5.13.05. 5pm.
jar-jar's revenge.
so guess where i was last night?
okay, fine, you already guessed from the title. good for you, smart guy.
the star wars premier! whee!
that's the sort of thing people write about in their online journals, right? assuming they actually write in their online journals, which, as you know, is only intermittently true in this case. nevertheless.
the whole thing was so silly. not the movie itself, i'll get to that (no spoilers, don't worry), but the whole falderal. it was at the metreon, and the whole place was just lousy with storm troopers. also wookies, and droids, and princess leia in the gold bikini, and padme in the midriff-displaying jump suit, and some other less hot people. and there was a big red carpet, and as much free popcorn and beverage as you could stuff yourself with. oh, and lots of rich people.
and how did i rate a ticket to this $500 event, you ask? well, the shindig was a fundraiser for family house, where blodgett works, and he got me listed as "staff" for the night. so there we all were. there were star wars enthusiasts, and philanthropists, and the funny part was when people giving speeches tried to make each group equally important. "thank you all for coming to support treating kids with cancer! and to have a great time at this swell movie!"
the movie itself was... pretty good. certainly the best of the recent three. action packed, bits of humor. less crappy dialogue, and fewer costume changes for natalie portman. it was lacking the silly flair of episode two, which was disappointing, but overall it was well done. and jar-jar had zero (0) lines. which was a big plus.
but the party afterwards! that was silly too. big tent with fancy lights, and lots of pretty good food. we got to play the new video game, which i was really bad at. there was a seven year old next to me doing great, though. gavin newsom was there auctioning off stuff. there was a staged light-saber fight. there was a big bowl of gummy bears, and little hot dogs on sticks. largely: silliness. and then when you left, they gave you a duffel bag with all sort of crap inside. a tshirt, and some little action figures, and an audiobook on the making of the movie, and lots of pamphlets, and little chocolate, and lots of cheese. well, the cheese was only in my bag, because i took a lot of cheese from the party. so sue me.
all in all, not a bad way to spend an evening. have fun when you see the film. in a week! ha ha ha ha ha! ha ha ha! ho ho... hum. (that was my smug superior laugh, just for reference.)