Luh Premiere

Sooooo.....................I didn't get a ticket to the actual red carpet premiere of Disney/Pixar's Up. But I got a ticket to the encore showing at 11. We all held up our handwritten signs that read "Billet UP S.V.P." This girl Angela and I stood near one door and this old man gave us the 11 p.m. tickets. Then...I turned away for one second...and some guy slips her a premiere ticket. Blast.

A man that sounded creepily close to Borat hit on me a few times. He wanted to buy me a drink of the "FINEST WINE OF FRANCE!" Everything he said was really animated. He was Borat.

People would point and laugh at us begging. We didn't care. A few movie cameras filmed us just standing there with our signs. Some European camera and dude put a mic in front of me and asked how long I had been standing there and why I hadn't gotten a ticket yet with my nice dress and blonde hair. Apparently nice dresses and blonde hair do not get you far in Cannes.

We went to the Majestic after feeling pretty defeated. Three older men invited us to sit with them as they bragged about their documentaries and how they once got to sit with Leonardo for thirty minutes as he talked in different accents. They claimed they were invited to several of the after parties. One of the men gave me his card. It was one of those print-your-own business cards. Like mine. Not very promising. I guess our main goal is to make as many connections as we can, so...who knows...?

The half of us that did not get premiere tickets hung around an Irish pub until the time came to walk the red carpet. Of course it wasn't as glamorous as the premiere, but it was still pretty neat.

So, what did I think of Up?

I fell asleep...about 10 separate times....

I wasn't the only one.

It was kind of weak. The plot was random. Compared to Wall-E and Toy Story, it just didn't do the trick. I was pretty disappointed. I guess the 3D was cool.

There were about 10 of us who saw the encore, so we all split several cabs. I'm pretty wiped. I'll try to upload pictures soon!