i am prepared

i just finished watching episode II.

i watched episode I on sunday, more in part because fox was showing it and i knew if i watched it, i'd be frustrated at not seeing the whole thing from start to finish.

having read the book for episode III, episodes I & II really aren't that bad, and really do make a great deal more sense, so my feelings towards them aren't quite as negative as a lot of people's seem to be.

i enjoyed parts of I when i saw it (the pod race, the duel at the end w/darth maul) but i could see why people didn't like it. then when i watched II, i could see why people were frustrated. i think it's better than I was, but i, like lots of people didn't care for the whole love story side. cut that out and it's pretty good, but put it in, and it seems rather forced.

watching it just now, i still believe that Lucas can't write a love story if his life depended on it, but watching it from a more objective view, it isn't a bad story. especially how everything fits together. i've seen several references where hayden said that lucas told him very deliberately to be stiff during II.

and i'm fighting very hard with myself NOT to go flying down to the local theater to watch episode III. i'm not going to, but the temptation certainly is there. that's why i have tickets for tomorrow night where i'll see it with M, TK-8103 and KS.

when i finished the book for Ep III, i really felt i understood what Lucas was trying to do. when you have the whole picture, you really do understand the whole story.

it seems almost as tho it is an epiphany. i somewhat felt that when i finished the Dark Tower series. i've invested a percentage of my life into Roland and to reach the end of his journey.

i understand now.

i tip my hat.