Episode III

NewOwner FL · 05-19-05, 06:39

Saw it last night at 12:01am!

Yes, I am joining a support group

Anyone see it when it opened?

The Mrs. and I loved it...well worth going so late at night!

4

out of 4

and 2

blue-sun · 05-19-05, 10:00

w3rd. . .

he actually wrapped up the series pretty well. . .a few holes still but for the most part thumbs up

small plot hole spoiler below(skip if you don't want to see it)
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like the leia and her real mother comment from about remebering her. . .how is that possible? It just doesn't quite jive up

TW85 HHI · 05-19-05, 10:03

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Originally posted by NewOwner FL
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Yes, I am joining a support group

As long as you do not walk around in Star Wars costumes or sit in line for a month (or days) prior to opening, you are semi-normal.

NewOwner FL · 05-19-05, 10:06

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Originally posted by TW85 HHI
As long as you do not walk around in Star Wars costumes or sit in line for a month (or days) prior to opening, you are semi-normal.

No Wookie costumes here

There were a few costumed characters at the theater however...

Prometheus · 05-19-05, 10:37

Hey, one of my mom's fourth grade students reportedly showed up yesterday in a Darth Vader out fit, and was going to the midnight show here. I'll have to call mom and see if he was in school today or not.

Aurora40 · 05-19-05, 01:42

Hey, is this one of those jokes where if you reply to the thread, you're a dork?

Oh crap, I just fell for it!

Just kidding... I'll probably watch it on DVD when it comes out, and I like the original movies.

hirosh · 05-19-05, 01:52

i don't think seeing the 12:01 showing of any opening movie qualifies you for a support group. well, maybe if you've seen more opening movies at 12:01 than you've washed and waxed your car!

Spilchy · 05-19-05, 05:42

I remember being 4 years old and watching the real Star Wars in the theater in 1977.

The last two were positively horrible in every regard except special effects; soiling perhaps one of the best trilogys of all time. The first three were awesome.

Looks like this current one is a lot more dark and in line with the first one from 1977.

Looking forward to checking it out.

I still have all my original (first three) Star War figures with weapons / capes / light sabres, carrying cases, Land Speeder, the various ships and other vehciles. My mother who is a 4th grade teacher has my original Star Wars enyclopedia from the 1980's in her classroom's library. She said the boys are addicted to it and have been reading it every day!

When I was a kid, I took the cape off my Darth Vader figure and placed it over a light bulb. It proceeded to catch fire and nearly burned our den down. My father came in, put it out, looked at me and demanded to know who did this (knowing that I did it obviously). I proceeded to shrug my shoulders and said I didn't know. My father whooped me so hard in the butt that I whizzed my pants. One of the few times I got spanked as a kid - my special Star Wars moment.

NewOwner FL · 05-19-05, 06:14

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Originally posted by hirosh
i don't think seeing the 12:01 showing of any opening movie qualifies you for a support group. well, maybe if you've seen more opening movies at 12:01 than you've washed and waxed your car!

This was a first for us...just decided to go because this might be the last Star Wars movie for a long time.

Hey Spilchy, your old toys are probably worth a lot of $$. I know that if I could ever remember what we did with mine, I could probably pay off my college loans from the sale! (I would never sell though, those movies meant a lot growing up)

Sorry to hear that Darth Vader got you a whoppin'. A good lesson to stay away from the Dark Side

One more thing, you will like this one. Eps 1 and 2 were ok, but this movie makes it worth having to watch Jar Jar run around like a dork.

themightytimmah · 05-19-05, 08:03

I saw it at 1201 too, though it ended up being at about 1230 (technical problems, I mean cmon youd think you could find a talented nerd at a star wars convention). Pretty good movie, I'd put it just behind episodes 4 and 6, and just slightly over The Empire Strikes Back. Sure as hell beats Episodes 1 and 2, the only way it could have been better is if Jar Jar had died horribly.

TW85 HHI · 05-19-05, 08:20

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Originally posted by themightytimmah
Sure as hell beats Episodes 1 and 2, the only way it could have been better is if Jar Jar had died horribly.

Jar Jar is the only reason I have ever watched a Star Wars movie.

Scottwax · 05-19-05, 09:54

My older son saw it at 12:01, he was 8th in line.

I'll probably see it sometime this week or next.