Cinema Only Free Tickets Discussion thread

loonywitch

rlw31 wrote: »

Thank you! I did see those posts but was wondering if anyone had had specific experience of being asked at the Covent Garden Odeon, which I didn't spot on the thread (someone else further up the thread suggested posting specific cinema info for better feedback).

Apologies! I misread!

In that case, no I've never been

smeeth

If anyone has tickets to Rush at Leicester tomorrow but isn't going please cancel so I can have a chance!:(

newbjohny

Hi
Anyone not going to see Rush tonight and not already cancelled your tickets please do so and let me know, I really want to see this movie.

Cheers

John

loonywitch

Just cancelled 2 tickets for Sheffield for tonight's showing of Rush. Sorry for the late notice but OH is stuck in a meeting and we simply won't get there in time.

Brecon_Beacons

Really enjoyed "Rush" - in ways I did not expect to.

I knew that Ron Howard, the director, knows how to recreate past eras very authentically, and has an affinity for the 1970s; so I expected it to sound and look realistic.

And it did - the soundtrack, clothes, speech; and clever interplay of historic formula 1 footage with recreated scenes, were all spot on and put you right there 'in the moment' when James Hunt and Niki Lauda were 'kings of the world' in motor racing.

The racing scenes were breathtaking and definitely the heart of the film. As action sequences, they will be hard to beat: they had me gripping the edge of my seat and having to look away at times.

What I didn't expect was for the film to make me question my own responses to this most dangerous sport. Were we really so blase then about the terrible (and frequent) deaths on the circuit? Apparently we were: as Hunt's character sums it up, 'we start each year with 26 competitors in formula 1; and by the end of the year, two of us will be dead'.

The film shows the glamour of motor racing - easy to do with the playboy figure of James Hunt as a central character, always with a girl on his arm and a party to go to. But it shows also the cost of keeping up such a façade.

We see Hunt vomiting with nerves, before each important race, with his bravado increasingly supported by drink and drugs. Even the impassive, rationality-driven Lauda is shown riven with doubt that he has been able to forecast his own safety, and ultimately, driven by rivalry to the terrible crash on the Nurburgring that nearly ended his life and left him horribly disfigured. The audience is not spared the dreadful details.

Motor racing is a photogenic sport but even with that said, the film is beautifully shot, with fantastic, creative photography and some beautiful 'set pieces': the close ups of the drivers eyes, the action reflected in the curve of their pupils in profile, being one.

A wonderful, absorbing film. You don't have to be a fan of motor racing to get something out of it. Loved it!

debsydoodah

Think Brecon Beacons has said it all - probably the best film I have seen all year!

mrs-moneypenny

brilliant review Brecon Beacons, you've summed the film up perfectly.
i throughly enjoyed it last night

smeeth

I agree Brecon Beacons.Took my Dad who's an ex racing driver (he raced bikes as well as cars) and we both thoroughly enjoyed it.
Although if I never again have to watch someone have their lungs vacuumed it won't be a bad thing.

michie1974

Saw this today and was a nice little film. Got a massive surprise when Soairse Ronan and Antonio Banderas walked in and did an interview before the film started! Awesome!

geordie_ben

boooo my sky screening days are now over