MOVIES
"Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones"
I went to see Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones last night. It was such a fanstasic experience. I arrived at the theater at 9:30 pm for the 12:01 am showing thinking I would be early. I was proven slighly wrong as a line had already snaked its way out the back. I took my place in line and started waiting. Over time the line grew until it was at least a quarter mile in length, streching from the theater all the way to the Target at the opposite end of the shopping center. In the parking lot people were having lightsaber battles. At 11:00 pm the doors open and the line began to filter in the theater. Theater employees kept scurrying around yelling, "Display tickets at all times". I took a seat in theater 24 (Star Wars was showing in 12 out of 24 theaters that night and they were all sold out) and sat down to wait. When it was 12:01 the movie had still not started and fans started chanting "Star Wars! Star Wars!" and waving their lightsabers menacingly at the projection booth. All of a sudden the lights went down, which produced a fantastic cheer from the audience and the previews began. Some of the previews we were treated to were of the new James Bond and new Matrix movies. The suspense was obviously building in the theater and when the green Lucasfilms logo finally appeared the crowd errupted again into applause and shouts. Then the screen changed. "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...".
Click here to see some pictures of the premire.
