Thank the Matrix it doesn't suck

Finally saw Star Wars Episode 3 the other day and it was worth sitting through Episodes 1 and 2. It was worth only getting 2 hours of sleep (surprisingly I wasn't too tired at work.) I'm not going to tell you too much about it, because I don't want to spoil it for any one (don't want to give away info like the fact that Anakin becomes Darth Vader. Opps. Sorry. :))

One thing that was nice is the fact that Jar-Jar only had 1 line and it was easy to miss. All he said was sorry. In the movie it was because he ran into someone, but we all know that it was Lucas apologizing to fans for creating the Gungans. Also, the dialog between Anakin and Padme was better.

I'm sure that there was a bunch of stuff wrong, but the only one I caught was the mention of the midichloreans. Fortunately it was mentioned in passing.

Over all, it was a good movie. While it might not be up to par with the original trilogy, it is far better then the Episodes 1 and 2. If nothing else, it is an excellent Sci-Fi movie. Lots of set up for the original trilogy, great battle scenes (Anakin VS Obi-Wan has got to be the best Saber battle ever.) and a story rather then a reliance on special effects make this one a Gotta Buy movie on my list.

Greed Sucks

Looks like I won't bee seeing Star Wars Episode 3 on opening day. Why? because the owners of the theater are greedy. When they retired, they leased the theater out to some other people who were doing a great job. They dumped a lot of money into the building to fix stuff that the owners didn't care about (like a leaking roof!) Putting new sound systems in, and getting movies sooner, often times on opening day. They even installed a digital sound system just so they could get episode 3.

After the lease ran out, the people running the theater were going to build a new building and planned on renting the building until it was complete. the owners heard this and offered to sell the current building to them. When they said no, the owners doubled the rent! In response, the people running the theater grabbed the equipment they had bought for it and left.

So what does this have to do with anything? nothing. I'm just a little mad. the owners didn't put any money into the theater (or the one in Windom, which they also own.) The building was falling apart and people weren't going to movies. After all, why go to a rundown theater when you could go to Willmar or Marshell and see a movie in a nice theater. They get new people in to run it, who fix it up and make it a building people would want to go to. And the reason? greed. And the worse part! I won't be able to seen Episode 3 until this weekend :(