Empire Big Screen 2011 Final Thoughts
To finally close the book on Empire Big Screen 2011, I wanted to offer up some final thoughts about the event and what I felt worked and what didn’t work.
In order to end on a positive note, I’ll begin with-
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Empire Big Screen 2011 – Day 3 (Sunday 14 August)
I began my Sunday with the Paramount showcase at the Indigo2. We got the same Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol trailer that had been screened prior to some of the films over the weekend. I’ve never much cared for MI and I’m no Tom Cruise fan, but Jeremy Renner just might hold my interest for this. There was also the same rubbish trailer for Paranormal Activity 3 that’s been everywhere else. I had enjoyed the first one, saw the second on good faith and thought it was pointless. I’m still not convinced the film-makers have any idea what they’re doing with this story and I would question why anyone who saw PA2 would be interested in yet another prequel. None of what I have seen is compelling, nor is the fact that the team behind Catfish has taken the project on- and I loved Catfish.
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Empire Big Screen 2011 – Day 2 (Saturday 13 August)
Day two at Empire Big Screen felt less exciting. I suppose the novelty wore off a bit and alongside the diamond pass holders showcase, I only had two films- Troll Hunter and Crazy, Stupid, Love and a live Pint of Milk session to look forward to.
The Troll Hunter rolls into Empire Big Screen
The Pirate Captain puppet from The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists
Empire Big Screen 2011- Day 1 (Friday 12 August)
I was lucky enough to bag free tickets for all three days of Empire’s ambitious, new, formerly movie-con event- Big Screen. Communications from the PR company handling the tickets was less-than-stellar (I won’t name and shame here) so I found myself without any real idea what kind of tickets I would have or what films and sessions I would be seeing right up to my arrival at Greenwich’s O2.
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