my brother somehow mangaged to get midnight tickets and of course i agreed to go, along with my uncle who was there in the beginning.
anyway....
Everyone cheered when we saw "Along time ago..."
Amazing space battle. I really liked the first 7 minutes. Then i wondered why the parasite droids Obi-Wan's ship didn't just explode and kill him.
Then i wondered why there wasn't vacuum in the hanger if there were only droids in there. They could have sucked Anakin and Obi-Wan into space and killed them outright. Then i wondered why the battle droids kept trying to capture Anakin and Obi-Wan. Its a war, they should kill them, or at least shoot artoo. (I got an explanation later but Palpatine's plan is so stupid. He nearly died when the battleship reentered the atmosphere)
People in the packed theater laughed at the first two visual jokes. Then didn't laugh at a single punchline until one near the end. When Yoda took out the two imperial guardsmen.
BTW, Yoda crawling through the vents reminded me of a scene with bishop from ALIENS or just about any Star Trek jeffrey's tube face shot scene.
When the camera showed Padme looking strangely ugly in an early scene, someone shouting "YOU'RE NOT HOT!"
All i'll say tonight is that when the film ended, only THREE people out of a packed theater clapped.
i could have sworn i saw a tear in the eye my uncle, a veteran of opening night 1977.
We walked out of the theater in almost total silence, people did not speak about the movie. Even after AOTC people were making sound effects and saying "aw dude!"
None of the men in the packed post-flick restroom said a word.
On the walk to the car my uncle actually kept the topic of coversation off Star Wars to some upbeat story about learning to appreciate Bill Murray.
When we finally reached the car we talked about Vader's appearance.
Its too depressing to talk about. You can't even parody it.
My optimistic uncle walked out a basher.
There were many...images...and scenes i really enjoyed. i'll get to them in the morning.
In a nutshell, i'd say it was like a porn video. Everyone was just waiting to get through the porn movie dialogue and porn movie plot and the porn star acting just to set up the action. i'd also say it resembled a Britney Spears music video. Great if you just muted the damn thing.
So many questions (if i cared), this isn't even the start.
Why were the wookiees in the film again?
Why was Grievous coughing?
How come a kid jedi can kill 4 stormtroopers but jedi masters can't take out any?
So a lizard ran as fast as a truck?
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. So the intimate conversation between Palatine and Anakin was on Video for several DAYS before the slaughter?
So artoo still has jets huh?
How much weight did Palpatine loose between episodes III and VI?
Why did Obi-Wan leave Anakin to suffer?
So Palpatine is Vader's father?
Why didn't Obi-Wan finish off Anakin?
to quote my uncle "Why were they fighting again?"
Sleepy time, i'll get back to this in the morning
This post has been edited by Just another wretched fan: 19 May 2005 - 03:34 AM