the obligatory star wars post

may as well get this over with. i saw the movie last night, got home at 3:30am, woohee that was fun. i watched ep. II with friends, and that was just as horrible as i remembered, but we were still all very excited for ep. III. around 10pm we finished up ep. 2 and headed out, with aviva trying desperately to catch the rest of the season finale of 'alias' on her tiny portable TV (batteries died), and david wildly swinging his plastic lightsabre around in the car. we drove on the speedy night highways to get to the newest huge multiplex. a night in america. it was still a night in pennsylvania: we stopped at a wawa for some food and caffeine before going to the theatre. the movie was showing on FOUR screens and the one we sat in was not the one our tickets specified. we got good seats. this was definitely the best out of the three, but that's not saying much at all. i got over my problems with the acting and dialogue since i was prepared for it; lucas is known for directing his actors in a wooden manner and for incredibly cheesy dialogue. this was worse than the original trilogy in those respects, though. the STORY, however, was incredible. if i let go of how improbable the setup in the first two movies was (the jedi are really rather dumb for not figuring out some things, and WHY in the universe did padme fall in love with anakin)... anyway if i just started fresh with this movie, i thought the story was THE BEST star wars story yet. bar none. i thought the tensions and confusion brought out in anakin (i'm hardly spoiling anything here) had serious (and even thought-provoking) impact. and yes, i cried a teensy tiny bit. the best part of the evening for me, though, may have been the TRAILER FOR THE NARNIA MOVIE!!!! yes indeed, much to my surprise they showed a tltw&tw trailer. it looks amazing. another new-zealand-shot, decades-old story revived, masterpiece from the looks of it.