Yes...I was at the midnight showing of STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH.
I was there with all the nerds, geeks, fanboys, dorks and lightsaber wielding people who made last night [or this morning] a great event. [And, yes, I did bring a lightsaber with me].
I got to the theatre [AMC at Newport On the Levee, across the river from downtown Cincinnati] about 9:00pm and met up with my 4 friends. We kind of just chilled...taking in the atmosphere. We saw Boba Fett posing for autographs. Some dude in a nice suit was working on his lightsaber moves. There were tons of Jedis...a bunch of Padmes....a few Darth Mauls....a few Darth Vaders....some Ewoks...even a C3PO.
The movie didn’t start until midnight...but they began seating about 9:00. We got to our seats about 9:30 and just hung out. The theater was kind of like a huge classroom before the bell rings. People just hanging out...chatting...having a good time. A guy with a Jar Jar Binks costume walked into our theater and got a quick beat-down by a blue-sabered Jedi. They brought in "hype men" to come in every now and then and just keep us in on what is happening in the theater. They actually had a guy come in with bags of small popcorn....hotdogs...and 20 oz Cokes for $1 apiece. Not a bad deal to get a vendor at a movie theater. So I ate like a king for $4. The lobby was filled with people [unknowingly forking over too much money for concessions] just chatting and having a good time. It really was quite a site. People just getting along and having a good time. Though the crowd was big and the movie wasn’t for another 2 hours....you didn’t have a feeling of "waiting". It was just like just a big party. If you get past the "God, these guys are nerds" aspect of it....you’ll enjoy it.
With about 30 minutes left until showtime...a couple of "fans" took it upon themselves to entertain us with a sword duel. This rather robust fella [we dubbed him "Darth Hog"] came out with his red saber to take on a kid dressed up as Luke Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi. I joked about this....but I really, really, really, really didn’t think that would actually happen. I took my digi camera out to film it so my wife could pee her pants watching it [my wife called me a geek extensively over the last week or so]. After Darth Hog lost his battle....he quickly had a new one against a guy dressed up as Mace Windu. After looking at him a bit...we realized that this was the guy we watched working on his moves in the lobby earlier. They had quite a battle...and Darth Hog lost again [he did win in a rematch]. Then....my favorite. Some guy came down with a NASCAR shirt and a trucker cap on with a lightsaber. We dubbed this guy "Rebel Scum". He lost quickly...as his lightsaber wasn’t up to par.
With 10 minutes left...the theater was hyped. At midnight...the lights dimmed and the logos appeared on the screen. We watched previews for a boxing movie with Russell Crowe, a movie with Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor, "Stelth" and that lion and the wardrobe movie. Then...the familiar 20 Century Fox logo came on....and the movie went.
I won’t discuss the movie or anything...go see it yourself.
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