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Today my kids and I were all home with the flu. One of our preferred activities at such times is to watch movies together. This morning, the kids decided on Star Wars -- as in the real first original Star Wars. I was kinda surprised, as all their earlier attempts to watch it had bored them into leaving before the first hour. But that was long ago, they're more mature and savvier film buffs these days [being aged 16 and 13]... so I figured sure, let's go for it.
We ended up watching Empire and Jedi afterward and made a full day of it. What a hoot.
The kids were surprised at how good they all were. They were riveted thru the whole trilogy. I was hearing comments like "how good the writing and characterizations were" and how they "can't believe what they were able to do without CGI" and suchlike. They didn't think it was The Pinnacle of Cinematic Art or anything, but they'd had vague memories of the movies being Lame Old Crap™ and were pleasantly shocked to see that they were way better than that.
I was surprised at how gripping and moving certain scenes continue to be for me, after all these years and all those replays. [It's been a few years since I last saw them, so I've had a chance to lose my tolerance and get re-sensitized, perhaps? ;P ]
I was even more surprised to realize that today is the first time I have ever watched the entire trilogy in one sitting. I would've expected that of myself long before this, but no.
Most surprising of all: it's been close to thirty years now since I started watching these flicks, and still.... every single time Carrie Fisher's big brown eyes appear in closeup, I. am. a. goner.
We ended up watching Empire and Jedi afterward and made a full day of it. What a hoot.
The kids were surprised at how good they all were. They were riveted thru the whole trilogy. I was hearing comments like "how good the writing and characterizations were" and how they "can't believe what they were able to do without CGI" and suchlike. They didn't think it was The Pinnacle of Cinematic Art or anything, but they'd had vague memories of the movies being Lame Old Crap™ and were pleasantly shocked to see that they were way better than that.
I was surprised at how gripping and moving certain scenes continue to be for me, after all these years and all those replays. [It's been a few years since I last saw them, so I've had a chance to lose my tolerance and get re-sensitized, perhaps? ;P ]
I was even more surprised to realize that today is the first time I have ever watched the entire trilogy in one sitting. I would've expected that of myself long before this, but no.
Most surprising of all: it's been close to thirty years now since I started watching these flicks, and still.... every single time Carrie Fisher's big brown eyes appear in closeup, I. am. a. goner.
