This wouldn't be my journal if I didn't mention Star Wars. I've seen Revenge of the Sith about six times now, three in the theater and three on dvd. Yes, the dvd comes out Nov 1, but thanks to Leta's trip to China, I gained access to a copy that is of decent quality. I've watched all the other Star Wars films on dvd at least twice in the last couple months. Yes, even Attack of the Clones. I saw some thing on tv where they were making fun of the Star Wars nerds, and they were walking out of the theater saying "Dude that was better than Empire!" Which is kinda sad because that's pretty much exactly what I said the first time I saw it. So much for originality. There is a caveat though - I think Revenge of the Sith is undoubtedly a better movie than The Empire Strikes Back, but it could never replace the latter in my affections. None of the current movies could ever have the moxie or the charm of the original three. I mean come on, Harrison Ford managed a good performance under Lucas' direction. That's moxie. Which is, again, a completely unoriginal thought.
At any rate, I loved this movie - the battles between Dooku and Anakin, Grievous and Obi-Wan. (Four fucking light sabers?!) Yoda versus the Emporer! Great political plot weaving (thank you Tom Stoppard). The touchy-feely stuff with Padme is laughable, but you come to expect that. What really matters here is the greatness of the story being told, and the philosophy behind it. (I could go on for hours about the metaphors around the evolution of the Jedi order and their ideas about love and attachment, but I won't.) And yes I admit I am reading the books. My imagination has been captured by this great story for most of my life. Also, and I can't stress this enough, if Hayden Christensen ever needs a pretend wife to cover up his gayness, I think I'd be a great candidate. The Dark Side is very sexy on him. He's perfectly smoldering and well aware of just how much ass he kicks. He could go off cruising all the hot young actors, and I could do my own thing. It'd work out great. But I would need an occassional bit of lovin'. And take off your shirt as much as possible, would you Hayden darling!
Sorry, I... went to the Bahamas there for just a second.
(Old Steve Martin joke.. never mind.)
