I got the crazy idea to try and catch the midnight showing last night while at work. Maybe it was all the hype, but I just didn’t care if I made it to the premier or not prior to last night. I am glad I did decide to go. Hank and I took off at about 11:30. The first theatre we went to had a line halfway through their parking lot. We decided to skip that place and try another. Luckly, the next place we visited didn’t even have a line.

We skipped the concession line which was about as long as the line for the first theatre. After taking our seats, we only had to chill for maybe 15 minutes before the show started. I thought it was funny the manager came in and told everyone to keep their lightsabers and cell phones off.

Now on to the movie itself.
***WARNING SPOILERS***
Overall, I agreed with Ebert’s rating of 3.5 stars. There was that overall feeling of evil through most of the flick and the end tied up all the loose ends from the first two movies. I found the evolution of technology to be quite impressive. I saw shades of AT-ST walkers, A-wings, X-wings, and Imperial shuttles. I remembered when I first saw the Phantom Menace thinking the vehicles and starships were too strange and didn’t fit in the Star Wars universe. But aftering seeing the final chapter, I thought things worked out nicely. Even the lightsaber battles were better. I guess when you look back, all the lightsaber battles in the original trilogy were between old Jedi. The first trilogy is about the heyday of the Jedi and it makes sense they’re going to have a different fighting style.

What could’ve used a little more work is some of the dialogue. The scene’s with Anakin and Padme were entirely too dry and predictible. I do not stray from my previous statements of Natalie Portman’s hotness though, but I digress. Anakin’s betreyal to the darkside could’ve been a little more fleshed out. It seemed like all of a sudden he’s Darth Vader. That’s another thing. Why the name? It never really gets explained. The Emperor just goes Hey you! You’re now called Darth Vader kid! and Anakin is like OK boss. I’m not too sure where this General Grievous came from either. I don’t remember him from any of the other movies. Which reminds me of another thing. Dooku! In Episode II, he’s this big bad final boss that not even Yoda can defeat. Then in this one, Anakin pretty much dominates him after a couple saber swings. I guess I’m embellishing a bit, but it could’ve been made to look like more of a fight. I noticed early on that Anakin and Obi-wan didn’t seem to so much as break a sweat during battles. It’s like they’re not giving any effort. I remember in Return of the Jedi Luke is sweating his balls off while fighting Vader.

I guess that’s enough rambling. I could probably nitpick for hours. There was a lot I very much liked about the movie and a few things I didn’t. It does put a fitting end to the saga. Unfortunately, I left the theatre still hungry for more. Yet I know this is going to be it for Star Wars.