Even though this week has been mainly about training for the Aikido grading this weekend, it was nice to have an excuse to have a night out and celebrate Ajit’s birthday. Dinner was scheduled for the eight of us out to celebrate at the Belgium Beer Cafe. As I finish work early, it gave me a good opportunity to cruise into town and relax, so after picking up my favourite mags from Rockinghorse (Rave, Scene and Time Off), I headed to Pane e Vino to put my feet up for a bit of reading.
Service was excellent at both places for the evening (despite the Belgium Beer Cafe neglecting to note down the booking I had made the previous night) and the night was finished with a viewing (yes, finally!) of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. Although I had missed my last bus by an hour when coming out of the movie, the night was topped off when I grabbed a taxi and I was offered a bargain-priced fare because it was a quiet night! Sweet! And now for some sleep…
What did you think of Star Wars?
I wasn’t planning on posting a movie review because it’s something that everyone will have seen or has their own opinion on. I don’t think I would do any favours if I wrote my own review. I did enjoy the film (especially more than Episode 1 and 2) but it still had its weak moments. Take for example, the Jedi “Masters” who, at one stage, just fell over and died without much of a fight. There’s also the terrible acting from both Natalie Portman (who was really just paraded about on screen) and Hayden Christensen. Overall the action in the film was great though!
I think it was not so much Natalie Portman’s acting, as the awful script she was handed. In Episode I & II she is running around with a blaster, ruling a planet and having an affair with a Jedi. In episode III, however, all she seems to do is complain: “Annie, you’re breaking my heart!”
And why did they bother getting James Earl Jones back for that awful scene where he screams “It’s impossible! Nooooo!”
Having said that, Sith is still my second-favourite in the entire series (after Episode V, of course…)