Super-Secret Screening

[El Dingo]

So I signed up with some screening website and got my first invite.

The invitation was very serious. No alcohol, no camera-enabled phones, ID required.

Dee Dee was going out with a friend so I decided to check it out.

I arrived over an hour early, planning to catch Pokemon at the AMC 16 theaters in Emeryville. I was immediately ushered into the line inside. I was #97. This was a 5:45 arrival for a 7:00 movie. Just a heads up.

They had a phone-check at the door. I turned over my beloved Samsung 5 Note Edge (not the exploding one) for a ticket and entered the theater.

Great - now I had an hour to wait with no distractions. Fortunately I was seated next to another movie geek who had just returned from an Austin convention. We chatted and tried to guess what the screening was. His guesses were "Passengers", "Arrival" or "Allies"

I'm being careful here because they photographed my ID and I signed a NDA. Greg may turn me in to his connections if I say too much.

Anyway, the movie sucked, which was a shame because it was right up my wheelhouse (dramatic biopic).

We filled out post-viewing surveys and left the theater.

[Drunk Monk]

So what was it? Snowden?

[El Dingo]

So what was it? Snowden?

Really I don't think I'm allowed to say till the mocvie comes out.
Even hinting could get me in trouble.
Best just let it rest.
Easily one of the worst bio-dramas I've seen.
Let's just say English teachers everywhere are cringing.

I'd hoped for more.
Not the best film title either.

The subject matter was not my thing anyway.
He was supposedly the next Jack Kerouac.
Even though he only wrote one book.

Reviewing this may prevent me from getting into another screening.
You will guess it when it comes out.
Even reediting may not save it.

[Drunk Monk]

got it. I was going to see that too.

[Greg]

Greg has always had a very casual relationships with NDA's.