The main reason for our trip to New York was to see the North American premiere of Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV and celebrate the fact that Sean had directed a part of the movie. Woot!
We took a leap of faith to jet to New York and had hoped that tickets wouldn’t be sold out since the theatre would not sell advance tickets. We didn’t know what to expect, I mean it is New York and there must have tons of Final Fantasy fans there. Plus the movie was in extremely limited release.
Luckily, we got to the AMC movie theatres in Times Square right when they opened and secured our tickets for the 735 pm showing. Having done that, we were able to enjoy the rest of the afternoon by going to check out The Void’s Ghostbusters Dimensions at Madame Tussaud’s.
Yes – an absolute tourist trap, but Madame Tussaud’s the only place where one can check out The Void’s first public VR installation, outside of Utah. As a tie-in to the Ghostbusters reboot film, visitors can participate as Ghostbusters, going on a ghost-hunting mission on a physical set.
Verdict? It was pretty cool, much better than the Game of Thrones VR experience we went to at the PNE. Plus it didn’t make me dizzy or give me vertigo. Sean thought it was so cool and loved it.
We also checked out the Ghostbusters Experience exhibit and the Marvel 4D cinema. Cuz we’re nerds like that. The Ghostbusters Experience features authentic props and sets.
And to all the naysayers, we both enjoyed the new Ghostbusters movie. I personally thought Chris Hemsworth was a riot. Plus I want to be as cool as Kate McKinnon’s character, Jillian Holtzmann.
After a quick dinner, we hustled back to the theatre and was first in line for Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. The excitement was palpable among the movie-goers. Sean even got up in front of everyone to amp them up even more.
We were so excited to finally see the finished product. Sean had directed the 12 minute action sequence that kicks off all action sequences. The movie looked great. Impressive photo-realism, save for the female characters, who still look like Japanese manga girls. The action sequences were thrilling and it was great to see Sean’s sequence on the big screen. Months and months of work paying off. We were so glad to see that the fans seemed to love it too.
And then we all spilled out into the bright lights, big city that is Times Square – the purr-fect way to watch a world premiere of the movie you tirelessly worked on.
Congratulations, babe! Great job!
View more photos of our trip on my Flickr album.
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