Last night, along with 15 of my work mates, I went to see a film at the Odeon, Leicester Square. It was the opening night of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and the outside of the huge cinema was decorated with Indiana Jones posters topped by a huge 20ft tall "INDY" sign.This was my first trip to the Odeon Leicester Square - the biggest cinema in the UK - and, upon arriving, I knew it would be a huge event. The film was sold out so hundreds of people were piling in through the main doors - the queue for popcorn and ice cream lasted at least 15 minutes. The cinema auditorium itself has two-tiered seating and, unfortunately, we were sitting at the back of the top tier. We were so high up and far away that the massive screen looked the size of a TV.
When we finally got our seats the room darkened, the trailers began and I realised the audience sat submerged beneath a cloud of dank popcorn fumes. Since it was the opening night the audience of hundreds (perhaps thousands) of Indy fans were buoyant. They cheered at the trailers, cheered at the film's opening logos, cheered at the first appearance of Harrison Ford, cheered when Harrison Ford first put on his hat etc etc. At last the audience stopped cheering and the film began proper.
It was a good film. But... the screen looked as big as a TV, the audience felt like freighted cattle and the ticket price was extremely high - around £15 per person.
Summary: Might go back and try the VIP area I've heard rumours about but otherwise a bit too expensive to be worth going again.
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