Benford's Musings

If you get to see this movie before me, PLEASE do NOT tell me about it. Don’t ruin this event for me. That would totally suck. I appreciate your sensitivity to this matter.

It’s that time again — another monumentous occasion in movie history. Only minutes until the first opening of the the final installment in the epic Star Wars series. Am I in line, waiting to see it first? I should be. I’m one of the biggest Star Wars fans you’ll ever meet. Am I actually in line? Obviously not. No, I’m at home. Waiting ever so patiently until I can share this experience, this historical event with someone. Whom will I share it with? You’d think Len, obviously, but he’s currently in line to see this movie already. I guess sending him the Outlook appointment wasn’t hint enough. So much for hinting. I guess I’m going to have to be direct and blunt from now on. Len, honestly, truely, totally — I hope you enjoyed the movie. It should be awesome.

Maybe my best friend Cathy will want to see it with me. She’s more a Treckie than a Star Wars fan (right?) but she’s always all up for a good flick the first time out.

Now, the first two episodes have NOT been nearly as good as Episode 4, honestly, not even in the same league. If you saw Attack of the Clones and Two Towers in the same few days (like I did), you’d have seen that they were very close in storyline. In fact, the big war scene where the clones (in both movies) attack the big empire building (in both movies) were very similar, just set in different time periods with different types of clones. I didn’t much care for the redundancy in that case. Still a good flick.

The thing that makes this movie so special is a few different things.
1. They haven’t advertised the shit out of this movie. It’s gotta be quite pure for Lucas. I love being a purist. If this movie is pure Lucas, it’ll be awesome.
2. It ties up all the loose ends that start out Episode 4, A New Hope.
3. It ties up all the loose ends that are left after Episode 1 & 2.
4. The special effects get better and better each time.
5. C-3PO, R2-D2, and Chewbaca are in this one!!! (Hale, Hale, the gang’s all here!!!)

I could go on.

I can’t wait to see this one. Hopefully, I can see it before all the hype dies down. Cathy, if you wanna go, let me know when and we’re there!!

If you get to see this movie before me, PLEASE do NOT tell me about it. Don’t ruin this event for me. That would totally suck. I appreciate your sensitivity to this matter.

Halle Berry is hot. The movie’s alright but she plays that cat well. My cats even liked her in this role. They sat and slept through the entire flick.
The storyline seemed a bit disjunct or something. I can’t put my finger on exactly what it is. It wasn’t bad, it wasn’t great either. I wouldn’t say no to seeing it again but I wouldn’t make a point to watch it all over again. Like I said, I’m not sure about this one. Any thoughts from anyone else who might have seen it?

I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Oh yeah, less than a week until my birthday!
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