Irony.

[madbaker]

I'm going to see Revenge of the Sith next Thursday.
At a private screening. One of the brokers I deal with did this for the last several Harry Potter movies too.

I'm doing this not because I'm a huge fan. I was. My faith was tested severely by Ewoks and A Wookie Christmas. Then came "Ani" and Jar-Jar, and well... I gave up.

So why am I going to the early screening, if I'm not a fan?
Because I want to see the movie for completeness' sake.

The irony, of course, is that I know several people who would give their left nut/ovary for this opportunity. Me, I'm going because this way I don't actually have to give Lucas any money.

Comments

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

What? You didn't like "Little Orphan Ani?"

[callistotoni.livejournal.com]

Ditto. I loved the original series (The Empire Strikes Back is still my favorite), but the new incarnation has been *awful*. I was so ticked at the first one that I didn't see the second one until it was out as a rental. Alys suggested to me that the only way to get through it was with a remote control, a few MS3000-like friends, and a pitcher of margueritas.

I did eventually rent the last one. The thing that got me through it was my amazement that however bad it was in the beginning, the movie just kept getting worse ("OMG, this is awful--can it get any worse? OMG, it just got worse!")

The Kevin Smith review gives me some hope that the new one *might* merit and in-theater viewing, *if* it plays at my little local theater (the one I can walk to), and I pay a matinee price.

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

There's a peanut left on my desk from Monday -- I had a whole bowl of salted peanuts, there.

If I gave you that left nut, could I go?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

That was my plan, too. I can't stomach paying full price for this one.

[scendan.livejournal.com]

LOL! In spite of my fannish postings, I totally understand where you're coming from and agree with you.

Going to an early showing myself--working the show for the charity event, and get in on the cheap.

[scendan.livejournal.com]

Just saw the 1st 2 on DVD with MST3K friends. Helped a LOT.

[aimeric.livejournal.com]

Only problem: Kevin Smith, despite his later evisceration of Lucas (see: Clerks: The Animated Series, although you could argue that was coming from Randal's mouth, not Smith's directly), LIKED the Phantom Menace, so despite his usually excellent deconstruction of all things from a Galaxy Far Far Away, I find his opinion a bit suspect. Here's the 1999 review he gave on his own website: http://www.viewaskew.com/press/menace.html

OTOH he does say he went into it with low expectations, but to say "...But the long and short of it is that I liked it - quite a bit. I'd rank it right after 'Empire' in a list of fave 'Star Wars' flicks. It starts great, ends great, and has great stuff sprinkled in between."?

On the plus side, there have a been a few other positive early reports, so while I'm not expecting a miracle, I at least think that I won't come out of a matinee thinking that I'd wasted my time and money. Maybe it'll be better than the Hitchhiker's movie, which I'd give a C+, but that's a whole other post...

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Why is it always the left nut and not the right one?

[hyla-regilla.livejournal.com]

perhaps for the left=sinister correlation?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Or because most guys are right-handed...