I hit the theatre last night with my youngest son and we finally watched the most recent instalment of the Star Wars franchise. This will be much to the approval of family and friends who saw the movie weeks ago and have been dying to talk about it while I’m within earshot. There are many conversations to be had about the flick, I’m sure, as the one thing that all members of my family can come together on is our love of Star Wars.
The best part of the movie, for me, was when the end credits began to roll; not because I disliked the movie but, rather, because I had roughly 750 mL of urine squeezed into my 500 mL bladder. And we aren’t talking about the last ten minutes of the movie either. I was on the brink of pissing my pants for nearly an hour.
Once my urinary distress ended (my apologies to the folks I nearly steamrolled over in my mad dash to the men’s washroom) I was able to start mentally processing the movie itself.
This sequel was pretty awesome. JJ Abrams cleansed my Star Wars palette with this movie; taking George Lucas’ last three movies out on a boat, tying them up in a burlap sack with a heavy stone and dropping them in the middle of a lake like a bunch of unwanted kittens. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate the three Lucas prequels but there wasn’t enough redeeming material in them to make me want to watch them any more than once. Combine Hayden Christensen’s portrayal of Anakin Skywalker with the existence of Jar Jar Binks… well, I rest my case.
I will likely go back and see this movie again. Next time, however, I will reduce my fluid intake prior to going to the theatre so that I don’t have to do the seated pee-pee dance to keep my pants dry.
An excellent argument for always watching at home, where you can pause the show for bodily maintenance.
I don’t make it out to the theatre all that often so I was kind of a n00b about hitting the loo prior.
I’m just too old to hold it for two hours+ 😀
I may be too. You need to train your bladder for that kind of event!
I could have done without the prequels. I wasn’t wild about this one, but it was in keeping with what the first three movies portrayed. And this was the first time I ever watched a Star Wars movie in the cinema.
For anyone who’s not a fan of the franchise but is curious about how the movie fits: I told one of my friends (who has never watched a Star Wars flick) that she could watch the very first movie and then this one, and she would ‘get it’ with no problem.
It was nice to see Harrison Ford on the big screen. And Chuwie. 🙂
And it was horribly disappointing to see that yet another once-genius sold out to Disney. Sigh.
It’s interesting that you say that about selling out to Disney with disappointment. All of the people that I talk with about it (granted they are generally huge fans) are happy that Disney bought the franchise and then excluded Lucas from future development… the view being that Georgie-boy was killing the whole thing.
Well, I’m not a huge fan. Maybe that’s the difference. But Disney has completely wrecked The Muppets and the Peanuts gang, so to put Han Solo & Co in their hands… Well, I’m not holding my breath that Star Wars will fare any better. Shrug.