorrow I'm seeing First Class with my dad. He's psyched, we've seen all of the X-Men movies together. :yay:

I used to not want to go to movies by myself either, but I knew I wasn't going to be able to get people to go with me to X-Men: The Last Stand 5 days straight...

Yup, that's right, I saw that movie in theatres 5 days in a row:

Midnight showing
Opening day
Saturday
Sunday
Monday was my birthday, so I went to see it again on my birthday :)

I've also seen a few other movies in theatres by myself.

2nd time I saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Terminator: Salvation. Hell, I even saw the first X-Men movie by myself the 2nd time I saw it, as well as Coyote Ugly on the same day (I was trapped at the mall for like 10 hours. I had flown out to see my brother, and he couldn't get that day off work, and took me to the mall with him so I wasn't trapped at his house all day while he worked)

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I went on my own tonight for second viewing (first time was press screening), if i really want to see something, i just go!

I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

Oh, I will definitely be posting them :)

I can't wait.

[bullets]

You're not the only one going alone. I am also going alone to my showing. One person declined, but most everyone else has full schedules over the weekend, and nobody is really available.

Meh, I don't care. What's so wrong about going to a movie by yourself? I've done it a few times before.



That's what I'm saying . Sometimes it's convenient. I don't always want to go alone but if everyone's working or uninterested I can just go by myself and still have a good time.


I go to the movies on my own all the time. I work in the city and my friends all have young kids, so if I waited for them to have time I'd miss all the movies. So if I want to go, I just go too.

Tomorrow I'm seeing First Class with my dad. He's psyched, we've seen all of the X-Men movies together. :yay:

That's another reason. I always try to go opening night/weekend. I also like there to be a big crowd so I can hear reaction. One time I went to a film on a Monday and there were like four people - not the best time , lol.

Was your dad into the comics?

[danoyse]

That's what I'm saying . Sometimes it's convenient. I don't always want to go alone but if everyone's working or uninterested I can just go by myself and still have a good time

I went to a Broadway show by myself just because I felt like going one night after work a few months ago. Had a great time.


That's another reason. I always try to go opening night/weekend. I also like there to be a big crowd so I can hear reaction. One time I went to a film on a Monday and there were like four people - not the best time , lol.

Was your dad into the comics?

Not so much X-Men...he said he was more into Batman and Superman as a kid, and he's all excited for Green Lantern too. But he's loved all of the X-Men movies so far.

He can't get over how many superhero movies come out now, he never had them when he was a kid.

[bullets]

Not so much X-Men...he said he was more into Batman and Superman as a kid, and he's all excited for Green Lantern too. But he's loved all of the X-Men movies so far.

He can't get over how many superhero movies come out now, he never had them when he was a kid.



Right On. I can only imagine what it must be like for him. I remember when X-Men was first coming out I was amazed it was actually going to happen.
Some might argue they are releasing too many comic films but I think it's fortunate.

[Booznian]

T - 2 hours, can't wait!

[dru-zod2501]

just about an hour left. I plan on being there

[danoyse]

Right On. I can only imagine what it must be like for him. I remember when X-Men was first coming out I was amazed it was actually going to happen.
Some might argue they are releasing too many comic films but I think it's fortunate.

He loves it. I remember he was just like :wow: after Batman Begins.

Whe I was a kid it was stuff like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, and Back to the Future coming out in the summer, and I'd love to see movies like that in the summer again along with the superhero stuff (I can't wait for Super 8 next week) but as long as the movies stay good, I'm happy. :up:

[MoPlaYa]

less than 3 hours for me!!!! I cant wait!!

[bullets]

He loves it. I remember he was just like :wow: after Batman Begins.

When I was a kid it was stuff like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, and Back to the Future coming out in the summer, and I'd love to see movies like that in the summer again along with the superhero stuff (I can't wait for Super 8 next week) but as long as the movies stay good, I'm happy. :up:


That's awesome. Also I agree , there should be a decent mix. Super 8 definitely has that feel to it.

Leaving in twenty minutes, can't wait :up:

[SuperBatman]

**** It I work at 10 am tomorrow moring but I don't care I'm leaving to go see this in 2 hours.

[danoyse]

And the midnight screenings have started on the East Coast... :woot:

[quara33]

And the midnight screenings have started on the East Coast... :woot:

I'm so excited...I'm so scared /JessieSpano


24 hours for me (I run a movie outing group at work, and they vetoed the midnight showing. wusses :whatever:)

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

sitting in my theatre now, waiting for trailers to start

[SuperT]

How many people at your theatre?

[Heffer Wolf]

Just bought my ticket. 2 hours to go.

Going by myself. I see movies by myself all the time. I figure, I'm basicly watching by myself anyways when I go with a group of people, so whats the difference? the only thing that sucks is when my friends don't see it, I can't talk to them about it but who cares?

Ugh, 2 hours...

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

How many people at your theatre?

pretty packed.

I got up to go grab ab X-Men cup that they advertised (but didn't have) and when I came back my seat was taken. Lol.

I moved up a little closer (I like sitting close at movies anyways) and 3 minutes til start time (that will probably be delayed another 15, haha)

[SuperT]

Awesome!! Enjoy the movie! :up:

[Sweet Xstacy]

pretty packed.

I got up to go grab ab X-Men cup that they advertised (but didn't have) and when I came back my seat was taken. Lol.

I moved up a little closer (I like sitting close at movies anyways) and 3 minutes til start time (that will probably be delayed another 15, haha)

Where are you watching?

[Marvel]

I'll be there midnight but may not stay for the whole film. Why watch it all in one sitting??? Me and some friends will duck out halfway through and go again the next night to watch the rest of the film. That way, it's an all day event and not just 131 minutes of fun.

Yes, I know we're weird.

Just did ^that^ and I gotta say I'm a bit stunned right now. I absolutely love the first 45 minutes or so of this movie. I wanted to pop out earlier but just couldn't leave. This is the longest "preview" me and my friends have ever stayed for. I feel sorry for people seeing this the conventional way. I still get to enjoy 60% more later today. Now, we can meet, discuss what we saw and what we think will happen during the rest of the film. This is the only way to do an event film. Seriously!

Good crowds as well. Four showings going with two more for any run off crowds. Two big theatre showings were jammed packed.

Can't wait to pay to see it again later today!!!!

[kedrell]

44 minutes to go.

[Blackman]

Just got back from my midnight showing

[ciscostudent561]

Best decision of my life. This movie is beyond epic.

[Sweet Xstacy]

How many people in you guys showing?

[JP]

Just got back from my midnight showing... which followed my 9pm pre-screening. Yeah, I saw it twice. :D

[EnDz0n3]

Stupid Vancouver doesn't have stupid midnight screenings for stupid X-men: First Class.

I hate Stupid vancouver. :cmad:

[bullets]

How many people in you guys showing?


I just got back. They had three showings , two of which were sold out earlier , and several people heading into the third screen. This is a good sized theater. I really wasn't expecting such a large crowd.

[Marginal Man]

I went in to this excited by the positive reviews and enjoyable character clips but I wasn't impressed by this movie at all. From the beginning I knew something was wrong when young Erik delivered a Darth Vader Revenge of the Sith style "NEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIN!" and the young Charles lets a mutant stray cat in like the whole thing was no big deal. From there we got like 20 location jumps for the first half of the movie instead of real character development. Havok was unmemorable aside from his power struggles, Darwin and Angel II had some surprisingly good acting talent wasted on D-list characters no one cares about, and the actress that played Mystique annoyed the hell out of me. All of the villains were pathetic and reminded me of Wolverine Origins at best and Austin Powers at worst. Azazel and Riptide are not even likable throwaway characters in the comics but Sebastian Shaw and Emma Frost overall seemed too different from their comic book counterparts. I hated the way the code-names were created although I think it may have just been my biased against anything said by Mystique. Now that isn't to say this movie was all bad. I truly enjoyed Professor X and Magneto. Sure they had some clunky dialogue here and there but they said so much more with their eyes and facial expressions. The scene where Charles is crippled actually did hit me emotionally and it did seem truly tragic. Moira, Beast, Banshee, and the MIB all did a great job with the little they were given and I also enjoyed every government agent actor. I feel like overall this left me with the same feeling X3 and Wolverine did...cheated.

[bullets]

This isn't the review thread.

[SPider-T0rch]

As soon as the end credits started, some guy decided to be a stupid troll and called everyone "retarded' for staying since he read on the internet that there was no extra scene at the end.....and he stayed until the very end just to troll even more.

What a waste of space. I never knew trolls ventured outside.

Aside from that, the midnight experience was great as I usually expect it to be. The only thing I didn't like was the use of some of the characters like "Angel" and Darwin. It's a shame because there could have been better characters to take their place.

[chaseter]

My theater clapped, cheered, laughed, gasped, etc...pretty good crowd. I just pretty much sat there the entire time with my mouth opened and my eyes as wide as a deer in headlights!

[bullets]

My theater clapped, cheered, laughed, gasped, etc...pretty good crowd. I just pretty much sat there the entire time with my mouth opened and my eyes as wide as a deer in headlights!


I saw it with a good crowd too. Some people were yelling out when they recognized a cameo. One guy incorrectly yelled "this is how he gets paralyzed" during the island crash. What's funny is the guy next to me explained to his gf that Xmen was starting over just like Batman Begins and this was a reboot. ah well.

[ThanosOfTitans]

The theater was pretty full for my midnight viewing. Thank God for after-credit scenes. When the movie was over, almost everyone stuck around anticipating an after-credit scene....which gave me and my friend the perfect opportunity to quickly exit the theater since I was well aware there are no post-credit scenes.

*smile*

[SuperSoldier985]

It was the perfect midnight crowd.

Not too jammed, wasn't entirely sold out, but it was still a full house; around 75% capacity.

I saw it at a Cinemark XD theater, with a huge wall-to-wall screen, almost like an IMAX. Crisp picture, perfect sound, nice reclining, fresh, seats. Just awesome. Had a great mix of comic nerds and ordinary people. Of course you had a few nuts who decided to walk in shirtless with 'X''s spray painted on their chests! :D

Trailers on my print (in order):

-Green Lantern (#3)
-Immortals
-Mr. Popper's Penguins
-Transformers: Dark of the Moon (#2)
-Real Steel (#2)
-Rise of the Planet of the Apes (#2)

I don't care what anyone says, but Real Steel, the most recent trailer, looks really awesome.

[Groovetopia]

Saw it last night at 12:01. I rushed to the theater because I thought it was going to be crowded, got there around 11:20 and there were only 3 people there. By the time the movie started it was about 25 people there.

[SuperSoldier985]

I went to the 12:10 showing.

I walked in around 11:00 and there were about a dozen people inside. As I said, by the time the movie started, I guess there were a good 300 people in there..

[danoyse]

Just got back from my midnight showing... which followed my 9pm pre-screening. Yeah, I saw it twice. :D

I saw it at 10:30 this morning, I'm still at the mall (I'm on my iPad at the food court) and I'm seriously thinking about seeing it again before heading home. It was that good.

Btw, my morning crowd (and yes, there was a crowd!) seemed to love it. The cameo got a huge response - my dad didn't know about it and nearly fell of his chair laughing, and everyone cheered at the end. :up:

[Holiday]

Caught the midnight showing and had a good time overall. I'm thankful I enjoyed the movie as much as I did because it saved the night for me.

Two chicks and a dude who sat behind me damn near did a running commentary on the movie. They yapped on about everything from Hank's eventual transformation into Beast, when would Xavier become paralyzed, the connections to the previous films and the size of the damn furniture.

Later, a friend of mine sitting next to me laughed so hard right into my ear when Wolverine popped up on the screen I nearly missed his line. Best cameo ever though, bee tee double-u.

Wasn't too many people in the theater, maybe 50-60, which is about what I'd expect for the area.

[EnDz0n3]

Did I mention I'm pi**ed that none of the Vancouver theatres were playing this at midnight?

"Best Place to Live in 2011" my a** :cmad::cmad::cmad:

Ok I'm done :whatever: I'm seeing this tonite. :D

[littyx]

Lucas Till was in my screening! I went to the 12:10am showing in Glendale CA (which is in LA) and I decided to change my 12:06 ticket to the 12:10 showing (since it was less packed) and at the end of the film everyone was stuck outside our theatre. I got incredibly annoyed, until I saw everyone taking pictures with Havok, who was watching the film in our theatre. It was pretty surreal. He's short! And had plenty of girls following him already after the film.

[JP]

Awesome!

[SuperSoldier985]

Awww, LA is awesome..


edit: WOW, 10/10 for XMFC for you, JP? :D

[psylockolussus]

Guys enjoy the show!

[psylockolussus]

Lucas Till was in my screening! I went to the 12:10am showing in Glendale CA (which is in LA) and I decided to change my 12:06 ticket to the 12:10 showing (since it was less packed) and at the end of the film everyone was stuck outside our theatre. I got incredibly annoyed, until I saw everyone taking pictures with Havok, who was watching the film in our theatre. It was pretty surreal. He's short! And had plenty of girls following him already after the film.

You're a lucky girl! :woot:

[EnDz0n3]

Lucas Till was in my screening! I went to the 12:10am showing in Glendale CA (which is in LA) and I decided to change my 12:06 ticket to the 12:10 showing (since it was less packed) and at the end of the film everyone was stuck outside our theatre. I got incredibly annoyed, until I saw everyone taking pictures with Havok, who was watching the film in our theatre. It was pretty surreal. He's short! And had plenty of girls following him already after the film.

Nice. how tall (or short) would you say he is?

[MoPlaYa]

My theater was about 80% full during the midnight showing...