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Movie Saturday
Jun. 11th, 2005 10:50 pmSo, Star Wars. We didn't have time to go before we left for our vacation and we sure didn't go while we were gone because we are thrifty people and we paid less for both of us than we would have had to pay for one of us in Stockholm. Okay, that's a lie. Well, it's not a lie that it's cheaper here than there, but it is a lie that it's the reason we didn't go. We didn't go because we were busy almost every waking second, and none of those plans would have allowed for easy Star Wars action.
(I contemplate calling it Suck Wars, but that would imply that there was another contender for the title, and I am not so sure that there could possibly be any to compare.)
I guess the brief version is that we didn't really like it all that much. M has been very nice to me all afternoon because he felt guilty for dragging me to a movie I wasn't excited about seeing, and was bad enough that he, a long-time Star Wars fan, was bored. Bad enough that he is no longer planning to purchase all three of the new movies.
( Cut for the consideration of those three other people who want to see it but haven't yet )
So, that's how we spent our afternoon. We had great plans of productivity but we didn't end up getting a whole lot done, due to watching two movies and eating a couple of meals and all that. The other movie we watched was Big Fish, and.. oh, my, what an odd movie. Think.. Forrest Gump meets Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, but weirder. It was good, though. And there's a scene where someone points out that some people tell a story straight through, and it might get done faster but it's doesn't make a good story. And I nudged M and gave him a meaningful stare and he laughed a lot, for a long time. His wife, you know. She can't tell a short story to save her life. Although honestly, I really hope she is never called on to tell a story in order to save her life, short or otherwise.
(I contemplate calling it Suck Wars, but that would imply that there was another contender for the title, and I am not so sure that there could possibly be any to compare.)
I guess the brief version is that we didn't really like it all that much. M has been very nice to me all afternoon because he felt guilty for dragging me to a movie I wasn't excited about seeing, and was bad enough that he, a long-time Star Wars fan, was bored. Bad enough that he is no longer planning to purchase all three of the new movies.
( Cut for the consideration of those three other people who want to see it but haven't yet )
So, that's how we spent our afternoon. We had great plans of productivity but we didn't end up getting a whole lot done, due to watching two movies and eating a couple of meals and all that. The other movie we watched was Big Fish, and.. oh, my, what an odd movie. Think.. Forrest Gump meets Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, but weirder. It was good, though. And there's a scene where someone points out that some people tell a story straight through, and it might get done faster but it's doesn't make a good story. And I nudged M and gave him a meaningful stare and he laughed a lot, for a long time. His wife, you know. She can't tell a short story to save her life. Although honestly, I really hope she is never called on to tell a story in order to save her life, short or otherwise.
