Originally Posted by Kevin Smith
Also, got back into a tux (you have to wear one in order to be admitted into the screenings at the Palais) to hit the "X-Men: The Last Stand" premiere last night. The entire cast was in attendance, and the flick was insanely well-received by the packed-house audience. Anyone who was sweating Brett Ratner as a director can relax: the flick's a fun watch.
This morning, downstairs in the lobby of my hotel, I was checking email when I saw Ian McKellen, wearing a bathrobe, at the front desk. Apparently, he was locked out of his room.
And that, my friends, is Cannes in a nutshell: the place where you have to squeeze into a tux to see a flick, but can spot Gandalf in the nearly-altogether.