a_person and pxc talked their way into the meet and greet area (pxc has some xtra cool blagging skills!). Hugh finally turned up at about 6.15pm but he spent so long making his way along the barriers that by the time he came to the end of the blue carpet where we were (this was at 7.15pm and we were meant to be seated by 6.45pm) he pretty much ran past our barrier, signing the odd autograph and posing for only a few photos. He then went into the cinema and there was loud sigh of disappointment. He then came out briefly to the very end of the barrier and I squeezed my way to the front. He posed for a photo with the girl next to me then I tapped him on the arm (his big muscular arm!
) and asked for a photo with him. pxc got a really good picture so I'm well chuffed. 
Those members who are friends with me on Facebook will be able to view the photo. 
So it was a 2 hour wait to see Hugh and it wasn't really a meet and greet but it was worth it! I wish I had known we would be waiting so long though as I hadn't brought any food with me and we weren't allowed to leave the meet and greet area.
We were then rushed into the screen since the premiere was running about 30 mins late. Hugh was posing for photos in the cinema foyer but the security wouldn't let me take any pictures and sharply informed me to take my seat. It was in screen 1 at the Empire, and there was popcorn and bottled water on the seats. I was in the third row in the stalls which is too close to the screen for me. I would never voluntarily sit there so I did have a sore neck when the film finished.
The director, producers and Hugh gave a quick intro then the film began.
I thought the film was OK but nothing special. The boxing robots were entertaining and looked very realistic, definitely the highlight of the film, but the story was too schmaltzy. Charlie was a bit of a d**k so it was hard to like him. I don't think the story redeemed him much either but Jackman did well enough with the material he was given. The boy was excellent though. The film was a bit too long, it was more than 2 hours long and could easily have been shorter. The end was also way overdone. It was so corny and it was trying to make me cry, but it just made me cringe.
6/10.
