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If you’re interested in attending the film festival portion of South by Southwest, here’s a pro tip: You don’t need a badge to get into the screenings. I wasn’t aware of how things work there so I was a little confused that at any given screening there were at least 3 lines. I still couldn’t tell you what the difference is between a bade, pass, ticket, etc. but one thing I do know is that tickets cost $10 and I figured out that each screening comes out to around $50 if you buy a badge so the pricing doesn’t make much sense.<\/p>\n

On the bright side, I definitely hauled myself to the various theaters around town more than I would have just to get my money’s worth! Here’s a list of the films I watched and my thoughts, good, bad or indifferent.<\/p>\n

Predators<\/strong>
\nI waited in line for 3 hours just to watch a 2 min. trailer. A trailer you can watch for free below. Pretty crazy. The 1 hour Q&A with Robert Rodriguez, concept art, predator head prop, free Tshirt and autographed poster made it worth it though.<\/p>\n

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More Predators News & Previews<\/a><\/div>\n

\"Predators\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Also check out predators-movie.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The People Vs. George Lucas<\/strong>
\nThis was a pretty entertaining movie to watch if you are a Star Wars fan. I gave it 3\/5 though because ultimately there is nothing expressed in the movie that if you are a Star Wars fan you haven’t expressed yourself or had expressed to you by a friend. The movie just captures this discussion, had by millions of fans countless times, for posterity. I was really ecstatic though that my favorite reviewer on Aint it Cool News, Quint<\/a>, had the exact same opinion as me about the movie (which means we both saw it in the same theater!).<\/p>\n

Animated Shorts<\/strong>
\nI wish I had made it out to more of the shorts. They play a dozen or so at one showing and there is a wide variety so you’re bound to see something you like. I did make it to the animated shorts and there were several that I thought were great. My three favorites were Poppy, Bygone Behemoth and The Orange. Poppy in particular blew me away.<\/p>\n

Cherry<\/strong>
\nA coming of age\/college story. Well told, well made, well acted. Not my cup of tea.<\/p>\n

Cargo<\/strong>
\nAn amazing sci-fi movie which amazingly was made on a shoestring budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re interested in attending the film festival portion of South by Southwest, here’s a pro tip: You don’t need a badge to get into the screenings. I wasn’t aware of how things work there so I was a little confused that at any given screening there were at least 3 lines. I still couldn’t tell you what the difference is between a bade, pass, ticket, etc. but one thing I do know is that tickets cost $10 and I figured out that each screening comes out to around $50 if you buy a badge so the pricing doesn’t make much sense. On the bright side, I definitely hauled myself to the various theaters around town more than I would have just to get my money’s worth! Here’s a list of the films I watched and my thoughts, good, bad or indifferent. Predators I waited in line for 3 hours just to watch a 2 min. trailer. A trailer you can watch for free below. Pretty crazy. The 1 hour Q&A with Robert Rodriguez, concept art, predator head prop, free Tshirt and autographed poster made it worth it though. More Predators News & Previews Also check out predators-movie.com The People […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-internets"],"yoast_head":"\nSXSW 2010: The Movies -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandomendez.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/sxsw-2010-the-movies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SXSW 2010: The Movies -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you’re interested in attending the film festival portion of South by Southwest, here’s a pro tip: You don’t need a badge to get into the screenings. 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