In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
We had our chance to be nerds three years ago and six years ago, but George Lucas fucked it up for us. We all wanted to giggle like little girls and high-five each other in the darkness of the theater room, but wooden acting and poor dialogue doesn't help much. Jar Jar Binks doesn't either. Or pod-racing. Midi-chlorians. Dex and his diner. Coarse sand. Bouncy pogo-stick Yoda.
We all hated Episode I with a passion, and Episode II didn't fool us either. But for the same reason Cubs fans return to Wrigley Field year after year, we returned to watch Episode III, because you never know if it might actually give us erections this time.
This time, it most certainly did. Lightsabers poking out of our loins, we were relieved at the sight of improved acting, blown away by the action sequences, smitten by the origin story of cinema's greatest villain. This was the Star Wars movie Lucas was supposed to make. This was the movie that got me, Dan, Dave, and Frank honking and snorting over dinner, talking about our top ten list of the greatest Jedis/Siths of all time. Hell, Dave even demonstrated his understanding of the Dark Side when he decided not to tip our waiter.
We're such dorky nerds, and the picture below ensures that none of us will be going on any dates with girls in the near future, but it felt good tonight. Real good. It felt good to sword fight at Target, to tailgate as if this movie was the Superbowl, to wait outside for two hours in the rain, huddled under flimsy umbrellas. And the sad thing is the way we felt tonight, standing in line, we'll never feel that way again.
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man, you're holding that thing with no shame. haha but the look on daves face is hilarious--"why am i friends with these freaks.. the things i do for pete"
We have a light saber for everyone in the family except me. Brendan and Ian (my five year old son) each have one of course, but Brendan thought that Emma (two years) and Zoe (one year) needed one, too. Now they all play with them and have light saber fights all the time. We even gave a red saber to my brother-in-law when he became engaged to Brendan's sister. There's no shame in loving Star Wars!
hey man I saw Episode 3 last night too, it was great.. The Emperor is one tough mofo I got to say, even now, as an adult, I still find him scary
More action poses ;)
ha i agree with lynn, dave doesnt seem too excited. i dunno, i think starwars is crap and way overrated, i havent seen the ones before, and probably wont see this one. i dont need to give money to watch a fake thing (also known as a 'movie') and dream about light sabers and all that fake crap... i guess i just have better things to spend my money on, rather than giving $40 million dollars to the theaters.
Well, somebody is having a bad day aren't they?
Maybe it's old age, but we didn't head to the midnight premiere this time. 6 years ago: oh yes we did. We even called an old friend on a cell phone at 12:01AM (I've known him since 1977, the year of THE premiere) so he could hear the crowd cheer when the lights and music kicked in at the beginning. Now THAT was fun, and the people in costume were amazing. They had off-duty cops doing crowd control in really good Stormtrooper armor, complete with crisp little body-mikes and PA systems. I got to tell the guy at the door "You don't need to see my ticket. Move along" and he played right into it (he did, however, tear my ticket in half as he waved me in).
3 years ago, no midnight premiere either, but there were still people in costume when we did go. I keep hearing that this movie redeems much, but the dialogue is still clunky. Ah, well, I'd still like to have a light sabre. A real one. So I don't grudge you yours.
We'll see the movie today, maybe. ;)
HAHA Pete you look so excited in that picture, but Dave on the other hand...lol he has the look of...What the hell am I doing...I really don't want to be holding this stupid thing in my hand right now, but I will just for pete. You guys are hilarious!