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May 19, 2005

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Ten hours ago, I was sitting in the AMC movie theater, (second row, center stage, seats were not as desirable in a movie theater as they are at a musical) fidgeting with excitement. The opening text for Star Wars Episode III was scrolling up and away, and I was wishing I had done my hair up in Leia-like buns. At first, the grown up in me was thinking, "A midnight show? You have an 8:30a meeting!" But by the time the theme music had ended, all my work-a-day qualms had subsided and I was sucked into Sith battle. Good stuff, it was!

Yoda and R2-D2 persist to be my favorite, I think it's just their unique abilities to communicate perfectly, despite a different language structure. Yoda even managed to carry off comic relief stunts with his usual panache and dignity, and R2-D2 showed his stuff in one of my favorite scenes involving motor oil. Also, was it me, or were there a couple Three Stooges references? The poke-in-the-eyes gag and a few audio flashbacks?

Not too many people dressed up, unfortunately. At least not that I saw. There was a half-hearted Princess Leia, buns but no bikini; a couple Jedi knights with flourescent lightbulb sabers; and one very tall Wookie. There was also guy in Trekkie gear, talk about mixed metaphors.

But good stuff, I'm not a Star Wars fanatic, but I certainly enjoyed Episode III more than the previous two. I rank it almost as high as the original.

Posted by carolyn at May 19, 2005 10:12 AM

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