my life as a nomad

my star-wars saga

i got to the theater a little after 11 last night, and the lines were already crazy-long. took me a little while to find the guy who had all the tickets (major thanks go out to skip for treating everyone in the company), and then figure out which line was going to which screen and so forth. i saw several lightsaber-wielding jedi, jango fett, princess leia, and even darth vader. the nerds were in their glory. then, we finally make our way into the theater about quarter of, find a seat, sit down, wait for the previews... and they come one right on schedule, but with no sound. uh-oh. and there were even some good ones, like for the chronicles of narnia (which, by the way, looks to be a-ma-zing). then they were trying to fix the problem before the movie started, so they stopped the projector for like half an hour to work on it. not cool. it was already going to be a wicked late night, and that was the last thing anyone needed. but, once they finally got it fixed around twelve-thirty, they passed out free movie passes to everyone to make up for the inconvenience... so i got a free movie pass while at a movie that i didn't even have to pay for. how cool is that

speaking of the movie... it was great. as i told someone earlier, if the latest two films were necessary for this one to be made, it was so worth it. the dialogue was alot better, and there were even a couple of borderline convincing heartfelt moments between padme and anakin. you actually felt attached to some of the characters for the first time since the original trilogy. it was exciting, thrilling, beautiful, and very, very, very sad. really emotional ending, mostly because it ties up all the loose ends so well and the stage is all set for episode IV. you get the feeling that the only reason lucas decided to do the prequels is so that he could make this movie (and, a couple more billion dollars in revenue for his own 'empire' doesn't hurt, either). definitely deserving of it's pg-13 rating... not for kids by any means. some pretty graphic injuries coupled with it's deep, dark and sad storyline make it a little bit too much to handle for most kids, i'd think. but boy, was it great

so, my thoughts in a nutshell: it stands by itself as a really good movie, but when you fit it into the framework of the original trilogy, it transcends into "epic" status. whoa, that sounds good... almost like i know what i'm talking about. even though we all know i don't


the only sucky part about the movie was that it didn't get out until a little after three a.m... which, by the time i got home, wound down for a little bit, got to sleep, and woke up for work today, translated into about three and a half hours of sleep. so, i was a zombie at work today, but still... it was so worth it. and now for an early bedtime



summer can't come soon enough

posted by Patrick @ 7:45 PM