— I truly hope that I never go to that lava planet. Because it looked extremely unpleasant.<\/p>\n
— The childbirthing scene was unintentionally hysterical. That operating room was so clean that one would be embarrassed to fart there, let alone give birth. Also: the robot-midwife with gleaming glass eyes was hilarious<\/i>. (I don’t think she was supposed to be …) She’s a midwife – but … she’s a robot. And I just assumed she was a “she”. I loved how they carefully placed that space-age metal thing across Padme’s body – to somehow shield and hide her lower body from … the all-seeing eyes of a robot-midwife? So it appears that shame about the female body is alive and well in a galaxy far far away. I thought it was hysterical. When I give birth, I’d like it to go as easily as it did for Padme (well, except for the dying part), and only shed a couple of tears, and have a couple of artfully placed beads of sweat. Natalie Portman’s makeup stayed put during the entire childbirth scene. Very funny. And I don’t know, maybe I’m nuts – but I’d feel a bit self-conscious giving birth in front of Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I think I’d want them to sit out in the waiting room.<\/p>\n
— I LOVE IT when R2 screams. Not that I enjoy his pain and terror … but it is SUCH a funny sound. I remember thinking it was funny when I was a little kid, and it’s still funny. This supersonic: “wheeeeeeee” – growing in intensity as his emotions get stronger … and it’s a sound from a COMPUTER and yet it still has all this feeling <\/i>in it.<\/p>\n
— I felt bad for poor R2 sliding down that vertical drop, when he should have been back helping out with the elevator. But he couldn’t help it. You can’t fight gravity. Also, I loved it when he hid behind the barrels, trying to muffle the sound of Kenobi’s voice coming out of his … er … cell phone.<\/p>\n
— Padme and Anakin’s apartment is pristine in a highly frightening way. Again, I would not feel comfortable farting there, or even lounging about on the couch. I would have a nervous breakdown if I spilled something. Don’t people in a galaxy far far away have regular apartments with bookshelves, and sippie-cups lying about? A couple unwashed coffee mugs in the sink? Or … no …? I guess C3PO as the butler would take care of any mess – but the cleanliness of that apartment was on a pathological level.<\/p>\n
— The opening battle scene was amazing. Just spectacular – the camera moves – you really felt like you were watching something real. Hard to believe NONE of it is real.<\/p>\n
— Did I mention that I love it when R2 screams?<\/p>\n
— It made me so happy to see all those Wookies charging into the water, like some sort of Braveheart-moment of suicidal courage. I wouldn’t want to mess with a Wookie. They need better weapons, though. They’re pretty far behind everybody else, and are still sort of on a bow-and-arrow level of self-defense.<\/p>\n
— The sequence of the assassination of the Jedis was incredible, and really really sad. It reminded me of Goodfellas<\/i> (similar sequence in that film – when all the bodies are being discovered … here, there … in the dump, in the freezer-truck …) I thought it was very very well done.<\/p>\n
— What is Jimmy Smits doing in this movie?<\/p>\n
— Yoda is SO COOL. I love it when squints his eyes in the middle of a battle … You know he’s about to become a total bad-ass then. And I love it when he flies through the air. Best moment, though: when he strolls into that one room, two droids approach him, and with a mere gesture with both hands – (he doesn’t even touch them) – they crumple to the ground. It was like the gun-sword moment in Raiders<\/i> – because Yoda does it with a kind of tired, “Oh … you guys again?” energy. It got a huge laugh. I love Yoda.<\/p>\n
— The destruction of the Senate was my favorite scene, I think. That’s when the implications of what was really going down hit me. I thought it was awful. The shattering of a Republic.<\/p>\n
— If Padme is so concerned that her marriage to Anakin be kept a secret … then why was she waiting for him to return in that first scene? Like: babe. Go back to your pristine apartment, sit pristinely on the couch (but don’t drink anything because GOD FORBID YOU SPILL ANYTHING) and he’ll be back. But … there you are … creeping about in the shadows … Uhm … you don’t think you look just a leeeeeetle bit suspicious? Loved her Leia hairdo in that scene, though. We are back to ginormous-Cinnamon-Buns-on-side-of-head and I couldn’t be happier.<\/p>\n
— The sound the lightsabers make has to be one of the all-time genius effects ever created in a sound design lab. I mean … that SOUND. Jesus.<\/p>\n
Anyway, these are my thoughts. Many of them are quite girlie in nature. (Makeup, hairdos, childbirth, and apartment decoration). So be it. I’m a girl. And Star Wars<\/i> belongs to all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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