The Story of What Happened

[Mekka]

This deserves it's own thread, not only because it is random and frightening and completely awesome, but also there is no other place to put it.

This is the story of the very cool random, frightening, and completely awesome thing that happened to me on Wednesday night. Make that Thursday morning. 12:01 A.M., thank you. Yeah, I was there, standing in line in front of our gigantical theater waiting to see EP III. And it was worth the wait. This is what happened.

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For starters, my parents are not random people. I alone happen to have that very unique quality in my family. My mom is great, but she doesn't like spontenaity or movies, unfortunately for me. Unfortunate, because it is the night "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" opens in theaters, and my mother does not like SW.

I was at church for the prayer service. Well, church was over, actually. My family is always the last to leave, seeing as how my daddy is the pastor. There was only one other family left there other than us, so I (who had been counting down the hours on the primative wall clock) decided to play the Imperial March on the church keyboard. Just for fun, 'cuz I was excited for all the people who didn't have Spanish II at an unearthly time in the morning and could go see the movie.

(Du du du du du doo du du doo!!!) Mr. H walks by and says, "Hey, that sounds like Star Wars!" to which I crow, "EPISODE THREE!!! 3-and-a-half hours!!!" And he's like "GASP!!! Is that really coming out tonight?" and his eyes light up... immediately squashed by his wife, who has three small children. But an important bridge had been crossed. My parents had been alerted of the situation. We're getting ready to leave.

This is the really great part, so keep reading.

Dad, this is MY dad, mind you, the one who can't even remember if he's seen all the movies, says, "Hey, let's drive down to the theater and see if they have any tickets left!" At this point, I'm expecting HIM to be squashed by my mom. Oh well, it was nice of him to offer, I think, even as my voice choruses 'yes'. Guess what? Ignoring Mom's warnings about Spanish and school and getting enough sleep, we turn the WRONG WAY out of the parking lot! Wrong way if you're trying to go home, anyway. But if you are headed to the cinema...

Well, then of course I'm think, It's opening night. There is no way on this planet we will be able to get tickets. But driving over will still be fun. We pull up, and there are like a HUNDRED people lined up, and more coming by the second. Everyone is crazy, dressed up, and lightsaber duels are breaking out everywhere. It was so great... and guess what? THERE WERE TICKETS LEFT!!!! 6, NO LESS!!!! I was ecstatic, although slightly creeped by the Gothic Sith that was practically stepping on my toes. No matter, I WAS GOING TO SEE THE MOVIE!!!

((You're getting bored now. I'll hurry up...))

We stand in line for a couple hours. I'll skip that part, although we did meet some friends from out of town that we had NO CLUE were going to be there. That was great. And they even had tickets to the same theater! Sigh. It was turning out so perfectly. I was still in a state of shock from actually being able to go to the theater at midnight... wow. HELLO, PEOPLE! BREAKTHROUGH!!!

We get inside the thater, are actually able to get really great seats, and wait another hour. And then another... okay, wait. This isn't supposed to be happening!!! The movie was supposed to start at midnight, and it's 12:30!! And when the lights came back on, we knew something was wrong. And then they dimmed. We waited. The previews began, AT LAST!! Everyone was cheering... I will take this moment to exalt my audience. They were so great, so responsive... sigh.

Well, the previews were terribly yucky, so I will skip those too. And then... *drumroll* THE MOVIE BEGINS!!! Moans and outrage pour from the entire audience. "Turn off the @#?*& movie!!!!!!" yells the guy in front of me. And it's then I realize... the entire screen is backwards. Or cut in half, or something. "A Galaxy Far, Far Away" starts from the top of the screen, and everything is very, VERY wrong.

This is unbelievable, I tell myself. How is it possible I could have come this far, been this lucky, and not actually get to see the movie? I huge my plastic Yoda and... wait! What's this? Blink, blink. Screen blacks out... and it on!!! I find myself screaming with hundreds of other Star Wars fans with joy and relief. WAHOOO!!!!!

Needless to say, it was so excellent. And the funny thing is, I'm not even that big of a Star Wars fan. But being there for that... I mean, some people have been waiting their whole LIVES to find out what happens, and it was wonderful to be there, totally caught up in the moment. I sit back and switch on my lightsaber...

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So that's what happened, folks. It was pretty exciting. Does anyone else have an interesting story of EP III? I'd love to hear it!

[Eomer Kenobi- Gaara fan]

I'm going to see it today!

[Dûncariel is Dead.]

Urgh.

That's all I have to say on this matter. My dad and our exchange student, who both don't even like Star Wars, got to see it last night. And I was stuck, a couple hundred miles away.

*fumes*

[Jandalf on Toast]

I waited in line for one and a half hours...heh. We got the seats right in between the speakers. My ears were ringing when we got out. (grins) But as an audience, it was great. We applauded several times during the movie...heeheehee. And then when I went to see it along with the Applied Graphics class from school, we brought our lightsabers and staged several duels while the credits were rolling afterwards. Much fun, although my Dooku saber has sustained a few injuries... (cackles)

[SilverSergyon13]

I don't have a story, but I love the title of this thread. Do you mind if I use it as a fic title for Creative Writing class?

[Eomer Kenobi- Gaara fan]

^interesting reply Siver
I thought the movie was sad

[Mekka]

silversergyon13 said:

I don't have a story, but I love the title of this thread. Do you mind if I use it as a fic title for Creative Writing class?

'Course not, Silv!! Write away...

[SilverSergyon13]

Hehe, Awesome! Now I just have to think of a story to go with the title....

I may have a story of what happened soon though! My brother, my dad, and I are going to the movies soon!

[Dûncariel is Dead.]

*mutters*

I was going to say something else nasty, but then I forgot what it was. Hmph... piffle.

[Cy Otauna]

What happened: I saw the movie at 7 Thursday, after the crowds. I was dressed impeccably as Obi-wan,and the friend you know as The Hot Eye as an imposing pink-and-black-haired Sith. About an hour before the flick starts we eat pizza down from the thearte--and doing thus in costume was a thrill in itself. As we arrive to the theatre the line is moderate and we two and one other I mindtricks into going with us are the only constumed ones, though a few others sport SW t-shirts. THE and I begin a furous lightsaber duel at the end of the line by the ticket-taker, and this guy in the Imperial theatre uniform says something to the effect of we gotta put our weapons in the car or have them taken. Without narry a "These aren't the lightsabers you're looking for" we do that, determined for a smooth transition from reality to movie, armed or not. The lines progresses. Into the theatre we go, twenty minutes early, and wait through smothering commercials (and the one for Narnia, which was a breath of fresh air, but its not STAR WARS YET) and finally, with the laboring camera sounding like the Falcon's faulty hyperdrive, the Fox lights appear and then the shiny green Lucasfilm logo. The crowd applauses, I WOOT. Never before have i seen a crowd cheer before a movie. It was rather, may I say, moving.

[Jandalf on Toast]

Yes...very moving. It's so exhilarating...seeing that opening scroll... (bounces)

You got a preview for Narnia?! Gack! Injustice! We were nearly slain by car commercials, and THEN movie previews...one for War of the Worlds. Starring Tom Cruise. They had better not have butchered anything H. G. Wells. But anyway.

GO ARTOO!!!! That was DEFINITELY one of our applause points, with him pulling his tricks on the super battle droids. (grins)

[Joan Omnipresent]

Ho yesh! Artoo absolutely stole the show for this first bit!!!!! : )

[sblomietheinsane]

heh heh... the best part of seeing EP III for me was the Narnia trailer. The movie itself was a waste of time. Good special effects, absolutely horrific Acting with a capital A. It was pain to watch, except, of course, for Ewan Mcgregor who is a great actor and improves any movie although there was little he could do for SW, it was so far gone. Lucas can't write, and can't direct acting. Just kill me now... PLEASE!

[Mekka]

That's not fair!!! We didn't get a Narnia trailer... <pouts>

[sblomietheinsane]

Go to www.narnia.com to see it, it's totally awesome.

[Tiana, eh?]

*kills Sblomie*

No spoilers unless they're in spoiler tag... see rules. *shrugs* All right. My story.

And I liked the movie, I gave it 4 stars in my journal review.

Anyway...

On Friday, one day after the movie entered theatures, two girls from a town somewhere in Alberta, unnamed for saving the other people grouped together to torment her brother into dressing up as Obi-Wan Kenobi for the day afterwards. We were all hiked and terrified to think that the next day, we would get to see Star Wars, in costume no less. Something none of us ever tried before...

The day after, we made the perilous trek across sand and seas, sunlight and water to Edmonton, Alberta (all the while musing about what would happen if any other Middle-earthians showed up) (none did, to our knowledge...) The peril of the journey over, at 2:30 Saturday, two days after it had entered theaturs, we found ourselves sitting down to watch the movie in costume. We had to stand in line for about one minute while everyone stared in horror at us in our Middle-earthianness-- myself as a random Jedi, Adrienne as Darth Vader, and Darth Aragorn as the self-dubbed Darth Kenobi. Everyone stared at us and made certain to point, stare, laugh, or comment on how cool we looked, we being the only costumed freaks around.

Finally we made it into the theature and stared in horror at annoying ads and other things that movies insist on having, no Narnia for us, but instead stupid ads for The Wedding Crashers, and Mr and Mrs Smith... though the Fantastic Four one was pretty good...

Then the music swelled and the room darkened. And we found ourselves entrapped by text and pictures on a screen for the next 2.5 hours. We, shortly, were doomed.

*cackles*

Yeah. Pathetic, but everyone DID stare at us, and a couple boys said we were their heros... and someone commented they'd never lose their row with Vader at the end... it was amusing...

I actually thought Obi-Wan was one of the worse actors, when it came to angst. But that's just me. Anakin was still pathetic, but he DID do better this time...

[SilverSergyon13]

Woo! My dad randomly came home today and asked if we wanted to go to the movies tomorrow. Tomorrow is a TUESDAY! I don't usually go to the movies in the middle of the week and it's gonna be awesome!

My dad wanted to go tonight, but he couldn't get off work early enough so he's gonna take an hour off tomorrow night.

[sblomietheinsane]

I don't think Obi-Wan was supposed to be angsty, I mean, he's not a teenager... *coughharrypottercough* I've always loved Ewan Mcgregor's acting, he can do nearly anything.

Yes, Anakin was better, but if he had been as good as the character demanded, everyone in the theatre would have sobbed their eyes out since it is so sad what happens to him and what he goes through and his enourmous pain and fear. There could have been so much more depth to him. I love the character, but it's really a shame.

[Mekka]

Yes, but Hayden Christensen has sithy eyes... ('!' <----- evil sithiness)

[Cy Otauna]

sblomietheinsane said:

absolutely horrific Acting with a capital A. It was pain to watch, except, of course, for Ewan Mcgregor who is a great actor and improves any movie although there was little he could do for SW, it was so far gone. Lucas can't write, and can't direct acting.

No one insults George Lucas...oh man, i'm gonna get killed.. But anyway, quotes beside, Hayden at least did better in this one that in the other whiny prequel. He had more to work with. And yes, Lucas needs to get a scriptwriter besides himself. I just liked; "You were the chosen one!" and "so this is how democracy dies..." that line. That was in the movie, right? The book had better dialogue...why didn't Lucas just get Matthew Stover to help him?