who saw this in the cinema?
Who saw this back in the day? What are your memories - the anticipation of seeing it in the weeks/days before, the actually seeing it and how much a big deal was it where you were back then, the crowds, audience etc and after coming out of the cinema what were your thoughts and in the days/weeks that followed.
I saw LW4 in the cinema (actually was the first and only LW I saw at the cinema. too young to see the others. had seen them on vhs at that point though so was a fan) I remember I was really looking fwd to it as summer 98 was abit of a letdown (aside Dark City which came out summer in UK and was mind blowing) - Lost in Space, Godzilla, Avengers were bad (although I remember mildly enjoying both LiS and Avengers at the time in spite of the terrible reviews!), XFiles and the 2 asteroid movies were okish but nothing to go crazy over, Private Ryan was obviously a classic but hardly enjoyable summer entertainment. so LW4 (which I remember reading in Empire had happened kind of unexpectedly due to Superman Lives falling apart and WBros needed a big summer movie fast) was the one to really look forward to (came out mid Sept in UK - something to look fwd to before going back to college). Also it was kind of a bigger event than usual as Mel Gibson had become such a big deal since LW3. I mean he was a huge star for LW3 of course but since then hed done Braveheart which had pretty much elevated him to #1 of the A list stars. plus hed followed that with Ransom which was a huge hit. so the fact he was coming back to LW was kind of a huge deal at the time.
anyway remember really enjoying it. while obviously feeling the same as the rest it also seemed something of a step up.. as if LW was really getting with the times (Jet Li, kung fu, bigger action, modern cars, even Riggs new haircut - which was in itself quite a big deal). I remember desperately wanting Riggs jacket!