I’ve been trying to keep up with screenings around town but I wasn’t really paying attention when I got my confirmation for the world premiere of ‘A Perfect Getaway’ in Hollywood at the Cinerama. This was the biggest film industry event I have been to, to-date.

I wasn’t sure how early I was supposed to be there so I got there about 45 minutes early and the line was already huge, and it was an rsvp only event, lol. It wasn’t a big deal though, because the theater capacity is 800. 0_0

The fans and press were separated by the metal dividers for the red carpet entrance. It’s a slightly smaller scale film so the event wasn’t transformers-insane, but there was definitely an electricity in the air.

The free popcorn and pop was stacked up in pyramids which was awesome. Do I sound like a total rookie or what? I had to pass like 3 checkpoints guarded by secret service type personnel just to get into the theater, then an actual usher walked me to my assigned seat. I think its the first time I’ve ever experienced that in a movie theater.

The secret service were standing in intervals circling the entire theater, it was intimidating, lol. There were a lot of notes and signs about not bringing in video recording devices but nothing mentioning cell phones specifically. I took my phone out to take a picture (still had about 20 minutes til the movie) and the secret service starting swarming all over that. I was like “I’m just turning it off” and they were like “Oh… Well, okay then…” haha. For whatever reason, recording or just being annoying during the movie, I’m the very last person to suspect phone usage during a movie, but, it’s cool. I appreciated that someone was actually doing their job for once to make sure no one would be ruining the movie for everyone else with their cell phone.

Speaking of movie theater etiquette, film screenings are awesome because everybody there has complete respect for the film and no one is ever distracting in any way. It. is. Awesome.

I was talking to an actor who sat next to me while we were waiting for the movie to start. He said he was on Studio 60, but he took off after the movie so I didn’t catch his name. The movie was great and it was even better on the Cinerama screen. It’s like a super wide surround-vision type screen that really made the exotic cinematography of Hawaii pretty amazing. The audience was actually ‘wow’ing, lol.

After the movie, it seemed like all the aspiring actors and actresses in Hollywood were gathering in the lobby for some reason. Everyone was dressed in formal attire and I really felt out of place so I ducked out of there pretty quick. It was a great experience though, and hopefully someday I will be walking the red carpet instead of standing on the outside looking in.

Oh, and Access Hollywood was there, click the image for the video: