Saw The Force Awakens Today

[elrhiarhodan]

And it was AWESOME!!!!!!!



And if anyone (cough - George Lucas - cough) had any doubts about Han shooting first, rest assured, a man who'd casually throw an enemy into the mouth of a rampaging monster (what where those things called??? Raznors, Ravenors?) wouldn't have hesitated to shoot Greedo first.

And likely spoilers in the comments, so be warned.

Comments

[elrhiarhodan]

I didn't want to deal with the masses on opening day - unlike my 17 year old self who waited on line for The Return of the Jedi. But I do want to see it again - at least once more in the theater. There are things I know I missed.

It was brilliant and beautiful and everything I'd hoped for back when TPM was released, but never got.

And now, two years until the next one? Grrrrrr.

[dizzydrea.livejournal.com]

I agree 100%. I hated TPM about as much add I loved TFA.

As for standing in line, I managed to avoid that all the way around: my sister and b-i-l took me on Friday. The b-i-l went early with his niece and stood in line. It was a late showing, at a small theater, so it was only about half full anyway. And I took my folks on Saturday morning with tickets I won at work for an exclusive company showing. Again, no line. So, we avoided the hassle and still had a great time.

And if it makes you feel any better, you only have to wait a year and a half. Episode VIII premieres on May 26, 2017. ;)

[elrhiarhodan]

Okay - I can hold on for that long.

I had debated buying advance tickets, but I knew that the local theatres would be pretty full. My plan had been to see an early morning show on Christmas Day, but surprise! None of the local theaters were opened early yesterday. So I got up and out to see the 10am show at a movie theater about 25 miles away - it's one of the largest ones in the area and has decent parking and highway access (the weather's been really lousy here and I didn't want to get drenched either coming or going.

And I was surprised that the 10am show was pretty much sold out by the time the endless trailers started to run (no Deadpool, sadly).

Will probably go again next week - maybe even on New Year's Eve, as I don't have any plans.

[sherylyn]

We got to see it with almost our whole family on Saturday after it opened, and thankfully, none of us were spoiled before then.

And we loved it.

And Han.

GAH.

And we are SO seeing it again, too!!