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[noahgibbs]

Just saw the new Star Wars. Broadcom (where I work) gave us all tickets. I liked it a lot more than I expected to.

It seemed really short. I was amazed. Part of that was the ending, which didn't seem like it was winding down (or even really coming to a climax) until it was already pretty much over.

I can see the first three episodes, jointly, being a kick-ass eight-hour movie. It makes me more prone to forgive Episode One, and Episode Two has been much more tasteful and hearkens back much more to its roots. These are movies which, with a sufficiently cool Episode Three, really could culminate in the older three Star Wars movies.

They'll still make odd back-to-back viewing but overall I'm quite impressed. I'll probably go see it again, which is more than I expected.

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[miss-mimsy.livejournal.com]

Hey you finally joined the rest of us and saw it! I thought it was great, although the Anakin/Padme relationship could have been handled better, in my opinion.

I really appreciated how Ep II incorporated the earlier movies, like the scene at the moisture farm which was shot just like a similar scene in Star Wars and the battle between Dooku and Anakin, which was remarkably similar to the battle between Luke and Vader in the second movie.

But the most surprising: I have to quote a friend of mine...Yoda YODA, man; fuckin' YODA!!!