the force... in my high-heels.

I just saw Star Wars Episode III with my tito joey and uncle jun, both are Star Wars enthusiasts. As for me, I’m not really a fan of the series, never was of any sci-fi movie at that. I always thought it was geeky.. yah right, like software programming isn’t? ;) Anyhow, I went along thinking I would’ve rather sat at home and watched Casablanca or Breakfast at Tiffanys on dvd... But I must say, after seeing this film… I discovered an exhilarating admiration for it, which grew towards the end of the movie. I abso-abso-lutely loved it!!!

It reminded of the time I saw Troy, I thought I wouldn’t enjoy 2-hours of the movie as much as I’d be savoring the 3-second-show of Brad Pitt’s ass, or that I’d be half-covering my face the whole time seeing only parts of it which entitles me for a reasonable refund, heh. Bloody sword fights and men in skirts didn't sound appealing enough for me to watch… but then, the movie was so emotionally intense that I forgot to eat my favorite cheese-flavored popcorn! I didn’t mind the gory scenes or the bloody war… well ok, I did squint a couple of times… But I was more emotional as opposed to aghast. And even more surprisingly, I cried a lot in that movie too... more than I did watching My Best Friend’s Wedding twice. I then developed a liking towards sword-fighting-battle-movies taken way back when... <-- I know something is grammatically wrong with the latter sentence but you get what I mean, right? Centuries ago? Taken back in time and civilization where the words Honor, Love, and Pride are of meaning. Right after that I enthusiastically watched The Last Samurai, and just recently-- The Kingdom of Heaven.

Star Wars, although obviously at a different world and time… if not exactly alike is somehow comparable to these movies I mentioned, with regards to the storyline… Well as they say, this episode was the most emotionally powerful of the six. The graphics and special effects are amazing yes, I mean… space ships, robots, giant-soldier-monkeys and… well, I don’t know what to call the rest of them flying objects... never looked so realistic. But I don’t know, I wasn’t as amazed with the graphics as I was with the story and the emotions portrayed. I’m a sucker for romance like that, at any given universe ;)

This is my first Star Wars movie, the only one I saw. I barely had a glimpse of Episode II on HBO late last year, and I remembered switching the channel to watch Late Night with Jay Leno instead. Darn. Although I was hesitant to watch it then since I heard it stunk up the room when it was first shown on the silver screen. But now, I’m just dying to see all the episodes!

"Attachment causes jealousy- which is in the shadow of greed. Train yourself to let go of the things you fear the most." -yoda. or something like that.

Have I mentioned I LOVE YODA? I LOVE YODA. He's earned my respect ;)